RIP Tommy Lasorda
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RIP in peace Tommy. I can never thank him enough for pitching to Jack Clark, the Cards' one and only power hitter, with first base open in the 9th inning...
That's so sad.
I sat next to him on a Delta flight once. He was a talker, but I didn't mind at all.
We laughed about the TV game when Kubek and Garagiola were talking about some of the signs from the 3rd base coach. One of the signs was touching the nose. That obviously meant "pick out a good one".
He was a truly nice man.
I sat next to him on a Delta flight once. He was a talker, but I didn't mind at all.
We laughed about the TV game when Kubek and Garagiola were talking about some of the signs from the 3rd base coach. One of the signs was touching the nose. That obviously meant "pick out a good one".
He was a truly nice man.
I have a picture with him somewhere when I was a kid at spring training. That was back in the day you could wander around the complex and pick up baseballs for autographs. The players just walked back and forth to the fields and we ran into Lasorda. He teased us about stealing their baseballs and then signed and posed for a few pictures. Seemed like a good guy.
I interviewed him once. He was very gracious with his time and enjoyed answering the questions and talking baseball. One of the good ones in the game.
RIP To a Baseball Icon!
Grew up a Dodgers Fan in the 80's.
Back when you checked the news paper for box scores and standings the next day.
Grew up a Dodgers Fan in the 80's.
Back when you checked the news paper for box scores and standings the next day.
I am life long Dodger fan. Lasorda really did bleed Dodger blue.
In my basement I have a pair of bleacher seats from Dodger stadium when they replaced them. It is signed by Tommy Lasorda. It is one of my prized possessions.
In my basement I have a pair of bleacher seats from Dodger stadium when they replaced them. It is signed by Tommy Lasorda. It is one of my prized possessions.
They were playing epic meltdowns on the Score today in honor of ones like Lasorda's rant. EPIC!
Tommy Lasorda spent his entire adult life in the Dodger
organization. He pitched for them as a player and even
became their manager who won 2 World Series for them.
He was always interested in MLB and became a actual
ambassador for America's pastime. We will miss Tommy.
organization. He pitched for them as a player and even
became their manager who won 2 World Series for them.
He was always interested in MLB and became a actual
ambassador for America's pastime. We will miss Tommy.
Impeccable record; fantastic ambassador for the game, unequivocally.
And the two videos above show the real man, and why he was despised by way more people than who loved him.
Back in the day when I had season tix for the Braves, we sat behind the opponents' dugout, and any time Tommy
would go out to the mound, we'd serenade him with a chant of "Nice pants, Lasorda." He actually flipped us off once, one of my prouder moments. CSB.
And the two videos above show the real man, and why he was despised by way more people than who loved him.
Back in the day when I had season tix for the Braves, we sat behind the opponents' dugout, and any time Tommy
would go out to the mound, we'd serenade him with a chant of "Nice pants, Lasorda." He actually flipped us off once, one of my prouder moments. CSB.
Was this his Kurt Bevacqua rant? Hilarious stuff.
Tommy's visits to Philly, and his encounters with the Phanatic, really were the best.
A personal Tommy story. My Uncle Charlie was scouting for the Dodgers when Tommy was the manager, was in the chain of scouts involved in Fernandomania, and got a ring in the process in 81. In 83, when the O's and Phils were in the series, Charlie came east and we went to all of the games with him. Lasorda was there as well, making the rounds. At the end of game 2 in Baltimore, we went down to the owners party for a quick drink, where we met Tommy, and he told me I had "infielders hands". So as the stadium had cleared out, we went down to our car, and Tommy was at the exit hitting on some young thing with the "which way to Philly?" line.
Speaking of Philly mascots, this Gritty/Torts promo is really top-shelf:
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A personal Tommy story. My Uncle Charlie was scouting for the Dodgers when Tommy was the manager, was in the chain of scouts involved in Fernandomania, and got a ring in the process in 81. In 83, when the O's and Phils were in the series, Charlie came east and we went to all of the games with him. Lasorda was there as well, making the rounds. At the end of game 2 in Baltimore, we went down to the owners party for a quick drink, where we met Tommy, and he told me I had "infielders hands". So as the stadium had cleared out, we went down to our car, and Tommy was at the exit hitting on some young thing with the "which way to Philly?" line.
Speaking of Philly mascots, this Gritty/Torts promo is really top-shelf:
The Philadelphia Flyers’ Gritty earmuffs giveaway is incredible. So is how they promoted it.
John Tortorella is known for many things, a two-time winner of the Jack Adams award, the 10th all-time winningest coach in NHL…
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