Tommy Lasorda 1927-2021

Pitcher Tommy Lasorda #23 of the Kansas City A's poses for a portrait prior to a game in 1956 against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

Tommy Lasorda served as the Dodgers third base coach for almost 4 seasons from 1973-76. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)

New manager Tommy Lasorda looks over his domain from the dugout as his Los Angeles Dodgers downed the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 8, 1977. It was 5-1. It was Lasorda's first game as a major league skipper. (AP Photo)

After his team lost the first game of the 1977 World Series, 4-3, to the Yankees in New York on Tuesday, Tommy Lasorda told reporters "To win the World Series, you've got to win four games, not one or two" (AP Photo)

Phillies’ Larry Bowa stands on first base as he watches Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Tom Lasorda argue with the umpires in the third inning of game, Friday, June 3, 1978 (AP Phot/Rusty Kennedy)

Tommy Lasorda grins as he answers a question during a “champagne party” in the Dodgers dressing room before their game with the Reds in Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 26, 1978. Lasorda invited newsmen in for the party as his answer to a new rule by the Reds barring visitors from their dressing room within 35 minute of game time. (AP Photo/ Brian Horton)

Tommy Lasorda, poses during a 1980 Los Angeles, California, photo portrait session at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda leaps from the dugout as the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 8-7, to tie the World Series at two games apiece, Saturday, Oct. 24, 1981 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Pitcher Tom Niedenfuer pours champagne on manager Tommy Lasorda in the clubhouse after winning the 1981 NLDS playoffs at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

Al Campanis, left, vice president of player personnel for the Los Angeles Dodgers is joined by Mayor Tom Bradley and Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda during Dodger Day parade through the streets of Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 1981. More than 300,000 person lined the city sidewalks to acknowledge their appreciation of the 1981 World Series champions. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen)

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda starts a team meeting in the home locker room at Dodger Stadium, Monday, Oct. 3, 1983 in Los Angeles in preparation for the start Tuesday of the National League Championship series against the Philadelphia Phillies. (AP Photo)

Manger Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers argues with Major League Baseball umpire Ed Montague during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium circa 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers with the Phillie Fanatic during an MLB baseball game at Veterans Stadium circa 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds talks with Manager Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers before a MLB baseball game circa mid 1980's at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose managed the Reds from 1984-89. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers shakes hands with manager Tony LaRussa of the Oakland Athletics at home-plate before game 2 of the 1988 World Series, October 16, 1988 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers won the series 4-1. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, right, and Fred Claire, Dodger Vice President hoist the World Series trophy following their team's decicisve 5-2 win over the Oakland A's Oct. 20,1988. (AP Photo/stf)

Tommy Lasorda dances for the team's fans during celebrations of their World Series win in downtown Los Angeles, CA, on Oct. 24, 1988. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda gives a team welcome to outfielder Darryl Strawberry during spring training at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., Wednesday morning, Feb. 27, 1991. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Retired Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda waves to the fans as he gives his farewell speech Tuesday, July 30, 1996, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Lasorda retired after managing the Dodgers for nearly two decades. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Tommy Lasorda poses with his Hall of Fame plaque after his induction Sunday, Aug. 3, 1997 in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Dave Jennings)

Team manager Tommy Lasorda of the USA talks to an official during the semifinal match against the USA at the Baseball Stadium in Olympic Park during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 26, 2000. The USA defeated Korea 3-2 on a game winning home run at the bottom of the ninth, advancing them to the gold medal game. (Photo by Jamie Squire /Getty Images)

Tommy Lasorda with Clayton Kershaw on September 28, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Tommy Lasorda attend a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees on July 31, 2013 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Caifornia. (Photo by Jill Weisledero/Los Angeles Dodgers via Getty Images)

Former NBA player Magic Johnson, left, laughs with Tommy Lasorda between innings of baseball's Game 3 of the National League Division Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Tommy Lasorda celebrates after the game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 1, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rob Letter/MLB Photos via Getty Images)