Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Halberstam on Walking Eagle—Er, Lasorda

From Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam:

Tommy Lasorda was a good front for it all, a man of the organization who not only articulated the team's myth but propagated it himself. Walking Eagle, some of the older players called him, meaning that he was so full of shit he could not fly.

2 comments:

Mark said...

It's a damn shame the younger generation hasn't a clue, and has to age about 20 years before they get it...

But then it's too late!

Rob said...

I find my cynicism metastasizing as I age ... pretty girls and big, fat Italian managers, vain and stupid ...