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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
Sports
Everybody
Makes
Erasers
Pencils
Psychology
Mistakes
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When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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 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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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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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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.
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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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