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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.
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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.
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You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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