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Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda hospitalized

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda watches during spring training in February 2014. The Dodgers say Lasorda has been hospitalized, but the 89-year-old is resting comfortably. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers say Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda has been hospitalized.

The Dodgers say the 89-year-old Lasorda is resting comfortably. The team didn’t provide any additional details Saturday on his condition.

Lasorda has spent almost seven decades in the Dodgers’ organization, starting as a minor league pitcher in the Brooklyn system in 1949. He has been a pitcher, coach and manager for the Dodgers, and guided them to their last World Series championship in 1988.

Lasorda managed the 1970 Spokane Indians, who won the Pacific Coast League title and are considered one of the best minor-league teams in history.