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Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in the toilet and flush it.

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Steve Garvey
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 22
Baseball Player
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Steven Patrick Garvey
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