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Tony LaRussa Retires as St. Louis Skipper
After 3 World Series Titles and 33 seasons as a Major League Baseball Manager, Tony LaRussa is calling it quits. On Monday, the 67-year old LaRussa held a press conference at Bush Stadium in St. Louis and announced that he will be stepping down after 16 seasons with the franchise and on the heels of his 2nd World Series victory in the past 6 seasons as the head of the Cardinals. LaRussa leaves the game third on the all-time wins list with 2,728, trailing only John McGraw (2,763) and Connie Mack (3,731). He won a World Series with Oakland in 1989, and is one of just nine managers in the history of the game to win at least 3 championships, he is the only man on the list to win all three titles within a three decade span. While LaRussa has not made any decisions about his future, he has expressed some interest in continuing to contribute to baseball in some way.
LaRussa apparently made his decision to step down in August, informing Cardinal’s GM John Mozeliak during a time when it looked as if his team was out of the hunt for the playoffs. LaRussa informed his coaching staff of his decision to step down on Sunday before going public on Monday. LaRussa led his Cardinals team back from a 10 1/2 game deficit in the NL Wild Card race in September to a World Series Championship in one of the most impressive playoff runs in MLB history.
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By: Robert Gonzalez
MLBCenter.com Staff Writer
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