Tommy Lasorda found old-school success in an age of rapid change
The MLB Network looks back at some of the most memorable moments of Tommy Lasorda’s life and career, as we mourn the loss of the one of the game’s biggest personalities and greatest enthusiasts, who dies at the age of 93. | January 8, 2021, 2:28 PM
January 8, 2021, 2:28 PM
Tommy Lasorda lived an outsized life larger, certainly, than the average, soft-tossing journeyman pitcher and he was equally comfortable leading with his chin or his heart, threatening a punch or offering a hug. Always in Dodger Blue.
Lasorda, who passed away Thursday night at the age of 93, is the 22nd winningest manager of all time, holder of a 1,599-1,439 record compiled over 22 seasons, all of them spent with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lasorda’s death came just 72 days after the Dodgers wrapped up their first World Series win since he led them to the 1988 World Series. He said at one point during that drought that “God could take (
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MINNEAPOLIS For Eric Kubota, there was a tangible sense of relief when he saw that Kim Ng had been hired by the Miami Marlins to be their new general manager in November.
Kubota, the director of scouting for the A s, laughs as he describes himself as an old-school baseball dinosaur who has somehow been in baseball longer than Ng herself, who first entered the world of the front office as a White Sox intern in 1990 and finally completed a climb to the top of the baseball operations hill three decades later. Ng s promotion capped a slow but sure rise that took her through three organizations and two league offices before her ascent to the peak.