Tony LaRussa
Tony LaRussa
Anthony "Tony" La Russa, Jr.is an American professional baseball player, manager, and executive currently serving as Chief Baseball Officer for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is best known for his tenures as manager of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. His MLB career has spanned from 1963 to the present. As a manager, La Russa guided his teams to three World Series titles, six league championships and twelve division titles in 33 seasons...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 October 1944
CityTampa, FL
Breaks are part of the game. ... Bad hops shouldn't be the reason you give up runs.
Everything he does is live. Live arm, live bat, live legs. It will be interesting to see just how much playing time he can earn.
That was such a typical game that we played,
You can't be successful without it. It'll make him a better pitcher. He's a talented guy.
Every year he's played better and better. Last year, we reached that 100 win total. We're not winning 100 games without So being a really clutch player.
It's that time in spring where you split up the day so that you get a look at everybody, get their spring training started.
It was not easy, with the errors. (Morris) pitched around them, which is tough to do in this ballpark, against the danger they have in that lineup.
That's why he's here. There's potential there. We got a veteran, so he knows himself better than anybody, especially us.
Our hearts were beating at the end. If Albert comes up, who knows what.
He's got special talent and he's got a special attitude. Guys who have that play in the big leagues.
He's pitched really well in a couple of those games. He's had a heck of a year.
He made a couple of mistakes, but I thought he was solid.
When he was talked to by the media or by us, he liked the way he felt the second week of spring training, so I'm optimistic. If he's healthy, what a lift he'd give us.
The fans are going to like it because there's enough there when you look at it, it reminds you of the old park and lots that's new. It's really a nice mix.