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Showing posts with label Tommy Lasorda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy Lasorda. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Thursday, March 17, 2011
2010 Lunch DVD Order Form
1) Click on order form above to enlarge 2) Press Ctrl + P to Print out the order form 3) Mail in your order (4) Enjoy the stories and laughs when your DVD arrives.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Browns Club Luncheon Photos Available
Photos from the 2010 Browns Fan Club luncheon are available on Flickr at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stlbrowns/
Click on Photos to enlarge. Featured speakers were Tommy Lasorda and Bob Costas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stlbrowns/
Click on Photos to enlarge. Featured speakers were Tommy Lasorda and Bob Costas.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Browns Luncheon with Lasorda & Costas on Local TV and Internet
The July 16 luncheon of the St. Louis Browns Fan Club is set to be broadcast three times during the coming week. This is the luncheon with guests Tommy Lasorda and Bob Costas. The times are:
Saturday, Aug. 14 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 15 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The video is available through Charter Cable and ATT u-Verse television on the following channels.
Charter - Channel 994
ATT u-Verse – Channel 99
On u-Verse, your screen will show this as a LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS channel. Follow the instructions on the screen. The next screen will allow you to access various public information from various localities. We assume you will need to select the ST. LOUIS CHANNELS to access the program. I assume this may be the same with Charter Cable.
The video is a service of News Channel 20. You can also view the luncheon on the Internet by going to http://www.news20tv.com at the above times. Click on the GTN logo to go live.
Now . . . this will probably be a first for you as it was for me. While I knew the Local Government and Public Access channels were there, it was one I have never watched . . . so we’re all learning something new. I guess we will all find out if this works come Thursday evening. You may want to check out your appropriate TV channel and also visit the News20tv.com web site beforehand.
The luncheon will also be available on DVD. We expect to receive copies within the next few days. (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
If you're not a member of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society and Fan Club, please consider a donation of only $25 to help support programs of this nature . . . and receive the Browns magazine, Pop Flies. Just send a short note along with your check payable to the St. Louis Browns Fan Club to Rick Stamper, 509 Geyer Rd., Kirkwood, MO 63122.
Saturday, Aug. 14 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 15 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The video is available through Charter Cable and ATT u-Verse television on the following channels.
Charter - Channel 994
ATT u-Verse – Channel 99
On u-Verse, your screen will show this as a LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS channel. Follow the instructions on the screen. The next screen will allow you to access various public information from various localities. We assume you will need to select the ST. LOUIS CHANNELS to access the program. I assume this may be the same with Charter Cable.
The video is a service of News Channel 20. You can also view the luncheon on the Internet by going to http://www.news20tv.com at the above times. Click on the GTN logo to go live.
The luncheon will also be available on DVD. We expect to receive copies within the next few days. (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
If you're not a member of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society and Fan Club, please consider a donation of only $25 to help support programs of this nature . . . and receive the Browns magazine, Pop Flies. Just send a short note along with your check payable to the St. Louis Browns Fan Club to Rick Stamper, 509 Geyer Rd., Kirkwood, MO 63122.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
St. L Browns Fan Club Hosts Annual Luncheon
Two of the biggest names in sports were on hand for the July 16 annual luncheon of the St. Louis Browns Fan Club. More than 155 attendees enjoyed the presentations from Tommy Lasorda, Bob Costas and 6 former Browns players dating back to 1944. Also on hand was Erma Bergmann, a professional baseball pitcher from the 40s and the All American Girls Base League. She was one of the real players from the movie “A League of Their Own.”
Also in attendance were Bill DeWitt, III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals; Fred Buchholz, former batboy for the Browns and Cardinals from the 40s & 50s; Rosanne Delsing, wife of popular Browns player, Jim Delsing; Joan DeWitt McKean, daughter of Browns owner Bill DeWitt, Sr.; Chuck Diering, signed by the Browns but became a popular face with the Cardinals; Bo Drochelman, Grandson of Browns’ George Sisler; Julie Drochelman, Great Granddaughter of Hall of Famer, George Sisler; Bob Muncrief, III, grandson of Bob Muncrief of the Browns and Greg Marecek, President of the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.
Bob Costas came as an unannounced guest and introduced Tommy Lasoda. Before introducing him he showed a video on the Browns and Eddie Gaedel, the midget, and all of the special promotions Bill Veeck tried. But it was Tommy Lasorda stole the show. As guest, Ron Paul, said, “He was awesome and inspiring.”
See photos at: http://bit.ly/8XvhDp
Bob Costas came as an unannounced guest and introduced Tommy Lasoda. Before introducing him he showed a video on the Browns and Eddie Gaedel, the midget, and all of the special promotions Bill Veeck tried. But it was Tommy Lasorda stole the show. As guest, Ron Paul, said, “He was awesome and inspiring.”
