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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.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda.
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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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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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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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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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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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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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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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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