Tommy Lasorda talks about facing Mickey Mantle

Tommy Lasorda shares his thoughts on when he pitched against Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium

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[kbenner]

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

[sciencefreak2402]

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

[Nomoremrniceguy100]

@yankeejohn58 Tommy is in the HOF

[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.

[bestwaffleg]

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

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

[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..

[yankeejohn58]

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