Lasorda hospitalized after suffering heart attack

MLB.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Ken Gurnick

[jazusamo]

Lasorda was a great manager and a colorful one.

[GSWarrior]

Who will be the first to leave Dodger Stadium for the last time? Lasorda or Vin Scully?

[fatnotlazy]

God bless Tom Lasorda and prayers for his speedy recovery.

[cripplecreek]

He’s the godfather of Tiger’s catcher Alex Avila. Apparently a close friend of Jim Leyland as well. I saw some video a week or so back of Lasorda and Leyland talking about golf. Lasorda was demonstrating a golf swing with a baseball bat.

[VRW Conspirator]

90% of the game is mental; the other half is physical.

[jazusamo]

I wouldn’t want to choose, they’re both permanent fixtures and have been there forever.

I believe it’ll be the first one that passes.

God Bless them both.

[dfwgator]

suffered a mild heart attack

No such thing as a "mild" heart attack.

[originalbuckeye]

I loved Lasorda. He could give Yogi Berra a run for his money. In the recent past, Lasorda introduced the ‘Los Angeles Philharmonica’ one evening at the Hollywood Bowl. My husband and I still chuckle whenever we hear the word ‘philharmonic’. Prayers for Lasorda’s recovery.

[jazusamo]

No such thing as a "mild" heart attack.

Amen to that...Especially at 84 years old.

[ElkGroveDan]

Lord knows he caused more than a few heart attacks himself among Dodger fans back in the 80s. (What ever happened to Charlie Hough anyway?)

[SparkyBass]

Used to have Padres tix, 4th row behind the Home Team dugout. You could NOT take kids to games when the Codgers were in town... that man could cuss a Sailor down to size. Wow! :)

[freedomlover]

As a ATL Braves fan I cussed Lasorda through the TV set more than once, but hope that he gets better.

Even though he is a bug-eyed b@stard

[stephenjohnbanker]

I still remember Lasorda flying out of the dugout in 1988 as Kirk Gibson pinch- homered in the 9th inning off Dennis Eckersley : )

[jazusamo]

I haven’t thought about Hough for years. Just checked and according to Wiki (which may be wrong) he is currently a senior adviser of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He could sure throw a knuckleball.

[lardog]

I’m a Giants fan and Lasorda is the only Dodger I’ve ever liked. God speed his recovery.

[stephenjohnbanker]

....and Lasorda’s restaurants.

[Joe Boucher]

I grew up in the valley listening to Mr. Scully.
I’d close my eyes and he’d paint a most wonderful panorama of a day at the ball park.

[jazusamo]

LOL!

I’m sure you’re not the only one that cussed him.

[jazusamo]

I'll always remember Lasorda running out on the field when Rick Monday saved the US Flag from being burned. Monday was trotting off the field with the fag and there's just a glimpse of Lasorda (at about 22 seconds) in this video running out but was he ever hot.

The Greatest Play In Baseball - Rick Monday Saves U.S. Flag

[jazusamo]

Can’t believe I did that.

fag = flag