RIP Tommy Lasorda

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Well its a good thing your book is being read by NO ONE!

That's cool. When I get to the point in my life where I need the approval of a board of card collectors to validate my views on the morality of other people I will let you know. I mean any guy who supports Donald Sterling, screams at Asian American fans who bought tickets to a Dodgers game to go back to their country, and denies his son was gay and died of AIDS is just an all around charming good dude to some folks. Not to me.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

That's cool. When I get to the point in my life where I need the approval of a board of card collectors to validate my views on the morality of other people I will let you know. I mean any guy who supports Donald Sterling, screams at Asian American fans who bought tickets to a Dodgers game to go back to their country, and denies his son was gay and died of AIDS is just an all around charming good dude to some folks. Not to me.

...but if we were all perfect like you, it would be a boring ass country.

[dealme]

I don't know what kind of guy Lasorda was, but I've never quite understood why someone would trash a person that just passed, especially in this forum (whether it's Lasorda or one of the other half dozen Hall of Famers we've lost in the last year and change). I think it's a safe assumption that we're all here because we're baseball fans, and each time one of these guys passes, someone on this board is losing something that has likely brought them great joy at some point in their lives. These guys are human and they all have their faults, but at least let their fans do a bit of grieving over the loss of someone that they felt some type of connection to.

Cheers,
Mark

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by dealme

I don't know what kind of guy Lasorda was, but I've never quite understood why someone would trash a person that just passed, especially in this forum (whether it's Lasorda or one of the other half dozen Hall of Famers we've lost in the last year and change). I think it's a safe assumption that we're all here because we're baseball fans, and each time one of these guys passes, someone on this board is losing something that has likely brought them great joy at some point in their lives. These guys are human and they all have their faults, but at least let their fans do a bit of grieving over the loss of someone that they felt some type of connection to.

Cheers,
Mark

Great post right there, as well as Irv's post #28. Both so true...

Nobody despised Lasorda more than me. As a teenage Reds fan, I actually hated the man. He was loud, brazen, and loved to hog the spotlight. The type of guy you love if you're a Dodger fan, and hate if you root for the other team.

The Reds and Dodgers had a bitter rivalry in the 70s, as they were always the two best teams in the NL West. You just knew one of them would win the west, and there was no love lost between the two teams. As luck would have it, we lived in the LA area as diehard Reds fans...

It was very difficult to be stranded on that "island", and the Dodgers' man in charge bore the brunt of our resentment. To us, he was nothing more than a loudmouth blowhard spewing his blue propaganda to anyone who would listen.

But (now that I've grown up), I realize what a fighter he was. I remember how he groomed and mentored Orel Hershiser, and gave him the unlikely moniker of "Bulldog". At the time, I thought it was a ridiculous name for a pale, skinny guy, but I'm positive that it helped make him a great pitcher.

Lasorda was truly a positive influence for the Dodgers and for the game of Baseball. A great story teller, a brilliant strategist, a hell of a manager, and a true winner. His passing represents a giant loss for the game, and I can say with the utmost respect, that he was the guy you loved to hate .

RIP Tommy

[BobbyVCP]

I was born in Columbus and family moved to LA when I was 5...my father was in the clothing business and he became very friendly with Tommy when he was a 3rd base coach for Walt Alston. Went to the game and after my dad takes me down to the Dodger locker room where we are outside of course and Tommy comes out with Steve Garvey and Ron Cey to meet me....what a thrill because both gave me bats and signed pics, etc...I was amazed on the size of Garvey's forearms.

Fast forward and Tommy is now the manager and one day I am at home and my dad calls me from work, has me on the speaker phone. My father says he has someone here that wants to talk to me. Of course it is Tommy and he asks who is my favorite team...I am about 11 and tell him "Cincinnati Reds", he asks what can he do to convert me to the Dodgers. I told him that getting me an autograph ball of Johnny Bench would be a good start....about a month later went to the game and that day it was Dodger family day. I get invited down into the dugout with all the other families as they played a 1 inning game for fun. While there, Tommy comes up to me and behind his back he pulls out that autograph ball personalized to me from Johnny Bench.

