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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
Erasers
Pencils
Psychology
Mistakes
Mistake
Sports
Everybody
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Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.
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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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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: “Don’t you feel pressure on you?” I said: “Want to know something, I’m worried about the guy who’s going to have to replace me.”
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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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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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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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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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
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I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe, coming here and seeing so many cars, so much enthusiasm.
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