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F*** your ice cream!
I know this isn't hockey related but few people have meant more to the city of LA than Tommy, who also loved the LA Kings.
RIP old friend
RIP old friend
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“What’s my opinion of Kingman’s performance?”"Kurt Bevacqua? He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat!" - Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda visiting the mound talking to Jesse Orosco after pitching something like six consecutive balls in a playoff game: "Throw a f'ing strike!!"
"Kurt Bevacqua? He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat!" - Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda visiting the mound talking to Jesse Orosco after pitching something like six consecutive balls in a playoff game: "Throw a f'ing strike!!"
With all due respect to Tommy Lasorda, I don't think you can overlook Walter Alston.Remember him with the great teams of the late seventies and '80's...Lopes,Garvey,the Penguin,F Valenzuela,O Hershiser,M Scioscia,S Sax,M Piazza and K Gibson. When I think of Mangers for the Dodgers,its Lasorda and Lasorda only! RIP Uncle Tommy Lasorda...hey all us Italians are related somewhere down the line...A great manager that managed some great,great LA Dodger teams and he played a huge part in that!
With all due respect, there aren't many people left these days who can remember back to when people still got wooden dentures...With all due respect to Tommy Lasorda, I don't think you can overlook Walter Alston.
He managed the Dodgers for 22 years, won the National League Championship 7 times, and won the World Series 4 times.
With all due respect to Tommy Lasorda, I don't think you can overlook Walter Alston.
He managed the Dodgers for 22 years, won the National League Championship 7 times, and won the World Series 4 times.
Kings17= Dave KingmanWhat a touching eulogy.
I think Tommy Lasorda was great. I think Walter Alston was also a great Dodger manager.Kings17= Dave Kingman
It's not like it was 100 years ago. The sun didn't suddenly start shining the day you were born.With all due respect, there aren't many people left these days who can remember back to when people still got wooden dentures...
The guy was born 109 years ago, and he last managed a game in 1976. That is well outside the demographic of the vast majority of this board. You're old. It's ok, accept it. And the sun started shining the day before I was born. It had to get ready.It's not like it was 100 years ago. The sun didn't suddenly start shining the day you were born.
Yes, I am older and wiser than you. You should accept it.The guy was born 109 years ago, and he last managed a game in 1976. That is well outside the demographic of the vast majority of this board. You're old. It's ok, accept it. And the sun started shining the day before I was born. It had to get ready.
I remember the name Walter Alston and Branch Rickey! But will always remember Lasorda the Manager of the Dodgers forever!With all due respect to Tommy Lasorda, I don't think you can overlook Walter Alston.
He managed the Dodgers for 22 years, won the National League Championship 7 times, and won the World Series 4 times.
I remember the name Walter Alston and Branch Rickey! But will always remember Lasorda the Manager of the Dodgers forever!
I envy those of you who were able to meet him in person. I bet he told some great stories to some of you who had the good fortune of talking with him in person.Tommy was a gracious man. Several years ago, he was the guest of honor for a fundraiser at my wife's church. He was friendly and classy, real salt of the earth. He will be missed.