ranma Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 L.A. Dodgers Tommy "slim fast" Lasorda passed away, he was 93 years young. The slim fast was put in the middle of his name because he did commercials in the 80's for them....
Lunajammer Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Today I mourn. In the late '80's while I worked in broadcast news, he came to town to honor hometown kid Roger Maris. Tommy held a press conference and it's the only PC I'd ever been to where none of the press people left after it was over. The reason is because Tommy Lasorda, IMHO, was the greatest story teller ever. We all sat around for an extra hour with our various ENG machines turned off, just listening to him spin fantastic and immensely entertaining yarns about baseball and its wild characters. The press corps, maybe 15 of us, didn't leave until he had to split for other commitments. RIP old man.
ChrisBcritter Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Sorry to hear that. I lived in L.A. for over 20 years and loved his press conferences - especially the outtakes the late sportscaster Jim Healy used to play. Hope St. Peter doesn't ask him about Kingman's performance...
slusher Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 I never knew he was that old but his Dodger play my Cubs but I respected him..May he Rest In Peace he had a long life...
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