Legendary Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda Dies At 93

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Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda argues a call with third base umpire Dana DeMuth during a game with the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, in 1992.





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Lasorda came out of retirement in 2000 to coach the U.S. Olympic team, which won a gold medal. He became an ambassador for the Dodgers—making more than 100 public appearances a year. On television, in schools and even at the White House.

He was hospitalized again in 2012 after another heart attack.

But until his death, the team and the game were everything to Lasorda, who told Fox Sports that he couldn’t think of any better way to have spent his life. «If I could’ve seen God and wrote on a piece of paper what I wanted to be for my life, it couldn’t be any better than this, he said.

Lasorda said he bled Dodger blue. But few people did a better job of promoting all of baseball.

Lasorda is survived by his wife of 70 years, Jo, a daughter and granddaughter.

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