Yesterday, Tommy Lasorda -- a staunch advocate for soldiers and veterans -- spoke  at a luncheon for the Disabled Veterans Business Council of California. Of all the men there, Tommy was particularly impressed with one. He writes: His name is Augustine Curiel, and he served in the U.S. Navy.  First,...

It's Day-2 on Tommy Lasorda's USO road show, alongside the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen.  It's a trip that's taken Lasorda from the States to Shannon, Ireland — for a refueling stop and an encounter with 1,000 Marines returning to from Iraq — to Cairo, Egypt.  Reading...

In the latest entry of his blog, Tommy Lasorda gives an unbelievably boring account of his recent dinner with Hall of Fame pitcher and Senator Jim Bunning. (The post is a pure worship piece and reads like it was lifted from Bunning's Wikipedia page.) Tommy's fond of the senator.  But not quite so fond,...