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LOS ANGELES DODGERS
AGE: 77
POSITION: Special Advisor
BIRTHPLACE: Morristown, PA
RESIDES: Fullerton, CA
SCHOOL: Morristown, PA High School
PERSONAL: Wife Jo, 1 daughter
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Regarded
by many as baseball’s most popular ambassador, Tommy
Lasorda is in his 56th season with the Dodgers. He retired
as manager in 1996, after 20 seasons. He currently serves
as the Dodgers’ Senior Vice President and Special
Advisor to the Chairman. Besides scouting, evaluating
and teaching minor league players, Tommy spreads baseball
goodwill to thousands through more than 100 speeches and
appearances each year. Some of his appearance during the
last year include: Columbus Day Parade in New York to
benefit the police department, grand marshall of the Yorba
Linda, CA Parade, Nevada Cancer Center “Rock for
a Cure” dinner, commencement address at the University
of Hawaii (earning his sixth honorary doctorate degree),
emcee of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation annual
gala, INTIX annual convention, emcee of a Candlelight
Dinner at the 55th Presidential Inauguration, University
of Virginia fund raiser, Reviving Baseball in the Inner-cities
(RBI) annual dinner, Air Force Academy motivational speeches,
and many more. During the Nevada Cancer Institute event,
Tommy auctioned off a dinner and Dodger game with him
during the 2005 season for $180,000. Last November, the
Tom Lasorda Heart Institute officially opened at Centinela
Hospital in Inglewood.
In
1997, Tommy Lasorda was elected to the National Baseball
Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in his first year
of eligibility. As manager, his Dodger teams won two World
Championships, four NL pennants and eight division titles.
In 2000, he managed the Gold Medal winning U.S. Olympic
Baseball team.
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