Tommy Lasorda
Special Advisor to the Chairman,
Los Angeles Dodgers
Regarded by many as baseball's most popular ambassador, Tommy Lasorda is in his 61st season in the Dodger organization and fifth as Special Advisor to the Chairman. After 20 years as a manager, he was named Vice President in 1996, and promoted to Senior Vice President in 1998. Lasorda compiled a 1,599-1,439 record and won two World Championships, four National League pennants and eight division titles in an extraordinary 20-year career as the Dodgers' manager. Many of Lasorda's greatest accomplishments and stories have been compiled in his autobiography, I Live For This. Currently, Lasorda spends much of his time scouting, evaluating and teaching minor league players, acting as an advisor and ambassador for the Dodgers' international affiliations, and representing the franchise at more than 100 speaking engagements and appearances to various charities, private organizations and military groups each year. He has spoken to troops at more than 40 military bases around the world, including a five-country goodwill tour last summer throughout the Middle East with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lasorda and his wife, Jo, reside in Fullerton, Calif., and will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in April 2010.