So many other great memories of going to the World Series and sitting with his family...

[perezfan]

Two great Lasorda stories, Bobby....

You can probably count on the fingers of one hand, the number of major leaguers who would go that extra mile. Amazing!

[brian1961]

Thanks Mark (dealme), my fellow Hoosier, and BobbyVCP. Great posts and very supportive of those of us really hurting over the passing of the great Tommy Lasorda. --- Brian Powell

My tiny, tiny little memory is when the Dodgers played the first game of the '88 World Series. One of my parishioners was a lonely old lady who liked baseball. I went to see her and she invited me to watch the World Series. I stayed 'til the last out, though many of you know there wasn't a last out, but Kirk Gibson's walk off the field home run! They had one of the cameras on Tommy Lasorda to watch his reaction-----he threw up his arms and began whooping it up and and ran with the rest of his boys to congratulate the virtually lame Kirk Gibson. I guess I just remember his massive enthusiasm for what was obviously a magical Dodger moment.

No baseball man had a larger "Joie de vivre" than Tommy Lasorda. "Joie de vivre" is a French phrase pronounced "ZHWAH DE VEEV" and expresses a cheerful enjoyment of life and an exultation of spirit---from Wikipedia encyclopedia) than Tommy Lasorda. RIP dear sir. You're being sorely missed already!!! --- Brian Powell

[irv]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

That's cool. When I get to the point in my life where I need the approval of a board of card collectors to validate my views on the morality of other people I will let you know. I mean any guy who supports Donald Sterling, screams at Asian American fans who bought tickets to a Dodgers game to go back to their country, and denies his son was gay and died of AIDS is just an all around charming good dude to some folks. Not to me.

Is this the clip you are referring to? If so, I see no screaming? Also, if this is the clip, are you basing your opinion on a 5 second interaction that was suspiciously cut off right after the question was asked?
Could he be leading up to a joke with this question?

This so reminds me of how MSM brainwashes the masses. Fabricate a story that didn't actually happen but if it sells newspapers or gets more people to watch their news on T.V. then the hell with credibility, morals and values.
https://asamnews.com/2020/07/16/dodg...to-korean-fan/

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by irv

Is this the clip you are referring to? If so, I see no screaming? Also, if this is the clip, are you basing your opinion on a 5 second interaction that was suspiciously cut off right after the question was asked?
Could he be leading up to a joke with this question?

This so reminds me of how MSM brainwashes the masses. Fabricate a story that didn't actually happen but if it sells newspapers or gets more people to watch their news on T.V. then the hell with credibility, morals and values.
https://asamnews.com/2020/07/16/dodg...to-korean-fan/

I agree. The clip also doesn't show the guy Lasorda is talking to. For all we know, he was a Giants fan wearing a shirt that said "Lasorda Sucks" and was flipping Tommy off. Point being, we don't know the whole circumstance and since Tom was gracious right before that with the other fan, my guess is, he was provoked in some way.

Partial news is often fake news.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I agree. The clip also doesn't show the guy Lasorda is talking to. For all we know, he was a Giants fan wearing a shirt that said "Lasorda Sucks" and was flipping Tommy off. Point being, we don't know the whole circumstance and since Tom was gracious right before that with the other fan, my guess is, he was provoked in some way.

Partial news is often fake news.

Tommy was a kidder, a jokester so I can't help but believe this was all part of a setup/lead up to for some joke that I assume went over well. If it didn't, you can bet your bottom dollar the whole vid would have been shown, guaranteed.

Like I said above, it amazes me what some people will believe based on so little information without at least fact checking/verifying the story first. The same goes for MSM. Lies, fake news stories, deception, deflection......the list goes on and on but yet people believe what they are shown to be true, unbiased and factual when nothing could be further from the truth.

[BRoberts]

All message boards have their Colin Cowherd wannabes. Poorly informed, ignorant of facts but always looking to have a "hot take," especially if it goes against popular, public opinion. This board is no different.