No. 269: Tom Lazzari

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · Jun 7, 2025 · 1h 42m

Podcast No. 269: Tom Lazzari

They call him “Papa Big Guns.”

That does not only go for his grandchildren, either. American Legion Baseball players — and some of their parents — refer to Tom Lazzari by the nickname that he swears he did not give to himself. He just relishes in that moniker.

Tom jokes that the key to having such big arms, or guns as he calls them, is to lose the use of his legs. That happened to Tom when he was diagnosed with a neurological disorder that robbed him of his ability to walk when he was in his late 40s. He was also told that he would probably be in, as he puts it…