See photos at: http://bit.ly/8XvhDp
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tommy Lasorda to Speak at STL Browns Luncheon; Open to Public
St. Louis, MO June 30, 2010 - Hall of Fame manager, Tommy Lasorda of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been confirmed as a featured speaker at the St. Louis Browns Fan Club luncheon set for July 16, 2010. The lunch will be at the Holiday Inn Viking at 10709 Watson Rd. at Lindbergh in Sunset Hills.
If it weren't for Bill Veeck's cash-flow problems 50 years ago, Tommy Lasorda might never have bled Dodger Blue but instead he would have been a member of the St. Louis Browns.
Before spring training in 1953, the last year the Browns existed, the Brooklyn Dodgers sold Lasorda, a 25-year-old, lefthanded pitcher, to the St. Louis Browns for $50,000.
Tommy Lasorda was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and is a former Major League pitcher and manager. This year marks his 61st year in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest tenure anyone has had with the team.
Lasorda became the Los Angeles manager September 29, 1976 upon Walter Alston's retirement. He compiled a record of 1,599 wins and 1,439 losses as Dodgers manager, won two World Series championships in (1981 and 1988), four National League pennants and eight division titles in his 20 year career as the Dodgers Manager.
His 16 wins in 30 NL Championship games managed were the most of any manager at the time of his retirement. His 61 post-season games managed ranks fourth behind Bobby Cox, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre. He also managed in four All-Star games.
Lasorda managed nine players who won the National League Rookie of the Year award.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a manager in his first year of eligibility.
About the St. Louis Browns Fan Club
The St. Louis Browns Fan Club is in its 26th year. The goal of the organization is to preserve the history and memory of the St. Louis Browns. The team played in St. Louis from 1902 through the 1953 season when it moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles. Information on the luncheon is available from Bill Rogers, Editor of the team’s magazine, Pop Flies at 314-892-8632 or stlbrowns@swbell.net .
Reservations for the July 16 luncheon can be made by sending a check for $24 payable to the St. Louis Browns Fan Club to:
Rick Stamper
509 Geyer Rd.
Kirkwood, MO 63122.
Further information is available through the organization’s websites at http://www.thestlbrowns.com/, at http://thestlbrowns.blogspot.com/ and their “digital museum” at http://stlbrownsmuseum.blogspot.com/.
If it weren't for Bill Veeck's cash-flow problems 50 years ago, Tommy Lasorda might never have bled Dodger Blue but instead he would have been a member of the St. Louis Browns.
Tommy Lasorda was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and is a former Major League pitcher and manager. This year marks his 61st year in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest tenure anyone has had with the team.
Lasorda became the Los Angeles manager September 29, 1976 upon Walter Alston's retirement. He compiled a record of 1,599 wins and 1,439 losses as Dodgers manager, won two World Series championships in (1981 and 1988), four National League pennants and eight division titles in his 20 year career as the Dodgers Manager.
His 16 wins in 30 NL Championship games managed were the most of any manager at the time of his retirement. His 61 post-season games managed ranks fourth behind Bobby Cox, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre. He also managed in four All-Star games.
Lasorda managed nine players who won the National League Rookie of the Year award.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 as a manager in his first year of eligibility.
About the St. Louis Browns Fan Club
The St. Louis Browns Fan Club is in its 26th year. The goal of the organization is to preserve the history and memory of the St. Louis Browns. The team played in St. Louis from 1902 through the 1953 season when it moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles. Information on the luncheon is available from Bill Rogers, Editor of the team’s magazine, Pop Flies at 314-892-8632 or stlbrowns@swbell.net .
Reservations for the July 16 luncheon can be made by sending a check for $24 payable to the St. Louis Browns Fan Club to:
Rick Stamper
509 Geyer Rd.
Kirkwood, MO 63122.
Further information is available through the organization’s websites at http://www.thestlbrowns.com/, at http://thestlbrowns.blogspot.com/ and their “digital museum” at http://stlbrownsmuseum.blogspot.com/.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tommy Lasorda: Almost a Brownie
WITH BROWNS IN THE RED, LASORDA TURNED DODGER BLUE
• Rick Hummel, The Post-Dispatch
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) • March 23, 2003
If it weren't for Bill Veeck's cash-flow problems 50 years ago, Tommy Lasorda might never have bled Dodger Blue but instead might have shed Browns brown, as unappealing as that sounds.
Before spring training in 1953, the last year the Browns existed, the Brooklyn Dodgers sold Lasorda, a 25-year-old, lefthanded pitcher, to the St. Louis Browns for $50,000.
