What is Tommy Lasorda?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=Tommy Lasorda |position=[[Pitcher]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] |image=TommyLasorda.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1927|09|22}} |birth_place=[[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2021|01|07|1927|09|22}} |death_place= [[Fullerton, California]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 5 |debutyear=1954 |debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 8 |finalyear=1956 |finalteam=Kansas City Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=0–4 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=6.48 |stat3label=[[Strikeouts]] |stat3value=37 |stat4label=Managerial record |stat4value=1,599–1,439 |stat5label=Winning % |stat5value=.526 |teams= '''As player''' * [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1954–1955) * [[Kansas City Athletics]] (1956) '''As manager''' * [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] (1976–1996) |highlights= * 2× [[World Series]] champion (1981, 1988) * 2× [[NL Manager of the Year]] (1983, 1988) * [[Los Angeles Dodgers#Retired numbers|Los Angeles Dodgers #2]] retired |hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |hoftype = National |hofdate=1997 |hofmethod=Veterans Committee }} '''Thomas Charles Lasorda''' (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was a [[Major League Baseball]] player. He had a long career in [[sports management]]. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers]] organization, the longest discontinuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster [[Vin Scully]] by two seasons. He was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] as a manager in 1997. Lasorda came out of retirement to manage the [[United States national baseball team|United States team]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], Australia. He led the America