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Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:30 am to PhilipMarlowe
Norristown, Pennsylvania native
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:33 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Omg fricking 2020! Rip Tommy
Dude died at 93. How can you get mad at that? Most of us won’t make it 80. It’s a privilege to die at 93.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:35 am to Fun Bunch
He was a great man. Met him numerous times at BR kids clinic back in the day. RIP Coach Lasorda
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Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:43 am to Fun Bunch
RIP. By many accounts Lasorda was an arse (friend played for the Dodgers and confirms this and my friend never talked shite about anyone) but certainly a character and an MLB icon.
My Tommy Lasorda story (from 2009):
My Tommy Lasorda story (from 2009):
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"Staying at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque and during breakfast this morning I hear a guy behind me on the phone tearing someone named "Evelyn" a new one about issues with his hotel reservation. He gets off the phone and apologizes to me and I turn around and look and it's Tommy. We talked a little about baseball and he says he's in town to work with the Dodgers' AAA team. I'm wearing hospital scrubs and he asks if I'm a doctor and what I thought about Obama's healthcare speech and then proceeds to give me his thoughts (don't go into politics, Tommy). He have me his card and said if I wanted to catch a Dodger game while in LA to give him a call or drop him an email. I've always thought he was an interesting character and he certainly didn't disappoint."
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:43 am to nicholastiger
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He came to LSU several times to help raise money for baseball program when Bertman asked Big friend of PM as well
Came to my high school in little ole Caledonia , Ms to speak and bring signed memorabilia so we could raise money for lights on the field in ‘86 . Great guy and ambassador for the sport
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Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:46 am to Fun Bunch
Sorry to hear that. I attended a banquet at the New Orleans Hilton some years ago where he was the guest speaker. He gave an entertaining and hilarious speech. I have a picture of myself standing between him and Pete Fountain whose jazz club was on the same floor the banquet was on.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:47 am to Fun Bunch
He was awesome at the Skip Bertman baseball clinics back in the day, you could tell he just loved the game of baseball
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:50 am to tduecen
When he ran out of the dugout after Gibsons HR, he looked like a kid knowing the Ice Cream man was showing up.... just awesome emotion.....
Posted on 1/8/21 at 11:58 am to Fun Bunch
Legend
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Posted on 1/8/21 at 12:04 pm to Fun Bunch
It felt like he's been 93 for the past 40 years.
Good manager and seemed like a good guy too. RIP.
Good manager and seemed like a good guy too. RIP.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 12:25 pm to dukke v
His best moment was crying after winning the 2000 Olympics with a bunch of college kids.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 12:45 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 1/8/21 at 12:53 pm to Bear88
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Came to my high school in little ole Caledonia , Ms to speak so we could raise money for lights on the field in ‘86 . Great guy and ambassador for the sport
Wait, he came to Caledonia to speak??
I’m from Columbus but have never heard of that. Pretty cool of him, I wonder what he thought of y’alls mascot This post was edited on 1/8/21 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 1/8/21 at 12:59 pm to Fun Bunch
Legend
Posted on 1/8/21 at 2:41 pm to Fun Bunch
Mike Piazza isn’t a HOF if Lasorda doesn’t give a recommendation to be drafted as a favor to his family. That’s Godfather shite right there and good on Piazza for repaying the favor. I was a baseball nut as a kid, late 80s on.. sad to see these ole baseball men passing on.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:24 pm to Fun Bunch
My favorite Tommy Lasorda moment:
I was at a Braves-Dodgers game in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium back in the Dale Murphy/Bob Horner days. Lasorda made a trip to the mound late in the game, which brought on a chorus of boos. He tipped his hat to the crowd as he returned to the dugout, and was immediately cheered by almost everyone there.
I was at a Braves-Dodgers game in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium back in the Dale Murphy/Bob Horner days. Lasorda made a trip to the mound late in the game, which brought on a chorus of boos. He tipped his hat to the crowd as he returned to the dugout, and was immediately cheered by almost everyone there.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 5:12 pm to Bigtime92
Everyone who loves baseball has a Tommy Lasorda story.
My favorite is from when he was playing in Cuba and the Umpire spoke no English. Tommy complained about balls and strikes all day from the mound, until about the fifth inning, the umpire marches halfway out to the mound, yells
'Laswoooorda!' and showed him a handgun under his jacket.
Tommy said he didn't argue another ball/strike call the rest of the way, and walked another 8 guys.
My favorite is from when he was playing in Cuba and the Umpire spoke no English. Tommy complained about balls and strikes all day from the mound, until about the fifth inning, the umpire marches halfway out to the mound, yells
'Laswoooorda!' and showed him a handgun under his jacket.
Tommy said he didn't argue another ball/strike call the rest of the way, and walked another 8 guys.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 7:05 pm to nicholastiger
Big friend of UNO’s Ron Maestri, too.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 8:25 pm to Mstate
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Wait, he came to Caledonia to speak?? I’m from Columbus but have never heard of that. Pretty cool of him, I wonder what he thought of y’alls mascot
Yes my coach just wrote him a letter one day and was persistent . It took about a year or so to get the date all planned out and everything set up. Ron Polk spoke as well. Lasorda paid his own way and everything . We raised around 12,000 . This was before internet
I pitched the first game under those lights . Ask around , people will remember . Man he was larger than life to us and a great story teller . I still live in Caledonia
Caledonia just changed their mascot to the Cavaliers .... the other was terrible
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