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Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda hospitalized
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Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda hospitalized

Published May. 20, 2017 6:18 p.m. ET
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Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has been hospitalized for an undisclosed illness, the team confirmed Saturday.

Per the Orange County Register:

Details of Lasorda’s illness are being kept private, but a number of Lasorda’s former players have been among those in contact with Lasorda, who has been in the intensive care unit at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles. Lasorda, 89, has a history of heart problems and was hospitalized following a heart attack as recently as 2012.

Lasorda replaced legendary Dodgers manager Walter Alston in 1976 and remained in the position through 1996.

He won 1,599 games, winning four NL pennants and two World Series, earning a spot in the Hall of Fame in 1997.

He is in his 68th season with the club, serving as a special advisor to the chairman.



 

 

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