Shoutout to Tommy Lasorda

gregr2 · #1 08-25-2014, 05:27 PM

Now that is comedy!!

ZenPop · #2 08-25-2014, 05:46 PM

...as a fellow Giants' fan, you do realize that you'll burn in hell for this post, right?

ZenPop · #3 08-25-2014, 05:50 PM

...although he was good for the rivalry.

THIS is how I remember Tommy... (great shot from a friend of mine, from a game at Candlestick Park)

drmondobueno · #4 08-25-2014, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenPop

...although he was good for the rivalry.

THIS is how I remember Tommy... (great shot from a friend of mine, from a game at Candlestick Park)

Aaah, that was the battery chuck game if I remember correctly...which I probably don't lol

h2oya311 · #5 08-26-2014, 05:14 AM

This is what I think of when Tommy's name is mentioned...

HOF Auto Rookies · #6 08-26-2014, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by h2oya311

This is what I think of when Tommy's name is mentioned...

+1

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whitehse · #7 08-26-2014, 10:41 AM

When I worked for the Cubs we always looked forward to the Dodgers coming to town. My first few years I worked for the security detail that stayed with the players and Tommy would always order Chicago style pizza from his favorite local Italian pizzeria for the team (usually about 25 pizzas) and would give the leftovers...and there were many leftovers to the security detail. We would then carry them down to our office and feed the whole crew on what the Dodgers had left for us.

I also had the chance to hang out after a game with Tommy in the dugout as he was photographed for a new book he had coming out (I believe it was The Artful Dodger). It was me, Tommy and the photographer and I can tell you it was great hearing his stories for the few hours we were down there but that guy had a mouth that would make a trucker AND a sailor blush.

Tommy was always good to me but then again it could be because I never asked for an autograph, a baseball, a hat or anything else.....except for maybe pizza!

dlfallen · #8 08-25-2014, 06:03 PM

I met Tommy at a Fred Hutchinson Award function a few years ago, a fund raiser for cancer research. First of all, I think it speaks volumes about a man that he would go out of his way to Seattle to support this cause. At the function, he signed a card and a ball for me, and posed pleasantly for a photo with me and my wife. It was a great experience.

Tao_Moko · #9 08-25-2014, 05:53 PM

I met Tommy at a Branch Rickey awards dinner in Portsmouth Ohio when I was in high school. I liked him because he was driven and intense. The a**hole is more that he doesn't really give a sh*t about opinions, IMO(insert jokes here). Plus, he's been old for a long time and seemingly grumpy but, I think he's just geniune to who he is. Kind of like Pete Rose and he was a real a**hole. I despised living in Ohio for the years I did and I took it out on Pete by rooting against him.

Who did more for the game? Tommy or Pete?

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