However, four of them have won multiple World Series (Lasorda, Williams, Huggins, and Southworth).
Mr. Lasorda filmed the Ontario commercial while he was at spring training with the Dodgers.
Mr. LASORDA: Well, first of all, it depends on what you're using the vehicle for.
Mr. Lasorda was the one who advised Mr. Piazza to switch from first baseman to catcher.
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"If we put our brand on stuff, sometimes you only get one chance, " LaSorda admits.
Like many athletes, Mr. Lasorda has hawked a number of products over the years.
He also promotes his Lasorda label of Italian-made wines, with appearances at local restaurants and shops.
Mr LaSorda hopes these deals will allow Chrysler to penetrate new markets faster and more cheaply.
They met 15 years ago when Mr. Lasorda was signing autographs at a conference for auto dealers.
Even Chrysler's former chief executive, Thomas LaSorda, shoved aside by Cerberus to make room for Nardelli, has stuck around.
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Mr. LASORDA: Well the point is, is that we're targeting the largest cars.
LaSorda, who took over as CEO for company founder Hendrik Fisker, held the job for less than six months.
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Mr. Glassco said he hadn't heard about Mr. Lasorda's involvement in the Ontario campaign to win back its airport.
"These brands will not be broken up under any circumstances, " LaSorda said Tuesday.
Mr. LASORDA: Well, ethanol is one, because we see ethanol as an option from oil independence and national security play.
But it was his father's friend, famed Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who had a profound influence on Mr. Piazza's career.
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"If rubies had flavor, this is what it would taste like, " the Lasorda Wine website says of the Lasorda Carmignano.
In Toledo, says LaSorda, Chrysler has a better chance to make it work because the Jeep Wrangler is an established brand icon.
Chrysler Chief Executive Thomas LaSorda's turnaround plan will reduce the complexity by cutting the number of variations for the 2008 model year.
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Mr. TOM LASORDA (CEO, Chrysler Group): Well, I think what you'll see is a shift with the Chrysler Group into smaller vehicles.
Cerberus is chock-full of former auto industry executives who no doubt will be offering their opinions about how LaSorda should run Chrysler.
LaSorda responds that Chinese automakers are coming to the U.S. sooner or later anyway, moving even faster than the Japanese and Koreans.
As head of a private company, LaSorda said, he won't feel as pressured to make decisions that aren't in the company's best interests.
To get the mojo back, Chrysler Chief Executive Tom W. LaSorda needs another blockbuster vehicle like the head-turning 300 sedan, which debuted in 2004.
LaSorda said he was "very, very excited" about Cerberus' investment, noting that the deal will allow Chrysler to start fresh with a clean balance sheet.
To complicate an already difficult situation is the daunting shadow that Tommy Lasorda casts over anyone that fills out the lineup card for the Dodgers.
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Cerberus has endorsed LaSorda's recovery and transformation plan, outlined in February.
Mr LaSorda suggested that one dealer in five could be dropped.
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