Deadspin: Tony Larussa

Fox News Interviewed Donald Trump About The Retirement Of "Arizona Cardinals" Manager Tony La Russa

Timothy Burke — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:30:00 EDT

Elsewhere this would be called a chyronfail, but the juxtaposition of Donald Trump explaining his deep friendship with Tony La Russa to Greta Van Susteren makes it worth the video clip. Fox News has a long way to go to earn the "Cable News sports graphic blunder" title, though; that belongs to CNN's report on Derek Jeter's 3,000th homer. [Fox News] More »

Note To ESPN: There Is A Significant Difference Between An "Elephant Keeper" And An "Elephant Walker"

Timothy Burke — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:25:00 EDT

Tony La Russa is making the post-retirement media tour, and on Monday he stopped by Late Show with David Letterman, during which he revealed a Sacramento-area animal rescue group had offered him a position as elephant keeper. More »

Tony La Russa Made Up His Mind About Retiring In August

Sports Radio Interviews — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:05:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: John Mozeliak has kept a secret since the summer. More »

Tony La Russa Lives On, In Baby Horse Form

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:25:00 EDT

Fear not, denizens of Redbird Nation. Your pilot may have hung up the satin jacket for the greener pastures of the TV studio, but there will forever be a La Russa roaming the fields of St. Louis, pooping in the grass. More »

The World Series of Entropy

Eric Freeman — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:17:20 EDT

The Classical launches in November, but the cruel folks behind it love baseball way too much to let the World Series pass without comment. Throughout the series, its writers will do a daily diary for Deadspin. Keep tabs on us @Classical. More »

Tony La Russa's Illusion Of Genius

Pete Beatty — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:50:22 EDT

SprtsCntr: Tony La Russa's Wonderful Communications Breakdown

Matt Toder — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:16:17 EDT

What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence. More »

Let's All Enjoy The National Barbecuing Of Tony La Russa

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:52:46 EDT

I love this image, and I love this play-by-play of a half-inning I will love forever. More »

Tony La Russa Appeared On A Game Show Roughly 30 Years Ago, And Nobody Knew Who He Was

Dom Cosentino — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:10:00 EDT

This Evening: Proof That America Thinks Rex Ryan Is Smarter Than Tony La Russa

Dom Cosentino — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:05:00 EDT

Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 20, the day we were depressed to learn what Mr. Belding was up to these days. H/T to Jon for the map. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Tony La Russa, Radical Conservative

Eric Freeman — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:50:55 EDT

Someone Apparently Left These Penis- And Vagina-Shaped Cakes In Tony La Russa's Hotel Suite

Jack Dickey — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:30:00 EDT

You didn't think there was actually any merit in La Russa's reliever-overuse strategy, did you? No, these Cards, like other championship Cards, are made of the secret sauce. The grit. The phenomena. In 2006, it was David Eckstein. This year, it's homemade dong- and vagina-shaped cakes. More »

Legends Are Born In October, Then Pulled In The Fifth Inning For A Situational Lefty

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:30:26 EDT

Baseball Prospectus's Jay Jaffe has an NLCS stat that, if you're at all like me, will send you scurrying to the far reaches of the cable box on Wednesday in search of something that does not involve Tony La Russa. (I'm serious. I like baseball as much as the next guy, but I'm not wasting my precious TV time watching unaccountably beloved boobs exercise their putative extrasensory powers. That goes for La Russa, and that goes for Ghost Whisperer, too.) More »

Tony La Russa Made A Funny About Moneyball

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:39 EDT

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Until today, I'd seen no evidence that Tony La Russa had ever in his life been intentionally funny. I believe the funniest thing Tony La Russa ever said was probably, "Nah, I'm just tired, officer." Tony La Russa treats funny the way he treats a lefty reliever facing a righty in the sixth inning of an early-June game in Milwaukee. Tony La Russa doesn't do funny, and I think that's at least partly because Tony La Russa doesn't want to screw with his image as a thinker of a great thoughts. If he cracked jokes all the time, would he still be treated as baseball's towering intellect? Would people write about his batting a pitcher in the eight hole as a tactic on a par with Lee sending Jackson around the left flank in Chancellorsville? Would he still get to kick it with George Will? More »

How Did Tony La Russa Cost The Cardinals The Game This Time?

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:45:00 EDT

A masterpiece of overmanaging in the bottom of the eighth, with two position changes, three pitching changes and an intentional walk that would come around to score the winning run. David Schoenfield has more, but the bottom line is that John Mozeliak should probably decline the option to expand the roster on September 1st. More »

Tony La Russa's Tortured, Petulant Justification For Plunking Ryan Braun, As Read By A 4-Year-Old Boy

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:40:12 EDT

You can watch Tony La Russa try and fail to justify himself — he cycles through logical fallacies as if they were middle relievers in a 5-4 ballgame against the Reds — or you can watch young Mack Scocca-Ho capture the essence of La Russa's monologue in the video above. More »

Tony La Russa Doesn't Like The Way Brewers Fans Heckle Him

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:55:00 EDT

"When they start cursing your family ... The funniest one was a guy said [sic], 'I hope you get shingles again.' That's just stupid." [Post-Dispatch] More »

Kyle Lohse Impersonates Tony La Russa (And All The Shingles Headlines We Opted Against Using)

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:40:00 EDT

It Was Wrestling Mask Night In Anaheim

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:10:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 11, the day the pre-prom body cavity searches were called off. More »

Here's Your Tony LaRussa Eye Update

Brian Hickey — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:15:00 EDT

The St. Louis Cardinals bullpen gave up three runs in the eighth — accompanied by a David Freese error — in yesterday's 5-3 loss to Cincinnati. Whatever. Let's see what LaRussa's eye looked like. More »

