Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasordais a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuoustenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1927
CityNorristown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
You give loyalty, you'll get it back.
Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.
Nothing succeeds like - failure.
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.