DENVER >> Soon, maybe even Monday, Tommy Lasorda will appear on the video board during a game at Dodger Stadium. The fans will cheer the 88-year-old Hall of Famer as they always do. He’s still the last man to manage to the Dodgers to a World Series.
History, as it often does, has forgiven Lasorda for his shortcomings as a manager. He’d already managed three pennant winners and one World Series champion in October 1985 when Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post wrote that “Nobody ever called Lasorda a brilliant tactician,” then quoted a player as saying “I’m in favor of the designated hitter for the National League because it would cut down on Mr.