The curveballing Lasorda was to be the fourth wheel on a staff that featured future New York Yankees Don Larsen and Bob Turley and veteran Gene Bearden.
Near the end of spring training, the Browns prepared to break camp to play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Arizona before coming north. On the train, Lasorda encountered Harry "The Cat" Brecheen, the Browns' pitching coach, who informed Lasorda he was going to be in the rotation.
Lasorda said thank you very much but when the train arrived in Arizona, "who's waiting for us but Bill Veeck (the Browns') owner. We go to our rooms, we change in the hotel and we're going to play the game and I get a call from (manager) Marty Marion who says, 'Come up to my room. I want to talk to you.'"
But also waiting for Lasorda in Marion's room was Veeck. The controversial, financially taxed owner told Lasorda he had been promised $2 million to move to Baltimore but that the New York Yankees had blocked the move at that point.
Veeck went on to tell Lasorda that he had no money and, in fact, owed $250,000. He hadn't paid the $50,000 for Lasorda or the $70,000 for shortstop Billy Hunter to the Dodgers, among other debts. "I've got to turn you back," said Veeck.
Lasorda said: "He didn't have to call me in and explain all that to me. But he liked me."
So, Lasorda returned to Vero Beach, Fla., and resumed bleeding Dodger Blue. "Charlie Gitto is the only person in captivity who has a picture of me in a St. Louis Browns uniform," Lasorda said of the popular St. Louis restaurant owner.
But, what if . . . ?
What if Lasorda had stayed with the Browns, who eventually were sold and moved to Baltimore the next year? Would he have become a famous Oriole and gone on to manage that team instead of fellow Hall of Famer Earl Weaver?
"Maybe he would have never come there," said Lasorda of the Beaumont High product.
"Imagine pitching in St. Louis . . . that would have been great," said Lasorda, who then ticked off the names of his teammates, even if they were so ever so briefly. "Roy Sievers. Don Lenhardt. You talk about some great guys. Dick Kokos. Clint Courtney. Babe Martin.
"Then there was Satchel Paige. Satchel Paige taught me not to worry."
Lasorda, 76, has just returned from viewing the Dodgers' baseball academy in Japan. He has spent considerable time in Japan in recent years helping to raise the quality of play.
"They call me the emperor," Lasorda said, proudly.
• Rick Hummel, The Post-Dispatch
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) • March 23, 2003
If it weren't for Bill Veeck's cash-flow problems 50 years ago, Tommy Lasorda might never have bled Dodger Blue but instead might have shed Browns brown, as unappealing as that sounds.
Before spring training in 1953, the last year the Browns existed, the Brooklyn Dodgers sold Lasorda, a 25-year-old, lefthanded pitcher, to the St. Louis Browns for $50,000.
The curveballing Lasorda was to be the fourth wheel on a staff that featured future New York Yankees Don Larsen and Bob Turley and veteran Gene Bearden.
Lasorda said thank you very much but when the train arrived in Arizona, "who's waiting for us but Bill Veeck (the Browns') owner. We go to our rooms, we change in the hotel and we're going to play the game and I get a call from (manager) Marty Marion who says, 'Come up to my room. I want to talk to you.'"
But also waiting for Lasorda in Marion's room was Veeck. The controversial, financially taxed owner told Lasorda he had been promised $2 million to move to Baltimore but that the New York Yankees had blocked the move at that point.
Veeck went on to tell Lasorda that he had no money and, in fact, owed $250,000. He hadn't paid the $50,000 for Lasorda or the $70,000 for shortstop Billy Hunter to the Dodgers, among other debts. "I've got to turn you back," said Veeck.
Lasorda said: "He didn't have to call me in and explain all that to me. But he liked me."
So, Lasorda returned to Vero Beach, Fla., and resumed bleeding Dodger Blue. "Charlie Gitto is the only person in captivity who has a picture of me in a St. Louis Browns uniform," Lasorda said of the popular St. Louis restaurant owner.
But, what if . . . ?
What if Lasorda had stayed with the Browns, who eventually were sold and moved to Baltimore the next year? Would he have become a famous Oriole and gone on to manage that team instead of fellow Hall of Famer Earl Weaver?
"Maybe he would have never come there," said Lasorda of the Beaumont High product.
"Imagine pitching in St. Louis . . . that would have been great," said Lasorda, who then ticked off the names of his teammates, even if they were so ever so briefly. "Roy Sievers. Don Lenhardt. You talk about some great guys. Dick Kokos. Clint Courtney. Babe Martin.
"Then there was Satchel Paige. Satchel Paige taught me not to worry."
Lasorda, 76, has just returned from viewing the Dodgers' baseball academy in Japan. He has spent considerable time in Japan in recent years helping to raise the quality of play.
"They call me the emperor," Lasorda said, proudly.
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