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'''[[w:Tommy Lasorda|Thomas Charles Lasorda]]''' (born 22 September 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) was a Major League baseball player and manager. In 1999 he marked his 50th year of involvement, in one capacity or another, with the Brooklyn and [[w:Los Angeles Dodgers|Los Angeles Dodgers]] organization, the longest tenure of any individual in the Dodgers baseball organization.
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'''[[w:Tommy Lasorda|Thomas Charles Lasorda]]''' (born 22 September 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) was a Major League baseball player and [[manager]]. In 1999 he marked his 50th year of involvement, in one capacity or another, with the Brooklyn and [[w:Los Angeles Dodgers|Los Angeles Dodgers]] organization, the longest tenure of any individual in the Dodgers baseball organization.
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* ''I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. ''
* ''I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. ''
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* ''My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.''
* ''My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.''
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* ''"I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it."'' Source: The Artful Dodger (Tommy Lasorda)
* ''"I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it."'' Source: The Artful Dodger (Tommy Lasorda)
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* "''When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot."'' [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quolasor.shtml]
* "''When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot."'' [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quolasor.shtml]
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* ''"I think that is very very bad, for that man to make an accusation like that, that is terrible. I have never, ever since I've managed, ever told a pitcher to throw at anybody, nor will I ever. And if I ever did, I certainly wouldn't make them throw at a fucking .130 hitter like [[Joe Lefebvre|[Joe] Lefebvre]]...or fucking [[Kurt Bevacqua|[Kurt] Bevacqua]] who couldn't hit water if he fell out of a fucking boat. And I guaran-fucking-tee you this, that when I pitched and I was gonna pitch against a fucking team that had guys on it like Bevacqua, I'd send a fucking limousine to get the cocksucker to make sure he was in the motherfucking lineup because I'd kick that cocksucker's ass any fucking day of the week. He's a fucking motherfucking bigmouth, I'll tell you that."'' -- in response to being accused by [[San Diego Padres]] manager [[Dick Williams]] of throwing at his batters in a 1984 game. [http://home.att.net/~syrpdblue/sounds.htm#bevacqua]
* ''"I think that is very very bad, for that man to make an accusation like that, that is terrible. I have never, ever since I've managed, ever told a pitcher to throw at anybody, nor will I ever. And if I ever did, I certainly wouldn't make them throw at a fucking .130 hitter like [[Joe Lefebvre|[Joe] Lefebvre]]...or fucking [[Kurt Bevacqua|[Kurt] Bevacqua]] who couldn't hit water if he fell out of a fucking boat. And I guaran-fucking-tee you this, that when I pitched and I was gonna pitch against a fucking team that had guys on it like Bevacqua, I'd send a fucking limousine to get the cocksucker to make sure he was in the motherfucking lineup because I'd kick that cocksucker's ass any fucking day of the week. He's a fucking motherfucking bigmouth, I'll tell you that."'' -- in response to being accused by [[San Diego Padres]] manager [[Dick Williams]] of throwing at his batters in a 1984 game. [http://home.att.net/~syrpdblue/sounds.htm#bevacqua]
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*What he did wasn't entertainment. I love the Dodgers, and it wasn't right for him to stomp on the doll with the uniform. There were a lot of kids there, and he's showing them violence. He didn't need to do that.
*What he did wasn't entertainment. I love the Dodgers, and it wasn't right for him to stomp on the doll with the uniform. There were a lot of kids there, and he's showing them violence. He didn't need to do that.
**After physically assaulting the [[w:Phillie Phanatic|Phillie Phanatic]] [http://www.dodgerblues.com/content/features_fights.html#phanatic]
**After physically assaulting the [[w:Phillie Phanatic|Phillie Phanatic]] [http://www.dodgerblues.com/content/features_fights.html#phanatic]
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*"I knew something was up when he couldn't go to his right. He said he was living his fantasy, and I said it was my fantasy to get his [rear] off the field." -- Describing how he caught "Great Imposter" Barry Bremen in a Mets uniform shagging balls in the outfield before the 1986 All-Star Game at the Houston Astrodome. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-barry-bremen-20110707,0,2935425.story]
*"I knew something was up when he couldn't go to his right. He said he was living his fantasy, and I said it was my fantasy to get his [rear] off the field." -- Describing how he caught "Great Imposter" Barry Bremen in a Mets uniform shagging balls in the outfield before the 1986 All-Star Game at the Houston Astrodome. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-barry-bremen-20110707,0,2935425.story]