Tommy Lasorda
Birthday:
22 September 1927, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name:
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Height:
178 cm
Tommy Lasorda was one of the best managers in baseball until his retirement in July 1996. He was involved with the Los Angeles Dodgers for over 50 years. He managed the team from 1976 to 1996. He retired due to a heart attack. He thought being a manager would be too stressful.
I bleed Dodger blue!
I bleed Dodger blue!
Baseball is like driving. It's the one who gets home safely that counts.
Baseball is like driving. It's the one who gets home safely that counts.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
"Back when I broke in [as a player] we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the end of the seventh inning he had d...Show more »
"Back when I broke in [as a player] we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the end of the seventh inning he had drunk it all." (on the large number of doctors and medical specialists associated with baseball teams in the 1990s) Show less «
He was to people all over the world what a baseball player was supposed to be like. If you said to God, 'Create someone who is what a baseba...Show more »
He was to people all over the world what a baseball player was supposed to be like. If you said to God, 'Create someone who is what a baseball player should be,' God would have created Joe DiMaggio. And He did. Show less «
Kurt Bevacqua couldn't hit water if he fell out of a (expletive) boat!
Kurt Bevacqua couldn't hit water if he fell out of a (expletive) boat!
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