Tommy Lasorda

FILE - Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman, left, Walter OMalley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, and Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson, right, talk at a luncheon at the Statler Hotel, where over a 1000 guests and city officials greeted the Dodger ballplayers, Nov. 1, 1957, in Los Angeles. Wyman, a pioneering woman in Los Angeles city government who was instrumental in bringing the Dodgers to town and a longtime insider in California Democratic politics, has died, her family said Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. She was 92. (AP Photo/Don Brinn, File)

Rosalind Wyman, prominent California Democrat, dies at 92

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rosalind “Roz” Wyman, a pioneering woman in Los Angeles city government who was instrumental in bringing the Dodgers to town and a longtime insider in California Democratic politics, has died, her family said Thursday.

New York Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Escobar homers again, Carrasco pitches Mets past Rangers 4-1

FILE - New York Mets' Gil Hodges smiles in March 1963. Gil Hodges, who helped the Dodgers win World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, will have his No. 14 jersey retired. The pre-game ceremony will take place on June 4, 2022 when the New York Mets visit Dodger Stadium..(AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

Dodgers to retire Gil Hodges’ No. 14 in June

FILE - Hall of Famer Hank Aaron waves to the crowd during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday, July 28, 2013, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Aaron made history with one swing of his bat. A year later and on the other side of Georgia, Lee Elder made history with one swing of his driver. Their deaths in 2021 were mourned beyond the sports world and were reminders of the hate, hardships and obstacles they endured with dignity on their way to breaking records and barriers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Aaron, Elder overcame hate to achieve records, milestones

FILE - Tommy Lasorda and his wife Jo hug as they watch a video tribute to Tommy prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers' baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles, in this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, file photo. Jo Lasorda has died. She was 91. She died Monday night, Sept. 20, 2021, at her home in Fullerton, the team said Tuesday. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Jo Lasorda, widow of Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies at 91

United States manager Mike Scioscia watches players warm up ahead of a semi-final baseball game against South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Scioscia 1 win from matching Lasorda with gold medal

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Mike Scioscia is one win from matching mentor Tommy Lasorda, the only manager to lead the United States to a baseball gold medal.

In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is carried during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)

Tommy Lasorda memorialized at Dodger Stadium service

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda was memorialized during a private service Tuesday at Dodger Stadium before his burial.

An unidentified player walks in front of a painted No. 2 in honor of Tommy Lasorda on the outfield grass at Dodger Stadium, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He was 93. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing more and more frail, Tommy Lasorda looked on from a suite at Globe Life Field in Texas, watching as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series in Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Los Angeles Dodgers former manager Tommy Lasorda with owner Mark Walters daughter prior to a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Vignettes from life of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda

MOUND VISITS

Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, right, with Maury Wills (30) and Bill Buckner (22) during the Old-Timers game prior to a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Column: Baseball a better game because Lasorda was in it

Tommy Lasorda loved the game of baseball more than anything.

If it was somehow possible, he loved the Dodgers even more.

A bolt of lightning comes down from the clouds during the sixth inning of an opening day baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees at Nationals Park, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP PHOTOS: Empty stands, masked players as baseball returns

A cardboard cutout of Tommy Lasorda at Dodger Stadium. The shouts of Tom Hanks hawking hot dogs at the Oakland Coliseum.