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There's an old and verified story that infield teammates Ron Cey Bill Russell Davey Lopes and Steve Garvey, meticulously taught Fernando in English how to be nice-nice to Tommy Lasorda if and when Tommy made a trip to the mound to chat up Fernando or in rare cases came to pull him.
The four infielders told him it was traditional and customary here in the USA to graciously repeat a phrase that would endear Fernando to Tommy.
The only problem was they taught Fernando to say slowly "Thank You Mr Lasorda, you co**sucking a**hole".
When Tommy left the dugout for the mound all 4 players gathered around covering their mouths with their hats or gloves.
Those in attendance said Tommy reached for the ball as Fernando reached to hand it to him and Fernando walked down the slope of the mound and in almost perfect English said "Thank You Mr Lasorda you co**sucking a**hole".
Rumor has it that the 4 infielders had to keep Tommy from falling to the ground.
Gotta love baseball.
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