I Live for This!

Baseball's Last True Believer

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Author

Bill Plaschke

Contributions

Tommy Lasorda (Contributor) - Contributor

Publication

2007-10-24 - Houghton Mifflin

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Internet Archiveiliveforthisbase00plas
ISBN-100618653872
ISBN-139780618653874
Goodreads747272
LibraryThing3971366

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Library of Congress Control Number2007018306
OCLC Control Number124039150
Better World Books9780618653874
Open LibraryOL10997273M

Classifications

LCCGV865.L33 P53 2007
LCCGV865.L33P53 2007

Description

Tommy Lasorda is perhaps baseball's most famous and popular figure. At 79, after 20 years of managing and 57 years with one franchise, this Hall of Famer still suits up in Dodger Blue every day. He also keeps a travel schedule that would dizzy the most frequent fliers. Lasorda went from a scrawny, overlooked Italian kid of average ability to become one of the world's most recognizable baseball faces--and he fought for it every step of the way. Plaschke takes us inside the day-to-day world of this baseball great to reveal a side of Lasorda that few people know. Along the way, we're treated to some of the most outrageous stories in sports, and we discover Lasorda's unshakable opinions about what plagues baseball today.--From publisher description.