Lasorda portrait in National Gallery

[hondo]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lasorda23-2009sep23,0,3663275.story

Cripes. One of the all-time douchebags (who somehow manages to keep his lovable fuzzball rep) his a life-size painting of himself in DC.

Hope he kept the f-bombs to a minimum during this speech.

 

[Armchair_QB]

As long as nobody asked him about Dave Kingman I'm sure the speech was fine.

 

[Songbird]

As long as nobody asked him about Dave Kingman I'm sure the speech was fine.

1) Great photo.

2) I'm a Dodgers honk, grew up with Tommy, and I loved him as manager. He brought me 2 World Series titles, so I really can't diss him on any level.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Forget the Kingman rant, which was Tommy putting on a show and embarrassing a guy.

Try this one:



They had a microphone on him during the '77 World Series and this is the outtake when he goes to the mound to take out Doug Rau.

 

[BYH]

The portrait is probably more authentic than Tommy.

 

[Living visalia thru you]

Lasorda then responded by disowning a portrait of his dead, gay son.

 

[BYH]

Lasorda then responded by disowning a portrait of his dead, gay son.

Simply ****ing outstanding.

 

[Songbird]

Lasorda then responded by disowning a portrait of his dead, gay son.

Simply ****ing outstanding.

Yeah, I don't subscribe to Lasorda's personal policies. Seems like a mean guy away from the field.

 

[Hammer Pants]

That youtube clip is a classic.

"I don't care how you feel. There's four ****ing hits up there on the ****ing scoreboard."

 

[hondo]

Forget the Kingman rant, which was Tommy putting on a show and embarrassing a guy.

Try this one:



They had a microphone on him during the '77 World Series and this is the outtake when he goes to the mound to take out Doug Rau.

What's better? That or the Bob Knight tirade?

 

[sportsguydave]

Knight, by a landslide. But Lasorda's a close second.

The two charter members of the douchebag hall of fame.

 

[Bubbler]

I cannot BELIEVE this hasn't been posted yet. You're slipping, SJ.

"I hate Tommy Lasorda"

 

[hondo]

Knight, by a landslide. But Lasorda's a close second.

The two charter members of the douchebag hall of fame.

We find rare common ground on this one Dave. There's a former national columnist I respect greatly who once told me the three guys he covered whose reputations are far removed from the reality of their douchness were Lasorda, Valvano and Earnhardt Sr.

 

[cranberry]

There's a former national columnist I respect greatly who once told me the three guys he covered whose reputations are far removed from the reality of their douchness were Lasorda, Valvano and Earnhardt Sr.

Ahem. Aren't you forgetting someone?

 

[sportsguydave]

Knight, by a landslide. But Lasorda's a close second.

The two charter members of the douchebag hall of fame.

We find rare common ground on this one Dave. There's a former national columnist I respect greatly who once told me the three guys he covered whose reputations are far removed from the reality of their douchness were Lasorda, Valvano and Earnhardt Sr.

Never dealt with either Knight or Lasorda personally... just know of them from afar. But they both just seem like major-league tools.

Knight, especially ... I work in Indiana, and 10 years after they canned his ass, the guy's still a god down here. I've heard similar things about Dale Sr. Valvano, not so much. It just amazes me that these guys can be such asshats and still have legions of Kool-Aid swilling sycophants... some of those in our profession, unfortunately.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Knight, by a landslide. But Lasorda's a close second.

Did you forget about Lee Elia's tirade?

 

[The Big Ragu]

There's a former national columnist I respect greatly who once told me the three guys he covered whose reputations are far removed from the reality of their douchness were Lasorda, Valvano and Earnhardt Sr.

Ahem. Aren't you forgetting someone?

The thing about Garvey is that I think most people saw him as fake and plastic at a certain point, even if he cultivated a BS image for a very short time. How many people are really fooled about Garvey? When he went through his divorce--because he had made himself so high profile and sold himself as the second coming of Ronald Reagan Christ--I vaguely remember a lot of negative media coverage (I was still fairly young) and it isn't like people don't know about the paternity suits and the FTC suing him. He sold himself as the "don't drink, no drugs, no swearing, family man," and it worked for a short time, but people did figure out he was a hypocrite and full of it. Garvey is pretty unlikeable. Some people can go through the beating he has (and there have been a lot of negative things about him) and come out forgiven because they are inherently likable. But Garvey? Who really is fooled by him.

Have people by and large figured out Lasorda, though?

 

[cranberry]

Have people by and large figured out Lasorda, though?

Sometimes I think people don't want to figure him out. Like it messes up their simple world view. Pete Rose always seemed to get far more latitude than his actions warranted, too. people wanted to believe in Charlie Hustle like they wanted to believe in Santa Claus.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Lasorda then responded by disowning a portrait of his dead, gay son.

Simply ****ing outstanding.

Yeah, I don't subscribe to Lasorda's personal policies. Seems like a mean guy away from the field.

An epic mooch of a douche. Short arms, deep pockets, and zero class.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Garvey is not in that class. Garvey was a serial sperm donor while the world viewed him as the All-American boy, but Lasorda was a mean-spirited, manipulative prick who hid behind the bubbly "I bleed Dodger blue" bull**** in public.

I once saw a young reporter on a day pass approach Garvey after a Dodger loss and proceed to ask him a long written list of questions about the role Little League plays in a player's development. Garvey sat for the whole thing and gave him the best answers he could. Lasorda would've made an ass of the kid for the amusement of everyone else.

One of the reasons I'm not a fan of the Kingman rant is after about three seconds, it becomes Tommy intent on humiliating the guy who asked the question. He's not really pissed -- if you listen he says goodbye to someone named Joe in mid-rant -- but he keeps the show going because he has an audience.

Tommy is a no-good ******* 24/7. Garvey was a bad husband.