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The Lip: Leo Durocher

A Word from Mark Timmons: Dodger Fans need a break from all the scandals, charlatans and cheating. Evan Blade is the man with a plan. Enjoy!

In 1976, upon hearing that the Japanese Pacific League Saitama Seibu Lions had hired Leo Durocher to manage their ball club, the reserved Vin Scully who rarely said anything negative about anyone said it best. “It took the U.S. 35 years to get revenge for Pearl Harbor.”

Leo Ernest Durocher could be described with almost every bombastic adjective in the dictionary. He was about as controversial as they come.