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Tommy Lasorda: The Fight of ’56 and the Birth of a Hall of Fame Manager
Posted on 9th January 2021 by Gary Joseph Cieradkowski
This is a piece I wrote about ten years ago. I included an abbreviated version in my book, The League of Outsider Baseball, and always liked by illustration of the young Tommy. So, without further yapping, here’s my story of Tommy Lasorda’s early career as a southpaw who dreamed of playing for his beloved Dodgers.
Here’s an illustration I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. As a kid growing up, Tommy Lasorda was always the Dodgers manager. Just like winter would bring snow to my New Jersey town, come spring, Tommy Lasorda would be there in the Dodger dugout. When I started to collect baseball cards I was always more fascinated with the older cards and would spend my time gawking at the expensive ones safely secured in the card dealer’s glass case. It was while pining over some of these ancient pieces of cardboard that I saw a familiar name staring back at me: Tom Lasorda. The face was young and cherubic, but it was u 1927- American baseball manager Tommy Lasorda has been called one of the most successful managers in baseball history. In 20 years as a manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, he led his team to a total of eight division titles. Also on his watch, the Dodgers went to the World Series four times, winning it twice (in 1981, and again in 1988). He retired as Dodger manager in 1996, and became a Dodgers vice president. In 1999, with a total of 50 years with the Dodgers under his belt, he managed the United States Olympic baseball team, leading it to its first-ever Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. Thomas Charles Lasorda was born in 1927 in Norris-town, Pennsylvania, one of five sons of immigrants from Italy. Growing up, Lasorda's passion was baseball. In particular, he was inspired by the great players of the day. "They were my heroes," he told Woody Woodburn of the Denver Rocky Mountain News many years later. "I knew them all by their names, their middle names, their batting averages." Lasorda's greatest dream was to American baseball player and manager (1927–2021) For the Chrysler executive, see Thomas W. LaSorda. Baseball player Lasorda at the White House in 1981 Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional baseballpitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as
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Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda Pitcher / Manager Born:(1927-09-22)September 22, 1927
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.Died: January 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 93)
Fullerton, California, U.S.August 5, 1954, for the Brooklyn Dodgers July 8, 1956, for the Kansas City Athletics Win–loss record 0–4 Earned run average 6.48 Strikeouts 37 Managerial record 1,599–1,439 Winning % .526 Stats at Baseball Reference Managerial record at Baseball Reference Induction 1997 Election method Veterans Committee
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