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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?
Tommy Lasorda
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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
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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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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