Tommy Lasorda

Baseball's most popular ambassador, Tommy Lasorda is available for personal appearances at your next conference or special event.

Regarded by many as baseballs most popular ambassador, Tommy Lasorda begins his 53rd season in the Dodger organization and seventh as Vice President. He was named Vice President on July 29, 1996 after retiring as manager, a position he held for the previous 20 seasons. Lasorda assumed all player personnel responsibilities when he was named the Dodgers’ interim General Manager in June 22, 1998. He relinquished his General Manager duties when he was promoted to Senior Vice President on September 11, 1998.

In his current front-office capacity, Lasorda spends much time scouting, evaluating and teaching minor league players as well as spreading baseball goodwill to thousands as he makes more than 100 speeches and appearances to various charities, private groups and military personnel each year.

Last season saw Lasorda take his baseball and motivational expertise to Japan when the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes agreed to a one-year "friendship" agreement that centered around Lasorda’s consulting with Kintetsu in all aspects of baseball. Lasorda, who along with Kintetsu have extended their agreement for one more season in the hopes of building on their success from 2001, spent a combined three months of the season in Japan not only teaching the fundamentals of baseball to the players but also instructing their baseball operations staff about the business of baseball. Before the association with the Dodgers and Lasorda, the Buffaloes had finished last the previous two seasons but in 2001 they won their first pennant in 10 years.

The 2000 season proved to be memorable for Lasorda. On May 5, he was named to manage the Olympic Baseball Team for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. His team, considered underdogs by many, won the Gold Medal on September 27, just five days after his 73rd birthday. On November 6, the Tom Lasorda Heart Institute at Centinela Medical Center in Inglewood, CA officially opened.

In 1997, Lasorda was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in his first year of eligibility. He was the 14th manager and the 15th Dodger inducted into the Hall of Fame. Lasorda’s uniform number (2) was retired by the Dodgers on August 15, 1997 and the main street that leads to the entrance to Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida was renamed Tommy Lasorda Lane on March 5, 1997. Lasorda also threw out the first pitch in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.

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