Quotes About Tommy Lasorda

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

No, the Dodgers took Piazza in the 62nd round as a personal favor to help him find a Division I college baseball program. See, out of high school, Piazza (with the help of Lasorda) signed with the University of Miami, but he was entirely overmatched there. He got nine plate appearances and one hit. Seeing his future, he quit school.

The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.

Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs