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Old 01-08-2021, 10:58 AM   #1
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RIP Tommy Lasorda

Lived a long, eventful life. When I saw "Tommy" I actually thought it might be Tommy John because he's hospitalized with Covid.
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Old 01-08-2021, 11:01 AM   #2
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The line he said I will always remember: "In a race with a pregnant woman, he'd [Bruce Benedict] finish third.
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Old 01-08-2021, 11:18 AM   #3
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If you just say the word "baseball," he might be the first person who pops into my head.

RIP.
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Old 01-08-2021, 11:27 AM   #4
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A few years ago a friend of mine went to a Dodgers spring training game when Mattingly was manager and sat next to Lasorda in the stands. He still brings it up every time Lasorda comes up in conversation. Lasorda absolutely heckled the shit out of Mattingly questioning every decision he made and late in the game told Mattingly if he was managing they would have been out of there 30 minutes ago. He said Lasorda had Mattingly and the entire bench laughing throughout the game and was probably the best experience he's had at a major league game.

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Old 01-08-2021, 12:14 PM   #5
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RIP - I feel like guys a lot of us grew up with like him, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan (before he became an announcer), Ozzie Smith, Reggie Jackson and Willie Stargell were somehow much bigger personalities than anyone we have seen in quite awhile. Maybe it was all the Baseball Bunch and This Week in Baseball I watched as a kid.

Cannot have a memorial thread of him without bringing in his Kurt Bevacqua rant (NSFW - language):



Not sure how many times I've listened to this, but it still cracks me up.
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Old 01-08-2021, 12:20 PM   #6
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He will always be the legend. I am in mourning today. Deep sadness in Dodgerland.
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Old 01-08-2021, 12:26 PM   #7
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Very sad to see this for someone so important for the sport. RIP Tommy
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Old 01-08-2021, 01:13 PM   #8
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This one hurts.

He was just SO baseball, and SO Dodgers.
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Old 01-08-2021, 01:31 PM   #9
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Agreed - Lasorda and Vin Scully - are the LA Dodgers
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Old 01-08-2021, 01:33 PM   #10
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Tommy was Baseball to much of America, even as a Dodger hater, Tommy was a national treasure. R.I.P

My favorite memory of him is assaulting the Phillies mascot and destroying the Dodger blow up doll LOL.
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Old 01-08-2021, 08:24 PM   #11
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I was never a fan, but understand the importance and legend of Lasorda.

Baseball has lost a legend and we are all worse off for that.
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Old 01-08-2021, 09:37 PM   #12
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Tommy was Baseball to much of America, even as a Dodger hater, Tommy was a national treasure. R.I.P

My favorite memory of him is assaulting the Phillies mascot and destroying the Dodger blow up doll LOL.

And getting Yupi ejected in like the 21st inning
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Old 01-09-2021, 07:10 AM   #13
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Agreed - Lasorda and Vin Scully - are the LA Dodgers

Definitely this for me. RIP.
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Old 01-09-2021, 07:52 AM   #14
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I still remember when Ponch and John pulled him over on CHiPs

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Old 01-09-2021, 07:33 PM   #15
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I hate the Dodgers more than most, but this is still rough. He was such an icon.

RIP.
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Old 01-09-2021, 11:48 PM   #16
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He was also on Johnny Bench's syndicated show "The Baseball Bunch" on Sunday mornings
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Old 01-10-2021, 11:52 AM   #17
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RIP Tommy, and thank you for the entertainment.
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