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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

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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
Dodgers
Baseball
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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'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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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
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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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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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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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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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