
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 4, 1990                   TAG: 9006040048
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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NATIONAL LEAGUE-NOTE

Less than a week after rumors began that Tom Lasorda would become manager of the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers ended the speculation by giving him a two-year contract extension through 1992.

The decision was reached during a half-hour meeting between Lasorda, team President Peter O'Malley and general manager Fred Claire.

"The rumors that circulated really had no effect on the timing," O'Malley said.

Lasorda, 62, has been a member of the Dodgers organization for 41 years - one more year than he has been with his wife, Jo.

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