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Article: DODGER BLUES TOMMY LASORDA STEPS DOWN AS MANAGER AFTER 2 DECADES IN THE DUGOUT IN LOS ANGELES.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 30, 1996
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Byline: Ken Peters Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Lasorda, who began bleeding Dodger blue when the team still played in Brooklyn, left the job he loved and lived for 20 years when he retired Monday as Los Angeles manager.
Choking back tears at one point and spinning baseball yarns at another, the 68-year-old Lasorda said health concerns and the desire to spend more time with his family persuaded him to leave the dugout and become a team vice president.
Lasorda underwent angioplasty June 26 after it was determined he had suffered a heart attack. He said he had been cleared medically to return to the dugout but realized it made sense to ...