Brilliant La Russa calls it a day
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November 2, 2011, Wednesday
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TONY La Russa announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Monday, just three days after managing the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series title in stunning fashion.
La Russa, 67, had managed in the major leagues for 33 years, 16 of them with the Cardinals, who defeated the Texas Rangers in seven games for his third World Series crown.
"We went through the season and I felt that this just feels like it's time to end it and I think it's going to be great for the Cardinals to refresh what's going on here," La Russa said in St. Louis. He said no one factor led to his decision.
"They all just come together telling you your time is over," he said.
La Russa had a 2,728-2,365 record as a manager, putting him behind only Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763) on MLB's all-time wins list. He won World Series titles with the Cardinals in 2006 and 2011 and with the Oakland Athletics in 1989.
La Russa's 2011 Cardinals came from 10-1/2 games behind in the final month of the season to clinch a playoff spot on the final day and forced the World Series to a decisive seventh game after being within a strike of having their season ended in the ninth and 10th innings of Game 6.
La Russa is the only MLB manager to win multiple pennants in both leagues and the second to win a World Series in each.
La Russa, 67, had managed in the major leagues for 33 years, 16 of them with the Cardinals, who defeated the Texas Rangers in seven games for his third World Series crown.
"We went through the season and I felt that this just feels like it's time to end it and I think it's going to be great for the Cardinals to refresh what's going on here," La Russa said in St. Louis. He said no one factor led to his decision.
"They all just come together telling you your time is over," he said.
La Russa had a 2,728-2,365 record as a manager, putting him behind only Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763) on MLB's all-time wins list. He won World Series titles with the Cardinals in 2006 and 2011 and with the Oakland Athletics in 1989.
La Russa's 2011 Cardinals came from 10-1/2 games behind in the final month of the season to clinch a playoff spot on the final day and forced the World Series to a decisive seventh game after being within a strike of having their season ended in the ninth and 10th innings of Game 6.
La Russa is the only MLB manager to win multiple pennants in both leagues and the second to win a World Series in each.
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