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There               are               three               baseball               players               that               started               a               game               at               shortstop               in               the               majors               while               just               eighteen               years               old-               Robin               Yount,               Alex               Rodriguez,               and               Tony               La               Russa.

Yount               is               already               in               the               Hall               of               Fame,               A-Rod               will               be               enshrined               someday               as               a               player,               and               La               Russa               is               sure               to               have               a               plaque               in               Cooperstown               as               well.

But               it               will               not               be               for               his               accomplishments               at               the               plate               or               in               the               field               that               Tony               La               Russa               will               be               thusly               honored,               but               for               his               managerial               career.

Tony               La               Russa               ranks               third               on               the               all-time               wins               list               for               baseball               managers,               and               he               has               been               at               the               helm               of               the               St.

Louis               Cardinals               for               eleven               seasons               now.

Born               in               Tampa,               Florida               in               1944,               La               Russa               signed               with               the               Kansas               City               Athletics               right               out               of               high               school.

Tony               was               called               up               by               the               woeful               A's               the               next               year,               and               he               played               in               34               games               for               Kansas               City               in               1963,               hitting               .250               in               limited               at-bats.

But               La               Russa               injured               his               shoulder               in               the               off-season               playing               softball,               and               he               did               not               get               another               chance               in               the               majors               until               five               years               later.

In               1968,               La               Russa               appeared               for               the               now               Oakland               A's               in               just               five               contests.

He               was               out               of               the               game               as               a               player               altogether,               after               short               stints               with               the               Braves               and               White               Sox,               by               the               age               of               28               in               1973.
               La               Russa               went               to               Florida               State               University,               where               he               earned               his               law               degree               in               1979.

But               La               Russa               never               practiced               law.

Instead,               Tony               was               hired               by               the               White               Sox               to               be               their               manager               after               very               little               experience               in               the               minors               as               a               skipper.

The               White               Sox               were               perennial               losers,               but               La               Russa               was               able               to               turn               them               around               in               short               order,               having               them               over               .500               by               1981               and               winning               the               American               League               West               in               1983               before               they               were               ousted               from               the               playoffs               by               the               Orioles.

But               in               Chicago,               La               Russa               was               sometimes               referred               to               as               "a               lawyer               masquerading               as               a               manager".
               When               the               White               Sox               faltered               in               1986,               La               Russa               was               let               go,               but               the               A's               snatched               him               up               and               made               him               their               manager.

Tony               took               the               A's,               with               sluggers               such               as               Mark               McGuire               and               Jose               Canseco,               to               the               World               Series               in               1988,               '89,               and               '90.

The               Dodgers               shocked               Oakland               in               the               1988               Fall               Classic,               and               Lou               Piniella's               Reds               swept               them               in               the               1990               version,               but               La               Russa               won               his               only               title               in               1989               in               the               "Earthquake               Series"               against               the               Giants.

Another               AL               West               crown               in               1992               went               to               La               Russa               and               Oakland,               but               Toronto               sent               them               packing               in               the               post-season.

When               the               A's               were               sold               after               the               1995               season,               La               Russa               left               to               take               over               the               Cardinals,               who               had               fired               Joe               Torre               in               '95.
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Louis               has               claimed               six               division               titles               under               Tony               La               Russa,               advancing               to               the               World               Series               in               2004               against               the               Red               Sox,               where               they               were               swept,               and               in               2006               against               the               Tigers.

La               Russa               is               on               the               verge               of               being               the               longest               tenured               skipper               in               Cardinals'               history,               as               only               Red               Schoendienst's               dozen               year               run               from               1965               through               1976               is               greater.

La               Russa's               teams               have               eclipsed               the               one               hundred               win               mark               in               a               season               four               times,               and               he               currently               owns               a               won-loss               standard               of               2,297-1,986,               for               a               winning               percentage               of               .536.
               With               his               wife               Elaine,               La               Russa,               who               has               two               daughters               and               makes               his               home               in               California,               operates               a               no-kill               animal               shelter.

Tony               La               Russa's               Animal               Rescue               Foundation,               in               Walnut               Creek,               takes               in               abandoned               animals               and               also               sponsors               programs               that               bring               dogs               and               cats               to               abused               children,               senior               citizens,               and               hospital               patients.

When               Tony               La               Russa               finally               walks               away               from               baseball,               the               Hall               of               Fame               is               a               certainty,               not               bad               for               a               shortstop               who               hit               just               .199               in               132               games!






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