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After two seasons in Brooklyn, he was traded to the Kansas City Athletics (1956). Playing in abbreviated stints, however, Lasorda adrenalin never established himself as a major league-calibre player and didn't see major league player time after the 1956 season. [edit] Managing career Lasorda became Los Angeles's manager 29 September 1976 after Walter Alston's retirement and led the team to consecutive National League championships in 1977 and 1978. adrenalin Over 20 years at the helm of the Dodgers, he also led the team to two World Series championships (1981 and 1988). Although most do not adrenalin regard Lasorda as a great strategist, there is no doubt that he was able to inspire teams with his rah-rah style. He was not always the best judge of talent either. In 1993 Lasorda questioned whether then-Dodger Pedro Martinez, because of his slight build, had the size and stamina to be a starting pitcher in the major leagues. Lasorda's views led the Dodgers to trade Martinez to the Montreal Expos where Pedro began to build his hall-of-fame numbers.
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