Jan
25
2012

LaRussa To Manage 2012 NL All Star Team

An article by 72MetsFan

Looks like we haven’t seen the last of Tony LaRussa yet. The recently retired Cardinals skipper will serve as the manager of the National League All-Star team for the 2012 Midsummer Classic at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on July 10th.

La Russa will become the second retired manager to lead an All-Star squad. Hall of Fame manager John McGraw retired following the 1932 season and managed the NL squad in the first Midsummer Classic in 1933.

La Russa also led the NL All-Stars in 2005 and 2007. It will mark his sixth Midsummer Classic managerial assignment, matching Joe Torre’s total and surpassed only by Hall of Famers Casey Stengel (10), Walter Alston (9) and Joe McCarthy (7). While coaching the Oakland Athletics, La Russa was the American League All-Star skipper from 1989-1991.

The 67-year-old La Russa managed the Chicago White Sox (1979-1986), the A’s (1986-1995) and the Cardinals (1996-2011), winning three World Series Championships and making six World Series appearances overall.

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5 Comments + Add Comment

Anthony Marte January 25, 2012 at 9:12 am

Wright can be an all-star this year. If Davis can continue where he left off last year he’ll be sitting next to LaRussa in July.
- Brian January 25, 2012 at 11:53 am
  
  With Pujols in AL and Howard hurt, Ike has a decent shot for an all Star bid if he gets off to the kind of start he did last year.
  - Anthony Marte January 25, 2012 at 12:27 pm
    
    He could make it, but not as a starter. Not while Joey Votto is around…
srt January 25, 2012 at 9:47 am

So if LaRussa took a pass, or MLB decided not to go with a retired manager….wonder how they then would have picked his replacement? I suppose Roenicke then?
- XtreemIcon January 25, 2012 at 9:49 am
  
  MLB probably begged LaRoo to do it so they wouldn’t be presented with that headache.

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