It’s coming up on one month since the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles, and the baseball community lost Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. The icon succumb to heart troubles at the age of 93 and left behind a lifetime of incredible moments and accomplishments in Dodger blue.
In the days and weeks that followed, friends, fans, and family shared their love for Tommy, often with a great memory or two. In his final years, one man was seen by his side more often than not. Tommy’s assistant Felipe “Flip” Ruiz.
Recently, Los Angeles Times scribe Bill Plaschke penned a fantastic column on the “unlikeliest of partnerships” between the two men where Ruiz shared heartfelt words about the man he shared most of the last 6 years with.