"Achieve Your Goals Through Sports And Education"
That is the motto of the new California Sports Hall of Fame.
As perhaps the most successful Californian in baseball, Tommy Lasorda has achieved many of his own goals and the goals of others.
In between leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to four National League Penants, including two World Series Championships, Mr. Lasorda has led an education drive.
From leading the education drive on how to survive from a heart attack in 1999, to high blood pressure awareness to advocating for strong educations.
I think Tommy said it best last year, while visiting Hawai'i to promote the World Baseball Classic. At a baseball camp, teaching children how to play baseball. Tommy gave a memorable speech about what it takes to make it through life.
"I tried to impress upon them these three lessons: First, never take illegal drugs. Drugs will do nothing but harm your body, they are illegal and they will lead you down the path of destruction. Second, make sure to get a good education, which is something that they will have forever. An education will open many more doors of opportunity than baseball ever will. Third, always show their parents nothing but love and respect."
Sounds like a class act that has been inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame. Maybe that is why the Louisiana Italian-American Hall of Fame inducted him in 1986, the National Italian American Hall of Fame inducted him in 1989, followed by Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame's induction in 2002, the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame in 2001, the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadien Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. This all on top of his prestigious induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Congrats Tommy!
As perhaps the most successful Californian in baseball, Tommy Lasorda has achieved many of his own goals and the goals of others.
In between leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to four National League Penants, including two World Series Championships, Mr. Lasorda has led an education drive.
From leading the education drive on how to survive from a heart attack in 1999, to high blood pressure awareness to advocating for strong educations.
I think Tommy said it best last year, while visiting Hawai'i to promote the World Baseball Classic. At a baseball camp, teaching children how to play baseball. Tommy gave a memorable speech about what it takes to make it through life.
"I tried to impress upon them these three lessons: First, never take illegal drugs. Drugs will do nothing but harm your body, they are illegal and they will lead you down the path of destruction. Second, make sure to get a good education, which is something that they will have forever. An education will open many more doors of opportunity than baseball ever will. Third, always show their parents nothing but love and respect."
Sounds like a class act that has been inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame. Maybe that is why the Louisiana Italian-American Hall of Fame inducted him in 1986, the National Italian American Hall of Fame inducted him in 1989, followed by Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame's induction in 2002, the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame in 2001, the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadien Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. This all on top of his prestigious induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Congrats Tommy!
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