Tommy Lasorda died leaving behind a messy gay legacy

January 9, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, SPORTS Comments Off on Tommy Lasorda died leaving behind a messy gay legacy
Tommy Lasorda in 1982, left. Tom Lasorda portrait by Eugene Pinkowski (Tommy Lasorda Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images/Tom Lasorda Photo by Eugene Pinkowski)

The Los Angeles Dodgers issued a statement via Twitter today announcing the death of Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame manager of the team from 1976 to 1996.

According to the Dodgers, he died of a heart attack Thursday night at his…