Friend Encounters: Tommy LaSorda and Chris

Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends meeting celebrities.

Today is another chapter of the Chris M. mystery. Known as Evil Zebra from his days as a ref on the east coast, Chris has met so many celebrities I lose count. Unfortunately, he hasn't really kept notes, nor does he plan on writing a book, although I strongly believe he should and have encouraged him to do so for years.

One of his favorite people was the late Tommy LaSorda, who is from the same area in Pennsylvania as EZ. Fellow Pennsylvanians and Italians, the two struck up a friendship. Since LaSorda died in 2021, EZ claims to be the most famous person from Norristown. It bugs me to admit, I cannot even argue his claim. 

Tommy LaSorda and Chris somewhere-sometime.

Friendly Encounters

This is a series dedicated to my friends meeting celebs.

Joshua Kohl writes DodgerBobble, an interesting blog about the Los Angeles Dodgers, bobbleheads and baseball. Recently, he had attended Opening Day, where he met some of the more notable members of the Dodgers organization. He shared the experience with his readers a while back, but today, he is allowing me to share it here as well.
Joshua met Tommy LaSorda, Ned Colletti, Kim Ng and others. He also witnessed a few pre-game ceremonies. Then he saw a great Opening Day victory by the Dodgers.
Obviously, Joshua had a great time and it makes a great story with great pictures. You really should read it all on his site and check out the rest of DodgerBobble, too. For now, I hope you enjoy the picture of Joshua and LaSorda. Thanks to Joshua and DodgerBobble for sharing this.

Joshua Kohl and Tommy LaSorda in Los Angeles, CA-April 2010.