Doctor Writes That Pinkeye Is Most Certainly Not To Blame For Tony LaRussa's Frightening Face

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Here's an email which came in response to Thursday night's post about the state of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa's mug. More »

Now, Tony LaRussa Is Ugly On The Outside, Too

Brian Hickey — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:00:00 EDT

The 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Curse has now manifested itself as a physical deformity, albeit one of a temporary nature. Take a good hard look at manager Tony LaRussa's face. Look deep into his open eye, but avoid gazing into the one that's caulked shut with conjunctivitis. Listen as he tells you how it feels. More »

Real Men Support The Cleveland Indians By Kissing One Another On Live Television

Brian Hickey — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for April 7, the day that attempted courtroom eye-gouging became a no-no. More »

Tony La Russa Is Going To Overmanage Right At Jonny Gomes's Head

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:22:07 EST

The Reds' Jonny Gomes reacts to Adam Wainwright's "significant" elbow injury: "The melody was not recognizable, but the words were plaintive: 'Wainwright's gone, Wainwright's gone, Wainwright's gone,' he sang joyously." [Dayton Daily News] More »

Don Mattingly Will Stop At Nothing To Find A World Series Ring

Brian Hickey — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Your morning roundup for Feb. 16, a day after a guy from Texas retired from riding bicycles while wearing tights. Again. More »

The Worst Men In Sports

The Deadspin staff — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:30:07 EST

Our friends at The Good Men Project have compiled a list of the top 10 good guys in sports. This is not that list. More »

Analyst: Cardinals Quit With "Poopy in their Pants" and "Skid Marks in Their Britches"

Brian Hickey — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:30:00 EDT

Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, and current team anaylst, Jack "The Ripper" Clark has grown tired with the home nine's lack of effort. He isn't content just to mention that they're "quitters," though. He gets all diagnosis-y with it. More »

Boston Columnist Doth Question White Jesus' Free Ride, Pre-Kickoff Smiting Expected

Brian Hickey — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Tony La Russa Isn't Lying About Being Apolitical. That's The Problem.

Will Leitch — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:00:17 EDT

Tony La Russa and I have the same literary agent. This might tell you all you need to know about the state of literature, but nonetheless, it's true. When Are We Winning? was in galleys, my agent sent La Russa a copy. More »

La Russa, Pujols Will Apolitically Attend Glenn Beck's Totally Apolitical Rally

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:40:10 EDT

Can we all agree by now that the allegedly thoughtful Tony La Russa, who maybe you've heard is a lawyer and who walks the earth cogitating profoundly on such matters as lineup construction and puppies, is really just an all-around paste-eating dumbass? More »

Tea Partiers Support Diamondbacks, Tony La Russa Supports Tea Partiers

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:45:00 EDT

Members of the St. Louis Tea Party came out in force for Tuesday's Cardinals game against the D-Backs, but the real can of worms was opened when La Russa came out in favor of Arizona's crackdown. More »

Absurdly Long Games Are Just The Greatest

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:40:00 EDT

The Mets' and Cardinals' 20-inning, 6-hour and 53-minute marathon was the most fascinating game we're likely to see all year. Let's do the post-mortem. More »

Tony La Russa Is Screwing With Baseball Writers' Heads

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:30:09 EST

Self-important blowhard manager loosely speculating about pinch-hitting Mark McGwire this season vs. self-important blowhard media collective accusing him of dicking around with Mark McGwire's Hall of Fame clock: Who ya got? [NYDN] More »

Look Who's Tweeting

Tommy Craggs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:45:34 EDT

Why, it's none other than Tony La Russa, the Kant of the lineup card and a onetime litigant against Twitter. Like everyone else, he's following @Alyssa_Milano. [@TonyLaRussa, RFT] More »

The Mark McGwire Rehabilitation Project Begins Now

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:40 EDT

Mark McGwire wants to be loved again. Unfortunately, everyone hates him. So how to remedy that? Simple. Hitch your wagon to Tony La Russa's star. Everyone loves that dude! More »

Eagerly Awaiting Tony La Russa's Postseason Implosion

Tommy Craggs — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:20:52 EDT

The best thing about having the Cardinals around in October is the inevitable moment when La Russa, lineup-card philosopher and Buzz Bissinger's kewpie doll, gets bounced on his ass by a team that realizes the game is baseball, not chess. More »

Un-Rubbed Balls Create Sticky Situation For Cardinals

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:50:28 EDT

John Smoltz thinks the reason he got roughed up last night is because his balls were not properly rubbed down. Yet, opposing pitcher Bronson Arroyo threw just fine. Is it because he was rubbing something special on his own balls? More »

Tony La Russa Wisely Drops His Lawsuit Against Twitter

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:39 EDT

"La Russa's lawyer, Gregory McCoy, wrote that his client was dismissing the case, adding that "No payment was made by Twitter to La Russa in exchange for this dismissal." Expect 14 more Tony La Russa impersonators by noon. [Law.com] More »

All's Well That Ends Well With @TonyLaRussa (Update)

Ben Cohen — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT

An unspecified Twitter loss is Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation's gain, which means that Twitter parodies are not only funny, but also save the world. Or at least the cuter part of it. More »

Tony La Russa Is Not Laughing At Your Satire

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:15:23 EDT

Dugout genius Tony La Russa is suing Twitter, claiming he "suffered significant emotional distress" and "damage to his reputation" because of a fake La Russa account. Sheesh, can't the man take a few jokes about dead pitchers and drunk driving? More »