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IT’S OKAY TO HATE THE LA DODGERS, BUT….....

You have to love and appreciate Tommy Lasorda!

TWO HOURS before Santa’s official arrival Tuesday night at the John Wooden Center, Lasorda stops by the pediatric cancer ward to visit those too ill to party. He shakes hands with the extraordinary Dr. Kathleen Sakamoto, and immediately launches into a story…..

(Later that day) An announcement is made that Santa will take a break, but Lasorda ignores it. He reaches for another kid, at a time when most 79-year-olds might’ve been reaching for the Motrin.

Two hours later every kid in the room has had time with Santa, and the backup Santa remains in full costume on a bench in the back, the call to the bullpen never coming.

It’s been the performance of a lifetime — for those fortunate to witness what one happy night can mean to some kids and parents — and Santa is dripping with sweat, exhausted and hunched over while sitting half out of costume. All that’s left for Santa now are a couple of cold pieces of pizza and hot dogs.

God bless him…..“inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these…..”
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