Dodgers mourn passing of Tommy Lasorda
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January 8th, 2021
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Hall of Fame Dodgers’ manager Tommy Lasorda, who spent seven decades in the Dodger organization and became one of the most memorable personalities in baseball history, passed away Thursday night the team announced. He was 93.
Lasorda suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at his home at 10:09 p.m. He was transported to the hospital with resuscitation in progress. He was pronounced dead at 10:57 p.m.
Regarded by many as baseball’s most popular ambassador, Lasorda spent 71 seasons in the Dodger organization with Dodger Blue running through his veins. He spent the last 14 as special advisor to the chairman.
years old, steven rose. we got a picture of him. he would like to play football as a freshman for middle tennessee. but because the ncaa rules, because he played rec ball in the a reins, he is ineligible. crazy. anna: this is essentially just intermural ball that he was playing. he said sometimes they would go six weeks between games. but because they had uniforms and kept score, it was considered organized. this is what s going o. we asked for your feedback. and chris says, so let me get this straight as an active ncaa player, you can get arrested for assaulting your girlfriend, possessing drug, dwi, use steroids, et cetera, and still play football, but if you served your country and played in a recreation league, you re banned from ncaa sports? wow. steve: crazy. brian: michael says he should not be allowed to play. rules are in place for a reason. yes, but he is not play not
had talent, particular talent? when did i know i had talent? i think it started probably when i was when i first started playing sports, organized sports. i played football for a team called the east dragons on the east side of town. we had we only had six regular season games. and in six games i played tail back. and i had 18 touchdowns in six games. that s when i knew i had some athletic ability. larry: how about the first time on a basketball court? the first time on the basketball court was later on that year. football season is always before basketball. so i played in my first recreation league, i played for the summer league hornets where i grew up playing basketball in 8 to 10 league. i was 9 years old and we won a championship. and i was one of the best players on the team then. it was pretty fun. i was able to win a championship in football and basketball in the same year. larry: so your high hopes were warranted? for the most part. larry: but you had a tough c