I Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer
by Bill Plaschke
Book Summary Information
Author: Bill PlaschkeContributor: Tommy Lasorda
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-24
ISBN: 0618653872
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Review: Tommy Over The Ages
Summary: 5 Stars
Do you bleed Dodger blue? Tommy does. If that's your blood color, don't miss this breezy look at the many ages of Tommy from little kid through to the 2008 season when he managed the last game at Dodgertown in Vero Beach.
Tommy Lasorda is a unique combination of loyal supporter, brash striver, outrageous motivator, kid with a chip on his shoulder, big-hearted helper, insecure human, foul-mouthed jerk, and adoring pal. The size of his heart is what stands out from this biography.
I decided to pick up the book when my sister recounted a story about some shenanigans at one of the Dodger minor league clubs a few weeks ago. She told me that she would straighten it out. I asked her how. She said, "I'll tell Tommy the next time I see him."
Naturally, I asked her when she sees Tommy and she replied that he often comes to the minor league team's games. She often chats with him there.
If you want an objective look at baseball, the Dodgers, the modern game, or anything else, go elsewhere. This book is for those who loved watching Tommy Lasorda manage.
I was never so moved by baseball as when Tommy's crew won the 1988 World Series with a bunch of players most other teams would have sent to the minors. But they all believed and they achieved. I still tear up thinking about that series and the incredible courage they displayed.
I also owe Tommy and the Dodgers for letting me watch them win the 1981 series in Yankee Stadium. I didn't know Yankee fans could be so quiet.
Bill Plaschke knows Tommy and does a good job of mixing up today, yesterday, stories about the old times, and what Tommy plans to do next into the same stream of consciousness. It's like being with Tommy.
May God bless Frank McCourt for buying the Dodgers and putting Tommy back into the middle of things where he belongs.
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