Photos: Tommy Lasorda through the years, 1927-2021
A look back at the life and career of the Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, in photos.
Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher Tom LaSorda is seen in Vero Beach, March 2, 1954. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)
Tom Lasorda, 49, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1976 in Los Angeles after being named to replace Walt Alston as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Alston stepped down after 23 seasons as Dodger skipper. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)
Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tom Lasorda is seen in 1975. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
Dodgers Manager Tom Lasorda talks to reporters after his team lost the first game of the World Series, 4-3, to the Yankees in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1977. ?To win the World Series, you?ve got to win four games, not one or two,? he said. (AP Photo)
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn has an arm around New York Yankees manager Billy Martin who has his arm around the trophy the Yankees go for their 1977 World Series victory. At right is Tom Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers manager, whose team lost to the Yankees. They were at the Baseball Writers Association New York chapter dinner January 30, 1978. (AP Photo)
Tommy Lasorda (left) who managed the Los Angeles Dodgers into the World Series only to lose to the New York Yankees, takes a turn at slapstick humor as he makes a guest appearance on the TV show "Hee Haw." George Lindsey, a regular on the show that features dry, corny jokes, gives Lasorda some pointers on how to gap up a joke in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Sparky Anderson, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, greets a rival manager Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as the two met at a luncheon honoring Lasorda on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1977 in Los Angeles. Baseball was the topic of conversation and promises of what to expect next season were bantered about. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda celebrates after the Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos for the National League title in Montreal, in this Monday, Oct. 19, 1981, file photo. Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He was 93. The Dodgers said Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, that he had a heart attack at his home in Fullerton, California. (AP Photo/Grimshaw, File)
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda points out New York Yankees pitcher Tommy John to fans in the stands during the All-Star workout at Seattle's Kingdome, July 17, 1979. John, a member of the Dodgers for years, was picked up by the Yankees following the 1978 season. (AP Photo)
Four month old Bobby Valentine, Jr., grabs hold of Los Angeles Dodgers manager “Unele” Tommy Lasorda’s nose in his office, August 31, 1983 at New York’s Shea Stadium, prior to Tuesday’s doubleheader with the New York Mets. Bobby Jr., is the son of former Dodger and Mets third base coach Bobby Valentine. Lasorda has reason to smile with his team in first place in the National League West. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Los Angeles Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda covers his face as the San Diego Padres score six runs in the eighth inning to defeat Lasorda?s Dodgers 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday, Sept. 29, 1983 in San Diego. The Dodgers need one more victory to win the National League Western Division title. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda puts on a show font the Chinichi Dragons from the mound at Dodgertown, Thursday, Feb. 17, 1988 in Vero Beach, FLa. Lasorda was pitching batting practice for the visiting Dragons who are spring training at Dodgertown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, right, and Fred Claire, Dodgers' vice president, hoist the World Series Trophy following their team's decisive 5-2 win over the Oakland A's at Oakland, Oct. 20, 1987. (AP Photo/Bill Beattie)
Pres. Ronald Reagan, center, and First Lady Nancy Reagan, left, are presented a World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers shirt by manager Tommy Lasorda, right, at a White House Rose Garden ceremony for the team, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1988, Washington, D.C. Members of the team and official stand in back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, left, and Cincinnati Reds skipper Pete Rose get nose-to-nose in a pre-game encounter at Dogertown in Vero Beach, Fla., on March 14, 1989. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Tom Lasorda answers questions during a news conference in Los Angeles Monday, July 29, 1996, where he announced his retirement as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda sits surrounded by the team and supporters during a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 7, 1996 in Los Angeles honoring his career in baseball. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)
Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, foreground, talks with current manager Joe Torre during baseball spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008.( AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
Baseball Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda waits to be introduced before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Baseball Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, of the Los Angeles Dodger, speaks at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, during the installation of his portrait. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant sits next to Tommy Lasorda during the fourth inning of Game 2 of the National League Championship baseball series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Los Angeles Dodgers special advisor to the chairman and former manager Tommy Lasorda watches a spring training baseball workout from a golf cart, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Los Angeles Dodgers special adviser Tommy Lasorda sits for his photo on the baseball team's photo day Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Los Angeles Dodgers former manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda attends a news conference at which Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that Dodger Stadium will host the All-Star Game in 2020, in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Former Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Tommy Lasorda throws out the first pitch before Game 3 of the World Series baseball game against the Boston Red Sox on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Eugene Garcia/Pool Photo via AP)
A look back at the life and iconic career of Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, in photos.