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For those of you who do not know who Tommy Lasorda is, he is in his 59th season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and he is currently the special advisor to the chairman of the Dodgers. Lasorda is a Hall of Fame manager who won World Series titles in both1981 and 1988. He also coached ten Rookie of the Year recipients, with a Major League Baseball record of five winners in five years.

The evening began with and opening prayer lead by Msgr. Alesandro and was followed by a performance by the St. Dominic High School Concert Choir.

Newsday reporter Gregg Sarra spoke about the Catholic High School Baseball League and its transition to wood bats three years ago, and how it has not affected the college recruiting process.  It has also been a huge plus for Major League Scouts to see how the elite players in the league differ from the other players that don’t use wood bats. Overall the transition to wood bats has not hurt the league.  It has brought a new sense of how the game of baseball should be played.

Vice Principal and head varsity baseball coach, Rick Garrett, welcomed Mr. Lasorda and spoke about the commitment to education and how the ­­­­student-athlete is what the St. Dominic baseball program is all about.

Tommy Lasorda was brought to the St. Dominic community through Deborah and Brian Galligan, parents of St. Dominic Freshman Robert Galligan. Lasorda took the podium and joked, “I want to start off by congratulating the person who put 350 people in a room that holds 250.” The crowd laughed and the evening was off to a running start. Addressing how he came to be at the fundraiser, Lasorda said, “Brian Galligan said to me, “Every time I see you on television you never fail to mention how proud you are to be living in the greatest country in the world.” I said, “That’s right Brian.” He said, “Then you definitely believe in the Constitution of this country, right?”  I said, “I sure do.” Brian said, “Then you believe in free speech in this country, right?”  I said, “Of course, I do.”  Then he said, “Good, because you’re going to have to give one for St. Dominic!’’

Mr. Lasorda then spoke about his players and ended his speech with a message to all the St. Dominic Bayhawk players in the room. “You play for the name of on the front of your jersey not for the name on the back of you jersey. When you start to play for the name on the back of the jersey you become and individualist. Individualism will win you trophies and plaques but teamwork will win championships. You represent a high school of great tradition don’t do anything to embarrass it – win with pride and lose with dignity.”

The audience roared with applause as Lasorda concluded his awe-inspiring speech.  Rick Garrett and his players presented Lasorda with a plaque and a personalized jersey, St. Dominic Bayhawks #2 labeled “Ambassador.” Lasorda joked that the team must have a championship season or he’s going to tell everyone he speaks to that they weren’t up to snuff.

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