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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.

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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Voice Actor
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Inspirational
Ends
Years
Saddest
Season
Seasons
Baseball
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl?
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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.
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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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When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
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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.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, Hey, you can't run too much. Or if you're a boxer you say, Hey, you can only box three rounds. It's not right!
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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it not hard enough and it flies away.
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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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There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
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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.'
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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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