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Tommy Lasorda

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Name: Tommy Lasorda

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Minnesota Twins: Tanner Vavra proves Uncle Tommy right with his selection in draft

WASHINGTON -- The telephone conversation took place 13 years ago, but Twins third-base coach Joe Vavra remembers it "like it was yesterday."This was soon after the second of two freak accidents that cost Tanner Vavra, Joe's eldest son, the sight in his ... [Published TwinCities.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Joe Vavra, Tommy Lasorda, Ron Gardenhire

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Clemson University

Angels manager Mike Scioscia reflects on being a Dodgers draft pick

ANAHEIM - With Major League Baseball's amateur draft kicking off Thursday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia reminisced about his draft-day experience as a first-round pick by the Dodgers in 1976.Needless to say, things are done a bit differently now compared ... [Published San Bernardino County Sun - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Mike Scioscia, Clemson University, Ben Wade, Tommy Lasorda

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 2 reports

Joe Trippi

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda speaks at the University of La Verne 2013 commencement on Saturday in Ontario. (Frank Perez/Correspondent)The 85-year-old grandfatherly man wearing a neatly pressed shirt and brown pants walked into the room with one hand ... [Published Redlands Daily Facts - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Tommy Lasorda, Fernando Ortega, Joe Trippi, University of La Verne

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

COUNTRY SCRIBE: Just the facts, m'am

During the aftermath of the recent tornado in Oklahoma, at least two reporters made fools of themselves as they worked to turn tragedy into entertainment for the masses.Wolf Blitzer of CNN interviewed a young woman holding a baby amidst the rubble of ... [Published Grand Forks Herald - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Tom LaSorda, Wolf Blitzer, Dave Kingman, Tommy Lasorda

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Toyota Prius

Dennis McCarthy: Founder of 99 Cents Only store chain never lost the common touch

_ The money men wanted to send a private jet for Dave Gold when he took his company public in 1996. He said no. "I'll fly coach like I always have. On standby to save a few bucks."OK, the money men said, we understand. But at least let us send a limo ... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 31 2013]

Entities: Dennis McCarthy, Toyota Prius, Tommy Lasorda, 99 Cents Only Stores

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Chrysler LLC

Car Sales This Summer Will Be Like A Bloodier Version Of Kill Bill

This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more i ... [Published Jalopnik - May 24 2013]

Entities: Chrysler LLC, Tom LaSorda, Lee Iacocca, Japan, Roger Penske

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

The Largely Forgotten Story of Glenn Burke

I did not know this : What Ayanbadejo didn’t know was that one baseball player already had. This week’s coming out by NBA player Jason Collins is momentous, but the Jackie Robinson of gay rights was Glenn Burke, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers ... [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - May 12 2013]

Entities: Glenn Burke, Tommy Lasorda, Jason Collins

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Baseball Legend Tommy Lasorda Not Impressed by Live Psy Performance

"Sometimes," to quote a famous flick , "there's a man. Well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there." Today, in our meme-obsessed world of globalized Internet culture, that dude is Korean pop star Psy Eighty-five-year-old ... [Published Mashable! - May 01 2013]

Entities: Tommy Lasorda, Dennis Rodman, Sex

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Take Me Out To The Ballgame By Public Transit

David Pettit, Director, Southern California Air Program, Santa Monica, CA I'm in Washington D.C. preparing for tomorrow's Supreme Court argument in the ATA v. City of Los Angeles port trucking case . While here, I've taken in two ballgames at the ... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Paul Konerko, Public Transit, Jeff Shaw

Quotes

"after that introduction, i thought i was dead" Lasorda said to laughter from the crowd

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin [Published Redlands Daily Facts - Jun 02 2013]

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin [Published Redlands Daily Facts - Jun 02 2013]
Lasorda to University of La Verne grads: Keep b... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Jun 02 2013]
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Dennis McCarthy: Founder of 99 Cents Only store... [Published Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - May 31 2013]
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Fantasy Bluthball: We Draft Locals for Arrested... [Published Orange County Weekly - May 23 2013]
Domini Sandwiches losing a familiar face [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]
The Largely Forgotten Story of Glenn Burke [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - May 12 2013]
Baseball Legend Tommy Lasorda Not Impressed by ... [Published Mashable! - May 01 2013]
MLB Hall Of Famer Not Impressed With Psy [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 01 2013]
Jason Collins Is Not The First Openly Gay Athle... [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Apr 29 2013]
Daniel "Doc" Jacobs, the Purple Heart Recipient... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Apr 22 2013]
Take Me Out To The Ballgame By Public Transit [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Apr 15 2013]
Opinion: UCLA Must Bring 'HAVOC' to Westwood by... [Published Breitbart Feed - Mar 25 2013]
Andrews Post 69 recognizes local men [Published Georgetown Times - Feb 13 2013]

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The Largely Forgotten Story of Glenn Burke [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - May 12 2013] I did not know this : What Ayanbadejo didn’t know was that one baseball player already had. This week’s coming out by NBA player Jason Collins is momentous, but the Jackie Robinson of gay rights was Glenn Burke, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers ...
Baseball Legend Tommy Lasorda Not Impressed by ... [Published Mashable! - May 01 2013] "Sometimes," to quote a famous flick , "there's a man. Well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there." Today, in our meme-obsessed world of globalized Internet culture, that dude is Korean pop star Psy Eighty-five-year-old ...
MLB Hall Of Famer Not Impressed With Psy [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 01 2013] Dance crazes do not faze Tommy Lasorda. The world's most exhausting fad reared it's ugly head again at last night's Dodgers vs. Rockies game. Except in this case, not everyone was enthralled with Psy's tired moves. Via: Mark J. Terrill / AP Legendary ...
Jason Collins Is Not The First Openly Gay Athle... [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Apr 29 2013] In the wake of Jason Collins’s article in Sports Illustrated this week in which he announces that he’s gay, many people are calling him the first openly gay athlete in a major sport. As it turns out, and as was pointed out on Twitter earlier today, ...
Take Me Out To The Ballgame By Public Transit [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Apr 15 2013] David Pettit, Director, Southern California Air Program, Santa Monica, CA I'm in Washington D.C. preparing for tomorrow's Supreme Court argument in the ATA v. City of Los Angeles port trucking case . While here, I've taken in two ballgames at the ...

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Daniel "Doc" Jacobs, the Purple Heart Recipient... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Apr 22 2013]