HewasactuallyborninNorthTown, Pennsylvania, andhebeganhiscareeras a lefthandedpitcher.
実はペンシルバニア州ノースタウン出身で、左腕投手としてキャリアをスタートさせた。
Andhesaid, Buster, I didn't have a lotofability, But I'llguaranteeyouonething.
そして、バスター、俺には能力がなかったが、一つだけ保証しよう。
When I stoodonthathillofthrills, I didn't believetherewas a manalivewhocouldhitme.
あのスリル満点の丘に立った時、まさか自分を殴れる男が生きているとは思わなかった。
Howdidthatconfidencemanifestitself?
その自信はどのようにして現れたのでしょうか?
ThatabsolutelywasattheheartofwhoTommyLasordawas?
それがトミー・ラソーダの核心だったのか?
E mean, Thinkaboutthisinpitchingthreeseasonsinthebigleagueshewasgoingforwith a 6.48 a oneyear, theDodgerskept a younglefthandernamedSandyKoufaxinsteadofLasorda.
21 seasonsmanager, managedintheWorldSeriesfourtimeschampionshipsin 1981 in 1988 andbeforeah, brandingwas a thinghebrandedhimselfassomeonewhoisalwaysgoingtoservetheDodgers.
Butduringthecourseofthatgamelateinthegame, thesortofgotwordthatKirkGibsonwasgettingreadyfor a possiblepinchhitappearanceandofcoursehewasgonnaputhimrightinthegame, evenifGibsonwaslimpinguptherebecausehebelievedinKirkGibson.
Uh, firstoff, when I wasthefirstBeatwriters, SanDiegoPadresintheearlyninetiesandTommy's lastyearasmanager, I rememberbeingoutatDodgerStadiumandwatchinghimlikeaged 65 throwingbattingpracticetosomeoftheDodgeryoungplayersandcajoleIangettingonthemandtryingtogetthembetter.
And I rememberTommybeingspittingmadatwhat I saidandyoutalkedabouthiscompetitiveness, and I certainlyfeltthatinthatmomentdidyousaythathecouldorthathecouldn't breaktheback.
OnbehalfofMajorLeagueBaseball, I sendmydeepestsympathytohiswifeof 70 years, Joeandtheirentirefamily, theDodgerorganizationandtheirgenerationsofloyalfans.