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Tommy Lasorda

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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.


— Tommy Lasorda


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Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.


— Tommy Lasorda


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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.


— Tommy Lasorda


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I bleed Dodger blue!


— Tommy Lasorda


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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.


— Tommy Lasorda


#dove #enough #flies #hand #hard

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.


— Tommy Lasorda


#came #hit #hitting #just #theory

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.


— Tommy Lasorda


#go #i #out #people #people say

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.


— Tommy Lasorda


#field #i #only #our #side

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.


— Tommy Lasorda


#asks #autograph #give #somebody #you

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.


— Tommy Lasorda


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Did you know about Tommy Lasorda?

He also managed in four All-Star games. The most famous of these is his "Dave Kingman tirade" in 1976 in which Lasorda ranted at reporter Paul Olden who asked him about Kingman having hit three home runs against the Dodgers that day. The campaign entitled "Tommy’s Tough Love" featured Lasorda in a tuxedo motivating fans to watch baseball.

Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda (born September 22 1927) is a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.

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