Manager Tony La Russa announces retirement
This news comes less than three days after the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series.
Tony La Russa is calling it a career after 16 seasons as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
La Russa, 67, only days removed from winning his third World Series title, made the announcement during a Monday morning news conference.
La Russa had hinted at a possible return during the NL championship series against the Brewers, expressing excitement about the Cardinals’ talent in place.
But apparently claiming his second World Series ring with the Cardinals — his 1989 Oakland A’s team also won it — was enough of a capstone.
La Russa’s 2,728 regular-season victories over 33 seasons as a manager rank third on the career list behind Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763).
Mack stayed on at least a decade too long. Illness was the cause of McGraw’s resignation and he would die two years later The Giants last World Series appearance with McGraw came eight years previously.(But the Giants did go to the WS the year after McGraw’s resignation) La Russa chose to get out while on top, and I think he made the right decision.
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