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Tommy Lasorda welcomes Jack Johnson to LA, not really

April 19, 2013 By

After leaning in and telling captain Dustin Brown what he expected the Kings to do to their opponents on Thursday night, Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda participated in a ceremonial puck drop…

But, wait – did he intentionally diss Jack Johnson on purpose? Here’s what he told Patrick O’Neal on Fox Sports West a little later in the evening…

Wonder what Tommy thinks of Drew Doughty and his Blue Jays hats?

Next hour we’ll post some comments from a few Kings players about what it was like to wear the special Dodgers jerseys during warm-ups.

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  1. Dan says:
    April 19, 2013 at 11:25 am

    I LOVE TOMMY !!! you kids can learn from this old man.

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