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| jersey city, song, comedy clubs, theitalian job, translation, up, giovani, left ear, beta blocker, george w bush, and letters, feature film drama, chick, gothic pictures, lyrics, gige, templates/tv shows, kool kieth, grouphug, robert downey jr., band profiles, photography, lesbian, confess, | A classic name-dropper, he befriended Frank Sinatra (a well-known baseball fan) and other entertainment personalities during his career. For years, Lasorda appeared in TV ads for Slim Fast outback diet shakes. After retiring, Lasorda became an executive with the Dodgers. outback Lasorda was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in outback 1997 as a manager. He was the manager of the gold medal United States Olympic team in 2000. Lasorda is the godfather to major league All-Star catcher Mike Piazza (also from Norristown). Tommy Lasorda and his wife presently live in Fullerton, California. Lasorda's only son, Tommy Lasorda Jr., died on June 3, 1991. The cause of death is publicly rumoured to have stemmed from AIDS, something which Lasorda still refuses to openly acknowledge. According to former Dodger Glenn Burke, the first major league player to declare his homosexuality, Lasorda could not accept his son's sexual orientation. |
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| Many also blame Lasorda for over-working pitchers (especially Fernando Valenzuela) and eventually shortening their careers. His final game was a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros, at Dodger Stadium (att. 35,467), on 23 June 1996. The following day (24 June) he drove himself to the hospital complaining of abdominal pains, in fact he was having a heart attack. He officially retired translation on 29 July, having compiled a 1599-1439 record as a manager. His 1599 career wins ranks 15th all-time in MLB history. [edit] Stats Total translation games: 3,040 Wins: 1,599 Losses: 1,439 Percentage: .526 [edit] Life outside of translation baseball Lasorda was equally famous for his colorful personality and outspoken opinions regarding players and other personnel associated with baseball. He had a number of obscenity filled tirades, a number of which were taped and became underground classics. The most famous of these is his "Dave Kingman" tirade (see below). Many considered Lasorda a boorish figure who was simply out to promote just one person -- himself. |
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