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...underdog St. Louis Cardinals. I find it hard to believe that the incessant ball hogging of the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant was anywhere near the achievements made in the postseason by the Redbirds in their first year in the new Busch Stadium. Not only that, but Tony LaRussa managed circles around his longtime friend and protégé, the Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland. So Bryant scored 81 points in a game, big deal. How many times did he pass the ball...
...likely places, such as: the palm of the glove, the bill of the hat, the inside of the thigh and, most commonly, the back pants pocket.Further evidence as to the prevalence of foreign substances amongst pitchers is the decisively odd lack of action taken by the opposing manager, Tony LaRussa, against Rogers. LaRussa did not ask the umpires to search the 41-year old pitcher, even after several of his hitters appealed to him to do so. LaRussa later commented on the situation to media, saying, “Pitchers use some sticky stuff to get a better grip from...
Three Nights in August, by Buzz Bissinger, takes you inside the mind of Tony LaRussa, perhaps baseball's best manager...
Once a player reaches AAA, he finds himself around other decent players. Some of these players turn into superstars. Those players will soon be shipped to the majors. Managers and coaches who do well at the Triple A level are also promoted. Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan chose St. Louis as a location where they could perform in front of a Major League audience, rather than the Triple A atmosphere in Oakland. Mark McGwire followed, along with Craig Paquette, Willie McGee and Todd Stottlemyre. For all four of those players, St. Louis only traded one player that remained with Oakland...
...rotation, which had five double-digit winners in the regular season, could not overcome LaRussa's pitching jumble, and their NLCS performance showed what role the Cardinal offense played in all those regular-season wins...