Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda suffers heart attack June 5, 2012 -- Updated 2339 GMT (0739 HKT) Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda suffered a mild heart attack Monday. Tommy Lasorda, 84, is in stable condition in New York The Hall of Fame manger led the Los Angeles team for some 20 years He jokes, "The doctors confirmed I do bleed Dodger blue" (CNN) -- Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda suffered a mild heart attack Monday while in New York, the Los Angeles team confirmed Tuesday. Lasorda, 84, was in New York for the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, and doctors inserted a stent to correct a blocked artery, the Dodgers said in a statement. He is resting and in stable condition. The Hall of Fame manager led the Dodgers between 1976-1996. He also managed the United States to its first gold medal in baseball at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "The doctors confirmed I do bleed Dodger blue," Lasorda said in the team statement. I'm looking forward to being back at the stadium to cheer on the Dodgers. L.A. Dodgers usher in new era of ownership Jim Duquette, former Mets GM, donates kidney to young daughter