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It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.

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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Norristown
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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