The Day Tommy Lasorda Said Mass

Once in his baseball career, a Tommy Lasorda argument with an umpire landed him in jail. More than 35 years ago, Lasorda was managing in the Dominican Republic’s Winter League, showcasing his managerial skills for any MLB team that might be interested.
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In one particular game, an umpire ruled that Lasorda’s centerfielder pulled a ball out of his pants pocket as a ruse on a deep fly ball that had gone over his head. The outfielder’s quick-throw prevented a loss in the last half of the 9th inning.
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Lasorda lost his cool and was later incarcerated with a few local weirdos, spending the entire night with a death-grip on the cell's bars away from the crazies, saying the Roman Catholic Mass, over and over and over again.
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Lasorda found out later that a politician had a wager on the game and, the umpire who had made the ridiculous call, had been threatened with jail time him

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Dodgers to Win World Series over Boston

Manny and Joe Torre will lead the Dodgers to a World Series Title.



We're making another prediction: LA over Boston in the World Series.

Why because Manny and Torre are winners. Manny lives for this, he is so comfortable in this situation, and Torre has more playoff exprience than another other manager. The pressure will not get to the Dodgers this postseason. You can talk about OPS all year long, but in postseason baseball, the games are not won via box score stats.

Manny for MVP, Sabathia for CY Young

Even through they both started their seasons in the AL, Manny and CC enter will enter the playoffs, as the best hitter and best pitcher in the NL. The Dodgers and Brewers would absolutely not be getting ready for playoff series with out them. There is a lack of a front-runner for either award, and no team in the playoffs has a more important player.

Manny Ramirez - Has turned Hollywood into Mannywood. He is averaging an RBI a game since joining the LA and despite having a third of the at-bats he's a couple home runs from leading the team. In the 53 games he has played with the Dodgers, his OPS is a phenomenal 1.232.

CC Sabathia - He pitched the Brewers into the playoffs, with an sensational with a complete game 4 hitter. Since arriving in Milwaukee on July 7th, CC has an 11-2 record with a 1.78 ERA. He's been major factor in turning Milwaukee into a great baseball city.

Is Anyone Home at PNC Park?

Buccos trade Jason Bay for warm bodies.



Let me sum up the Bay trade as follows. Change for the sake of change is only a good thing, when it's change for good.

We all know the Pirates need pitching, but they didn't receive anyone close to being a safe bet top of the rotation pitcher. The point that everyone is missing here is....the Pirates didn't have to trade Bay or Nady. Since Manny was going into "Operation Shutdown" Boston had no choice but to acquire Bay, therefore the Pirates could have received far greater, and I mean far greater return. Right idea, poor execution.

Will Craig Hasen, Bradon Moss, Andy LARoche, and Bryan Morris make Neal Huntington lucky or will we understand why it's a fact the Cleveland front office was happy to see him go.

Bay trade's projected successful outcome: 15%

LA Coliseum 115,000+ Planned for Dodgers vs. Red Sox

Dodgers plan to break baseball's attendance record with over 115,000 as they host the Red Sox.





On March 29th, the Dodgers will take on Boston in an exhibition game. So far over 90,000 tickets have been sold and they are looking to sell 25,000+ standing room tickets. The Dodgers played in the Coliseum through 1961 after moving to LA. The previous record for a baseball game is believed to be 93,103 for a Dodgers vs Yakees exhibition game, which was a fundraiser for Roy Campanella. 92,706 fans attended a World Series game in 1959 as the largest official MLB game attendance.


The fence will only be 200 ft away down the left field line, so a 62 foot high screen will be used a mega wall. With the expected success of this event the Dodgers are also considering playing a regular season game at the Coliseum sometime in the future.


More on the game at the Dodger's website.