My favorite memory of Tommy Lasorda: The Miracle on Grass.
USA 4 Cuba 0
The 2000 U.S. Olympic Baseball Team:
Pat Borders, C
Marcus Jensen, C
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
Brent Abernathy, 2B
Gookie Dawkins, SS
Adam Everett, SS
Sean Burroughs, 3B
Mike Kinkade, 3B
Mike Neill, OF
Anthony Sanders, OF
Brad Wilkerson, OF
Ernie Young, OF
John Cotton, DH
Kurt Ainsworth, P
Ryan Franklin, P
Chris George, P
Shane Heams, P
Rick Krivda, P
Roy Oswalt, P
Jon Rauch, P
Bobby Seay, P
Ben Sheets, P
Todd Williams, P
Tim Young, P
When I was in school, I waited on Tommy at Sal's. He came in out of the blue on his birthday. He was very nice and the best part about him, he didn't act like he was some famous person, just a regular old dude. RIP.