Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda in Los Angeles ICU
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Los Angeles Dodgers former manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda attends a news conference in Los Angeles in 2018.
FULLERTON, Calif. >> Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda has been hospitalized in Southern California.
The Los Angeles Dodgers said today that their 93-year-old former manager was in intensive care and resting comfortably at a hospital in Orange County. Lasorda lives in Fullerton.
He attended the team’s Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 27 in Texas that clinched the Dodgers’ first World Series title since 1988.
Lasorda had a record of 1,599-1,439 while managing the Dodgers from 1976-96, guiding them to World Series championships in 1981 and ‘88. The franchise won four National League pennants and eight division titles under Lasorda. He had a heart attack in June 1996 and retired from managing the Dodgers following month.
In 2000, Lasorda managed the U.S. Olympic baseball team to a gold medal at the Sydney Games.
In 2012, Lasorda was hospitalized in New York after having a heart attack.
