LASORDA HEADING OUT TO THE OZARKS FOR FOOD & FUN: Loosen your belts & get out your crayons, ’cause Tommy Lasorda’s coming to town!

The RUSSELLVILLE COURIER pitches us the news that the former Dodger manager will be in the Arkansas community this weekend for dinner.And not just because he’s hungry. Lasorda will be the keynote speaker for an Evening With Tech Baseball, a combination meal and silent auction event benefiting the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team.

Yes, they’re really called the Wonder Boys. That’s the best college nickname we’ve heard of since the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.Tickets for Friday’s food & fun run at $60 a piece, or $600 for a table of 8. Hope you like cannelloni with hog jowls!

Then on Saturday, Lasorda will be giving autographs and signing books at a local office store. However, the article fails to mention exactly which book Tommy will be putting his John Hancock on.