CHICAGO -- The birds-on-the-bat uniforms, the players in the other dugout, the opposing manager, it all looked familiar to Tony La Russa. Too familiar. The 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the ...
The self-professed “old school manager,” Tony La Russa, learned early in his major league managerial career never to play favorites. That’s why the former veteran skipper of the Chicago White Sox, ...
Tony La Russa can trace his relationship with Dave Stewart all the way back to the very first game he managed for the Oakland Athletics, when he pulled the recently acquired right-handed reliever out ...
La Russa, 81, has communicated frequently with Vitello since Buster Posey put him in touch with the Giants’ new manager.