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Tommy Lasorda

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Biography

Tommy is best known for his 21 years as the Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, establishing a tradition of winning that earned him…more

Born

9/22/1927, Norristown, Pennsylvania (USA)

Birth Name

Thomas Charles Lasorda

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- The Baseball Bunch (1982)
  The Dugout Wizard
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- ESPN25: Who's #1?
  Interviewee
  - S 2: Ep 4 Best Owners
    5/23/05
  - S 1: Ep 13 Best Games
    9/7/04
  - S 1: Ep 10 Best Plays
    8/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 Biggest Flops
    7/20/04
  - S 1: Ep 5 Most Outrageous Characters
    7/13/04
  - + 1 More Credits
- This Week in Baseball
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 18 The 700th Episode
    10/2/04
  - S 27: Ep 15 Mark Mulder
    8/28/04
- SportsCentury
  Interviewee
  - S 4: Ep 4 New York Yankees, Part Two
    10/7/03
  - — Reggie Jackson
    10/24/00
  - — Sparky Anderson
    10/19/00
  - — Mickey Mantle
    8/4/00
  - — Billy Martin, Part One
    7/31/00
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (39)

Role
- MLB Tonight
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 March 28, 2012
    3/28/12
- Sunday Night Baseball
  Interviewee
  - S 22: Ep 1 San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
    4/3/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 244 Episode #3.244
    6/17/10
  - S 1: Ep 236 June 10, 2008
    6/10/08
- The Young and the Restless
  Himself (voice)
  - S 37: Ep 50 Ep. #9159
    6/3/09
- The Bachelorette
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Week 2 (Season 4)
    5/26/08
- This Week
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 41 October 21, 2007
    10/21/07
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 137 Episode 312
    4/18/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 177 Adam Carolla, Tommy Lasorda, & Juelz Santana
    12/20/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 133 Rachel Griffiths/Tommy Lasorda/D.C. Benny
    8/16/05
- Cathedrals of the Game
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dodger Stadium
    10/3/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 18 2/3/04
    2/3/04
- Cold Pizza
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 16 11/10/2003
    11/10/03
- Arli$$
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 10 Last Call
    8/13/00
- Up Close Classic
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 11 Tommy Lasorda
    12/15/99
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 202 Show #0851
    8/7/97
- Arli$$
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 The World at Your Feet
    7/8/97
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Client's Best Interest
    10/9/96
- Everybody Loves Raymond
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 Neighbors
    3/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 18 Recovering Pessimist
    2/28/97
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 2: Ep 5 Show #0224
    9/2/94
  - S 1: Ep 156 Show #0156
    5/9/94
  - S 1: Ep 62 Show #0062
    11/23/93
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 218 July 18, 1994
    7/18/94
  - S 2: Ep 180 May 11, 1990
    5/11/90
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 104 June 24, 1992
    6/24/92
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 126 March 17, 1992
    3/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 September 10, 1991
    9/10/91
- The Royal Family
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Talkin' Baseball
    10/9/91
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 10: Ep 45 Show #1473
    5/7/91
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 181 June 28, 1990
    6/28/90
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 274 Maarch 7, 1990
    3/7/90
  - S 1: Ep 152 August 25, 1989
    8/25/89
- Who's the Boss?
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 19 Take Me Back to the Ballgame
    2/13/90
- Silver Spoons
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Great Baseball Card Scheme
    10/27/85
- Simon & Simon
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Third Eye
    10/17/85
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 8 Show #0515
    2/18/85
- Hee-Haw
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 24 Vic Damone / Tommy Lasorda / Moe Bandy / Gus Hardin
    3/10/84
  - S 9: Ep 17 Johnny Bench / Jeannie C. Riley / Tommy Lasorda / Dave Peterson
    1/21/78
- Just Men!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Week 5
    1/31/83
- CHiPs
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 1 Meet the New Guy
    10/10/82
- Police Squad!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
    3/18/82
- The John Davidson Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 40 August 22, 1980
    8/22/80
- Hart To Hart
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 With This Gun I Thee Wed
    12/4/79
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 149 May 22, 1979
    5/22/79
  - S 17: Ep 87 February 8, 1979
    2/8/79
  - S 16: Ep 54 November 17, 1977
    11/17/77
- Fantasy Island
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Superstar / Salem
    3/25/78
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 15 December 12, 1977
    12/12/77
- On the Record with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 1 Tommy Lasorda

Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- In August 1988, Tommy got into an on-field fight with the Philly Phanatic, mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phanatic had been beating up a doll dressed up like Tommy, which upset him greatly.
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- On July 10, 2001, Tommy was hit by a broken bat from batter Vladimir Guerrero while coaching third base at the All-Star Game.
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- On August 27, 1988, Tommy won his 1,000th game as a Manager when the Dodgers beat Philadelphia 4-2.
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Quotes
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- Tommy: I leave you with a saying in this country; if you don't pull for the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into heaven!
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- Tommy: Here's to the 2006 Dodgers, and all of you Dodger fans, the greatest fans in all of baseball.
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