RIP Tommy Lasorda

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[floplag 3,409]

Aw, damn.
Love em hate em whatever, that man was a true legend of the game. 
Hes probably arguing with St Peter on his way in over something and marching straight to gods office to do something about the DH in the NL

[failos 3,507]

RIP

[T.G. 11,369]

He had quite a legacy. Larger than life character for sure.  Sure thought the world of Mike Scioscia.

Although I wasn't a fan of the man, I appreciated the fact that he usually spoke his mind.

Edited January 8 by T.G.

[Vlad27Trout27 990]

RIP

[Jay 4,110]

RIP, one of the (ahem) giants of baseball.

 

[DCAngelsFan 400]

Off the see the Great Dodger in the Sky - and going out in a year the Dodgers won the World Series seems altogether fitting.

RIP, Tommy.

[Chuckster70 20,994]

9 minutes ago, T.G. said:

He had quite a legacy. Larger than life character for sure.  Sure thought the world of Mike Scioscia.

Although I wasn't a fan of the man, I appreciated the fact that he usually spoke his mind.

Exactly my thoughts! 

RIP Tommy. 

[Lhalo 12,313]

RIP legend.

 

 

[JAHV76 2,631]

RIP obviously not a Dodgers fan but respected his managing career and he did a lot of good things in the Southern California community 

[Junkballer 559]

In the future, if anyone says Lasorda is rolling over in his grave I'll picture it like this:

He managed the greatest Dodger era, RIP.

[Keener 535]

I think his is the first autograph i ever had.  A family member got it for me when i was about 6.

"To (me), a future Dodger!"

Oops.

RIP.

[Jason 10,811]

My first memory of him was watching The Baseball Bunch when I was a kid 

[Justin 1,298]

Growing up with a father and brother who were bigger Dodgers fans than Angels, and attending an elementary school in LA County just after the Dodgers won the '88 series, I was not a fan of Tommy's antics at all. As an adult, with the benefit of perspective, I came to realize that baseball was more fun because of Tommy, and that's all you can ever ask of someone.

RIP, Tommy. 93 years is a great run. 

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[mtangelsfan 10,434]

RIP

[beatlesrule 2,107]

He would have traded his wife before he traded Chan Ho.

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The one Lasorda story, quite possibly a myth, that i always remembered but couldnt find proof of was the time he was supposedly arguing with an ump to fire up the team and it was all about pizza toppings or some silliness like that just putting on a show to fire them up.
I dont know if it was actually true or not but i heard it from so many people back in the day. 

[ettin 4,435]

Even though I constantly use the 'Chavez Latrine' joke, I grew up attending both Angels and Dodgers games with my parents and brother and Lasorda was a Los Angeles baseball icon that will be missed.

 

Rest In Peace Tommy.

[Angel Oracle 13,261]

2 hours ago, Lhalo said:

RIP legend.

 

 

Jim Healy loved playing Tommy’s rants.

Like the one where he lays into Doug Rau on the mound during game 4 in the 1977 WS.

[Angel Oracle 13,261]

1 hour ago, Keener said:

I think his is the first autograph i ever had.  A family member got it for me when i was about 6.

"To (me), a future Dodger!"

Oops.

RIP.

My ex had a pic taken of her and him shortly after the 1988 WS.

[ten ocho recon scout 17,207]

I ran into him several times when I was younger. Was a real nice guy in person. For all his success, he lived in the same probably 1500 square foot house in a decent, not at all great, neighborhood. And was always very approachable when you ran into him, or were a kid in the neighborhood.

RIP

[Redondo 2,692]

RIPTommy

[Tank 25,346]

he was a fun character to listen to when he first came, and always had a funny story to tell (and he was a truly great story teller). i appreciated his passion for the game and especially for his dodgers. 

a few years ago it was dodger night at the hollywood bowl and my church bought a block of tickets, so we went. they sang "take me out to the ballgame" and had a few of the players up on stage, including lasorda. he started talking and it turned into a rant against the angels. it was tacky and made him look bitter. it left a sour taste in my mouth, too.

i hope his wife is doing okay.

[Sully151 1,425]

The man loved baseball and lasagna. Quite a character.