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Tommy Lasorda memorialized at Dodger Stadium service

  • In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is seen on the mound during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
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    Dodgers Lasorda Service Baseball

    In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is seen on the mound during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
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  • In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda rests on the mound at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. Lasorda was memorialized during a private service at the stadium before his burial. The Hall of Fame manager died Jan. 7 after a heart attack at age 93. (John SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
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    Dodgers Lasorda Service Baseball

    In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda rests on the mound at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. Lasorda was memorialized during a private service at the stadium before his burial. The Hall of Fame manager died Jan. 7 after a heart attack at age 93. (John SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
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  • In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is carried during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
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    Dodgers Lasorda Service Baseball

    In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is carried during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
  • A makeshift memorial along Vin Scully Way in front of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, honors former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who died last week. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
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    Dodgers Tommy Lasorda Baseball

    A makeshift memorial along Vin Scully Way in front of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, honors former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who died last week. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
  • Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former LosAngeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, left, with former General Manager Fred Clair during the Old Timers game prior to a Major League baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
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    Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former LosAngeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, left, with former General Manager Fred Clair during the Old Timers game prior to a Major League baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
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  • Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda during a Major League Baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
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    Obit Tommy Lasorda Baseball

    Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda during a Major League Baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
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In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is seen on the mound during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda rests on the mound at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. Lasorda was memorialized during a private service at the stadium before his burial. The Hall of Fame manager died Jan. 7 after a heart attack at age 93. (John SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
In this photo provided by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the casket of Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda is carried during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers via AP)
A makeshift memorial along Vin Scully Way in front of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, honors former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who died last week. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former LosAngeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, left, with former General Manager Fred Clair during the Old Timers game prior to a Major League baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda during a Major League Baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
BETH HARRIS
Updated ·2-min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda was memorialized during a private service Tuesday at Dodger Stadium before his burial.

Lasorda died Jan. 7 after a heart attack at age 93.

His casket, covered with a huge assortment of blue and white flowers, was placed on the pitcher’s mound with a blue 2, signifying Lasorda’s jersey number, on the back of the mound.

Lasorda’s wife of 70 years, Jo, attended in a wheelchair, along with their daughter, Laura. The mourners stood socially distanced around the mound.

Former Dodgers catcher and Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia, retired player and major league manager Bobby Valentine, retired Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros, retired player and coach Mickey Hatcher, former Dodgers pitcher Charlie Hough, and former NBA coach Mike Fratello were among the 10 pallbearers. Each wore jerseys with Lasorda's No. 2 on the back.

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Karros and Hatcher, along with Skechers president and co-founder Michael Greenberg, and personal friends Steve Brener and Chris Leggio spoke at the stadium and served as pallbearers, along with businessman Warren Lichtenstein. Wearing masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they carried Lasorda's casket to a white hearse parked in front of the dugout.

The national anthem was sung and Lasorda's image was projected on the stadium's videoboards.

A motorcade traveled from the stadium to Rose Hills Memorial Park in nearby Whittier, where Lasorda was buried. The group had just arrived at the cemetery when they received word that Dodgers Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton died earlier Tuesday at age 75.

Lasorda spent 71 years in the Dodgers organization, starting as a player when the team was still based in Brooklyn. He later coached and then became its best-known manager for 21 years in Los Angeles, leading the franchise to two World Series championships. After stepping down in 1996, he became an ambassador for the sport he loved.

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This story has been updated to correct the brand spelling of Skechers.

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