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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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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it not hard enough and it flies away.
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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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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 got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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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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