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Byline: Bernard Fernandez
May 9--NEWLY CROWNED WBC super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya took his sweet time arriving for the news conference after his six-round demolition of Ricardo Mayorga Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, so to fill in the blanks a succession of dignitaries paraded to the microphone to critique the winner's performance. A surprise analyst was baseball Hall of FamerTom Lasorda. "Anybody who talks about another man's wife and family is a scumbag," the former Dodgers pitcher and manager said of Mayorga, who chose not to appear before the media. "He just got what he deserved. I'm glad he got his [butt] kicked." Is it any wonder why Lasorda was rooting for De La Hoya? When it comes to slipping punches, …