Harry Reid: “I love baseball season. I have never had the good fortune of having a team I grew up with, as has my colleague, the…”

“I love baseball season. I have never had the good fortune of having a team I grew up with, as has my colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois--Cubs fan, where he lives, White Sox fan-- but I have loved baseball since I was a little boy. I love baseball season. I go to games. I think I can go to one this Saturday, unless something comes up. But I do go home at night--and I have spoken with the Republican leader about the pleasure we get from watching a little bit of the baseball games every evening. I do enjoy that. I have watched over the years these managers. I spent so much time in southern Nevada, in Las Vegas. The baseball team most everyone in Las Vegas watched and listened to was the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the manager for much of that time, after I came back here, was Tommy Lasorda, and he was like so many managers, he was a character. He was a showman. I assume he picked some of the times to pick a fight with the umpire because he was upset with a call, but I think part of it was his idea that the team needed something a little extra. Tommy Lasorda would go out there, and he was famous for kicking the dirt and yelling loudly at the umpire and making sure he used a lot of swear words. That was the manager. He wasn't the only one. Tommy Lasorda comes to my mind. And, on occasion, he would get thrown out of the game. Why did he do this? Was he upset at the call? At times it got real ugly, with chest thumping and, as I indicated, kicking dirt.…”