Tommy Lasorda Baseball

Tommy Lasorda Baseball is a baseball video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It released in North America in 1989, during the console's launch window, and takes its name from Tommy Lasorda, the longtime manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game is closely related to Sega's Japanese baseball releases for the system and was reworked with Lasorda's name for the American market.

As an early Genesis sports title, it offers a straightforward presentation of the sport with a behind-the-pitcher batting view and standard exhibition play for one or two players. It carries no Major League Baseball or players' union license, so while Lasorda's name is attached to the box, the teams and players are generic rather than real franchises and rosters.

The game is historically notable less for its depth than for its timing. It was one of the titles available near the Genesis launch in the United States and helped fill out the console's early sports lineup, before Sega's later, more polished sports efforts and before EA's Genesis sports franchises arrived. For players who bought a Genesis in its first year, it was often an early introduction to baseball on the platform.

Today it is a common and low-cost cartridge, and it runs without trouble on Sega Genesis emulators. It has not featured prominently in Sega's later Genesis compilation releases, which keeps it more of a collector and enthusiast curiosity than a frequently revisited classic.