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Tommy Lasorda's number 2 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997. Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 [37] as a manager in his first year of eligibility. The Dodgers retired his uniform number (2) on August 15, 1997 [38] and renamed a street in Dodgertown as "Tommy Lasorda Lane". In 2014, a new restaurant named ...
Following the game, radio reporter Paul Olden asked Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda his opinion of Kingman's performance that day, inspiring an oft-replayed (and censored) obscenity-laced tirade. [24] [25]
Lasorda goes off in a now-famous obscenity-laced tirade. May 15 – The Minnesota Twins sign relief pitcher Mike Marshall , the 1974 National League Cy Young Award winner, who had been granted free agency from the Texas Rangers on November 9, 1977.
Tommy Lasorda, who died last week at age 93, masterfully motivated players through emotional outbursts, hilarious antics and relentlessly positive bromides.
Tommy Lasorda died at 93 on Thursday night, but remains a vivid character deeply enmeshed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB: Remembering Tommy Lasorda, the Dodgers' constant character [Video] Skip ...
Tommy Lasorda was a great baseball showman, the kind of larger-than-life personality that the national pastime sorely misses these days. The longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager, who died Jan. 7 ...
Perhaps the most notorious—and among the most frequently played—clip in Healy's collection was a post-game tirade by then-Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, after Dave Kingman, playing for the Chicago Cubs, hit three home runs to beat the Dodgers. [5] Lasorda's rant started out: "What's my opinion of Kingman's performance!?
Tommy Lasorda, the baseball coach and manager who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 years, has died. “Tommy Lasorda was one of the finest managers our game has ever known,” said MLB ...