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This goes to the Cardinals' Tony LaRussa. I know he's in the National League, but he's basically managing the 1990 Oakland...
...said Marlin pitcher-stockbroker Steve Fireovid. "Most of us have a tool." Tiger manager Sparky Anderson refused to watch it, and the Baltimore Orioles refused to play it, in part to preserve Cal Ripken's 2,009-game playing streak. But even people like Oakland A's manager Tony LaRussa were impressed with the replacements' efforts. "I might just videotape some of these games," said LaRussa, "and when the regular players get back, show them what it was like when they really wanted to play...
...then have John Chancellor continue his narration by mentioning the Braves' series of 1991 as an example of that which Tony LaRussa says makes the game "better than all of us," a true representation of the American spirit--I almost lost it again...
...such drastic actions must be taken. Certainly Tony LaRussa must have been wrong when he said that The Game is better than all of us, right? Right...
...have to manage 10 more years to match him, when you think about it. I've said it for years and years, he's the best."--Tony LaRussa, Oakland manager, on Sparky Anderson's 2,000th...