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Tony La Russa Quotes

«What makes complaining illegitimate is that you're predicting who's going to be good and bad. Last year, who would have thought the American League Central would have been so tough? After awhile, you accept that it comes with the territory.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«Mentally, is closing tougher than a hitter going out there with 600 at-bats to produce ... tougher than a starting pitcher? For the great closer, it's as tough. He watches the club for eight innings. Then if he goes out there and screws it up, he's got 24 guys to answer to. It's a heck of a deal. Some guys can't handle it.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«You fear for the worst and hope for the best, and we got the best. He was on the club, and he's still on the club.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«Right now, Aaron is going to play opening day. ... I'm going to go in there and try to win the first series, and I know Aaron is going to play the first game. If he does a nice job, he has a chance to play the second one. If he doesn't do a good job, someone else will play.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«He did a lot of really good things, and they had a good lineup.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«We really thought he would be cleared to play by now, and he hasn't.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«You usually hope for the best and fear the worst. This time we got the best.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«Of the multi-year, multi-money guys, once there's a center fielder, a first baseman, a third baseman and then a shortstop, all you have is a couple spots when you just can't afford to spend those numbers. That's what it comes down to. You want to talk about catcher? The system produced a catcher. It really comes down to there's not a lot of money left. That why those guys are here. That's why we didn't bring Mark back. That's why Tony left.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«That's the situation; make the most of it.»
Author: Tony La Russa
«I'd bet against 100 losses. I think they're going to be tough to play, which is the first step.»
Author: Tony La Russa