Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

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Some of those old clips of him arguing with umpires were classic. That's a lost art in MLB.
 

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Some of those old clips of him arguing with umpires were classic. That's a lost art in MLB.

I know, with challenges and now the pandemic, they're ruining the game.

I miss those moments
 

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Sometimes there's simply no need to incite anger.

I'm not sure who you are addressing Willie. But if you read my first post. It was pretty level headed. I paid homage to a man that lived a good life. No reason to be sad over his passing. Pay homage to his greatness. But none of us knew him. His family and everyone that knew him should be sad. We should celebrate his life in his passing.

One person got mad. And said FUCK YOU! He's an angry old hermit. He needs some love. IRL.
 

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Some of those old clips of him arguing with umpires were classic. That's a lost art in MLB.

Yes, but even better is a couple of rants when he went off on a tirade with reporters after a game. Not as good as number one all time Lee Elia but still top ten. i don't know how to post videos but if someone could they are great. One i remember is question about what do you think of Dave Kingmans performance today after he hit three home runs against the Dodgers.

He was with the Dodgers organization for 71 years and married for 70 years. A very good life doing something he loved doing. Any of us should be so lucky.
 
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Yes, but even better is a couple of rants when he went off on a tirade with reporters after a game. Not as good as number one all time Lee Elia but still top ten. i don't know how to post videos but if someone could they are great. One i remember is question about what do you think of Dave Kingmans performance today after he hit three home runs against the Dodgers.

He was with the Dodgers organization for 71 years and married for 70 years. A very good life doing something he loved doing. Any of us should be so lucky.

Still remember the Dave Kingman rant....
 

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Yes, but even better is a couple of rants when he went off on a tirade with reporters after a game. Not as good as number one all time Lee Elia but still top ten. i don't know how to post videos but if someone could they are great. One i remember is question about what do you think of Dave Kingmans performance today after he hit three home runs against the Dodgers.

He was with the Dodgers organization for 71 years and married for 70 years. A very good life doing something he loved doing. Any of us should be so lucky.
Still remember the Dave Kingman rant....

The Kurt Bevacqua one was one of the best. Up there with Earl Weaver Manager's Corner:

 

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The Kurt Bevacqua one was one of the best. Up there with Earl Weaver Manager's Corner:


Ahhh my kind of New Yawka!lol Loved him, Billy Martin and Earl Weaver.
 

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Our path crossed many times in the late 80s in Santo Domingo....RIP

He and the Dodgers opened the pipeline to the riches of baseball talent in the DR
 

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he was great as the " baseball wizard " in Johnny Benchs tv show the baseball bunch on Saturday mornings im guessing that was like 1980
 

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yup wow I forgot about that episode the one with the real wizard of OZ !
 

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Saturday mornings were great back in the late 70's and early 80's. Cartoons. School House Rock during commercials. The Baseball Bunch.
 

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Used to love watching that show as a kid.


OMG the childhood memories you've brought back to me Love. This show was so educational with the fundamentals of baseball particularly since I was playing little league and high school ball. Thanks for jarring my memory on this.
 

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Saturday mornings were great back in the late 70's and early 80's. Cartoons. School House Rock during commercials. The Baseball Bunch.

Hear hear!
 

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OMG the childhood memories you've brought back to me Love. This show was so educational with the fundamentals of baseball particularly since I was playing little league and high school ball. Thanks for jarring my memory on this.

All credit to metro. I totally forgot about that show until he brought it up. Great memories for sure.

Baseball truly was the national pastime back then. Numero uno.
 

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All credit to metro. I totally forgot about that show until he brought it up. Great memories for sure.

Baseball truly was the national pastime back then. Numero uno.

Thanks Metro. Life back then was slower as we were just kids and the world moved a lot slower too. That's why we'd play all sports in my neighborhood. That was our #1 source of entertainment. TV was was like 7 channels and no cable yet.
 

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Last time I saw Lasorda was at a spring training game like 3-4 years ago at Camelback Ranch.

He was in full uniform. Mingled with the fans. Sat in the dugout with the team during the game. Was awesome to see that.
 

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