Our Gay Baseball Thread (split from day off check)

[HahnSolo]

Tommy Lasorda had a gay son in LA, who had "Veronica Lake" hair, was known as Spunky and Tomasina, ran around town with Glenn Burke and this was never turned into a sitcom?

If the late 70s were the late 00s, is there any doubt the Lasordas would have had their own reality program?

[DocTee]

Garbage in, Garbage out...







(10-10) 16:36 PDT Philadelphia - --

Tommy Lasorda has withdrawn as grand marshal of Sunday's Italian Heritage Parade due to public stink about his selection and because organizers couldn't assure that he would get to Los Angeles in time to see his beloved Dodgers play Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.



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San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier threatened to introduce a resolution calling for Lasorda's ouster from the parade because of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry. Alioto-Pier called the former Dodgers manager "enemy No. 1" in San Francisco. She never introduced the measure.

"I'm not going to go. They made a big thing out of it," Lasorda said today as he watched the Dodgers' batting practice in preparation for their game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Alioto-Pier's resolution also called Dodger fans "boastful and smug."

Asked if the episode bothered him, Lasorda said, "Sure it did, putting up a resolution to get me not to be the grand marshal. How would you feel?

"I wanted to do it because I love San Francisco, I really do. I love the city. We have a rivalry there. What the hell? That's the way it is."

He said his decision to withdraw from the parade "has nothing to do with San Francisco and nothing to do with the Italian people."

Alioto-Pier, whose office was inundated with calls and e-mails both for and against the resolution after it was reported in the Chronicle's City Insider column, said Lasorda made the right decision.

"He's going to be at the Dodgers game. We wish him well," Alioto-Pier said.

As for any hard feelings Alioto-Pier said, "I called Tommy Lasorda last week. He didn't call me back. I sent him a box of cannolies. I don't know if he got them yet.

"As an Italian he is always welcome in San Francisco," Alioto-pier said. "But let's remember, this is the city of black and orange."

Former parade president John Parente was in talks with Lasorda about the grand marshal gig. He said the supervisor's remarks never came up in their conversations.

"Officially, Tommy feels his obligation as a Dodger is to be at Dodger Stadium," for Sunday night's game, Parente said. "We were just unable guarantee he would be back in L.A. by game time."

The parade had even lined up a police escort to and from the airport - but that wasn't good enough, given possible airline delays.

The parade briefly toyed with the idea of having an empty car for the grand marshal. Instead, however, it will honor another prominent Italian American, Joe Garbarino, from Marin Sanitary Service - for his work in garbage recycling.

[A Boy Named Seo]

That ain't the reason I thought they'd give.

And 'enemy #1'?

Laaaaaaame.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, that's an embarassing use of a political position.

She's political royalty.

Alioto-Pier is the granddaughter of former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto, and former San Francisco Port Commissioner and former SF Supervisor Michael J. Driscoll, Sr., and the niece of Angela Alioto, former President of the SF Board of Supervisors. She is currently the only member of the Alioto family who holds an elected political office in San Francisco.

When she put forth her resolution, she stated, "Anybody who doesn't think this is important should move to LA."

I fully expect her to become mayor in 2010 if and when Gavin Newsome becomes the next governator.

Top that prediction, Farmer Ted.

[DocTee]

She's being crucified in the press. Check out the comments section of this article and read what others have said:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/11/BA7L13F82H.DTL


No way Newsom becomes gov...he's villified by conservatives, and the state has enough of those to block him.