{"id":6279,"date":"2025-05-03T09:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/?page_id=6279"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T18:04:17","slug":"in-memory-of-tommy-lasorda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/in-memory-of-tommy-lasorda\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of Tommy Lasorda"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746792050180{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content hrc-main-shortcode-content hrc-shortcode-main-banner-2-content hrc-shortcode-main-banner-2-tommy-content\">\n    <div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content-wrap\">\n\n        <div class=\"hrc-container-bg hrc-main-banner-2-bg\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/wp-content\/themes\/hrc2025-child\/images\/2025\/Bnr-BlueAthleteGraphic.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n        \n<div class=\"hrc-main-banner-2-inner hrc-main-banner-2-tommy-inner\">\n    <div class=\"hrc-main-banner-2-content\">\n\n        <div class=\"hrc-main-banner-2-content-wrap\">\n            <div class=\"hrc-main-banner-2-subtitle\">\n                <h4 class=\"hrc-heading hrc-color-white\">\n                    In memory of                <\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"hrc-main-banner-2-title\">\n                <h1 class=\"hrc-heading-h1 hrc-color-accent\">\n                    Tommy Lasorda                <\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746290929885{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content hrc-main-shortcode-content hrc-shortcode-tommy-info-content\">\n    <div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content-wrap\">\n\n        <div class=\"hrc-tommy-info\">\n\n                            <div class=\"hrc-tommy-info-banner\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Lasorda Tribute\">\n                <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"hrc-tommy-info-text hrc-paragraph-p2\">\n                <p>\n                    Baseball legend, Hall of Famer, and PCF Honorary Board Member Tommy Lasorda left us at the age of 93. Tommy Lasorda was as much of an American icon as the game of baseball itself.                <\/p>\n                <p>\n                    For over 20 years, Tommy generously used his influence to advocate for men with prostate cancer. Through PCF\u2019s partnership with Major League Baseball, \u201cHome Run Challenge,\u201d he participated in over 60 in-game broadcasts, doing 100s of hours of service to raise awareness and funds for cutting-edge prostate cancer research.                <\/p>\n                <p>\n                    Please join us in honoring and remembering Tommy as extraordinary in baseball, philanthropy, and wisdom. At PCF, we have always lived by the same rule of law as Tommy. In his memory, we continue the fight. With your help, MLB and PCF are committed to finding a cure for prostate cancer.                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"hrc-tommy-info-quote\">\n                <blockquote>\n                    <p>\n                        \"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man\u2019s determination.\"\n                    <\/p>\n                    <cite>Tommy Lasorda<\/cite>\n                <\/blockquote>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746816349860{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content hrc-main-shortcode-content hrc-shortcode-pre-footer-banner-content\">\n    <div class=\"hrc-shortcode-content-wrap\">\n\n                    <div class=\"hrc-container-bg hrc-pre-footer-banner-bg\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bnr-bluepattern-scaled-1.jpg');\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"hrc-pre-footer-banner\">\n            <div class=\"hrc-pre-footer-banner-inner\">\n                <div class=\"hrc-pre-footer-banner-badge\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcf.org\/homerunchallenge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/30-seasons-hrc-badge-new.png\" alt=\"30 seasons badge\">\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"hrc-pre-footer-banner-text hrc-paragraph-p3\">\n                                            <p><em>83 cents of every dollar<\/em> donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation goes toward <em>our mission<\/em><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746792050180{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746290929885{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_page_section][\/mk_page_section][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746816349860{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6382,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6279","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.6 - 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