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Dodgers' Lasorda was 'Hollywood,' but he could back it up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | January 9, 2021

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Managers Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers, left, and Whitey Herzog of the Cardinals meet before for the start of the 1985 National League Championship Series.

In nine months, eight baseball Hall of Famers have passed away. And now, after 93-year-old former manager Tommy Lasorda died of a heart attack in his Los Angeles-area home Thursday night shortly after he had been released from a long stay in a hospital, former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog is the second-oldest living Hall of Famer, having turned 89 in November.

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