Tommy Lasorda talks about facing Mickey Mantle

[triton2toro]

"Hey Banana Nose!" Old timey insults are so much better than the ones we use today.

[grizzleybearz282004]

nice story you can learn alot from these old timers even as a kid i use to like to listen to there storys how things were and what types of things that whent on in the world it was pretty wish it was like that today

[BassBoyGio]

he and my great grandfather were best friend in the 40s

[Veaseify]

Knocking people down should still be part of the game, problem is even the crappy hitters make 2-3 million a year so the teams cant afford for anybody to get hurt..

[bestwaffleg]

@Veaseify Its because of inflation its almost the same amount of credit but just a bigger number.

[Veaseify]

@bestwaffleg er, no heres some numbers for you 'In 1947 the average baseball player earned $11,000 a year, a little more than four times the pay of the average American worker..In 1973 baseball salaries had jumped to $36,000, but workers too had generally experienced a large gain (to $9,500), leaving the player-worker ratio still a little under the 1947 level. But by 1999 the average baseball player was earning $1.57 million, while the average worker earned just $28,000: a ratio of 56 to one.

[bestwaffleg]

@Veaseify Thanks I always thought it was the same pay I did a little more research and your right.

[Veaseify]

@bestwaffleg Yeah, everything was stable until Free Agency blew everything wide open in terms of the disconnect between players pay and the average joe. Its the same in all sports.

[yankeejohn58]

GREAT COMMENTARY BY TOMMY LASORDA....HE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME AS A MANAGER JUST FOR BEING HIMSELF!

[Nomoremrniceguy100]

@yankeejohn58 Tommy is in the HOF

[shortyumpire]

My sister's dog used to bark his head off if you mentioned Tommy Lasorda. Too funny. I used to boo the guy at the Astrodome, just because he was the best competitor and everyone knew it. I am sure he loved the boo's! The Dodger's put on a great show with him. Thanks for posting.

[raythedodger]

Towards the late 80's players became more interested in individual statistics and the biggest paycheck. That is when old school ball players went away. Roids really ruined this game. It's still a great game but it used to be so much better.

[spactick]

I'm a Giants fan. We've always pretended like we hated Tommy Lasorda. The truth is we love the guy. He's 100% authentic. He's Mr. Baseball in so many ways.

[raythedodger]

@ktpinnacle Mickey Mantle mentioned this incident in "My Favorite Summer".

[corkbender]

Great story!

[rifledude28]

if only baseball today was played like back then

[lgwelsh1]

A real baseball man. This guy has seen it all and done it all. Tommy is baseball.

[LAdoyerslife]

hahahahaha banana nose...i love lasorda

[MerkinMcGerkin]

"Hey Banana Nose, you don't have to wait. Let's go!"

[herbiesnerd]

Tommy's the greatest. Dodger blue through and through!

[ProudArmyBrat72]

Classic Tommy!

Go Dodgers!

[anakina1]

That was baseball. Go Yankees!!!

[davidgee100]

This is what sports need. This is real.

[mrnalbuphine]

great story

[flyers22]

I have always been a Phillies fan, but I remember the days spending summers at the Jersey shore. We picked up WPIX. I watched Yankees games all of the time with Rizzuto, White and Messer at the mike. Great stuff. I have great respect for the Yankees.

[kbenner]

Wonderful story, I could listen to them all day, thanks for posting.

[sciencefreak2402]

"he was tough... so I dumped him too"

[kadricer]

If you don't believe someone worth their salt .... give up NOW.

[in2alot]

Excellent Story! Thanks for posting.

[amazingjourneys]

very interesting!!

[russphilly]

...loved this !!!

[jkoff76]

LOL

[Gamin66]

"If you knock down one of my players, i'll knock down two of your players"

- Tom Lasorda

[Gamin66]

Hey thanks for the videos.