Dusty, TLR at it again

and I have no issue taking Dusty’s side here. LaRussa is the overseer of some of the games greatest cheaters, I don’t know where he gets the idea that he can accuse others of cheating.

Also loved the reference to the Julian Tavarez thing by Dusty, for one day I can put my Dusty issues aside.

But LaRussa is gameplanning here, and doing it well

• He doesn’t give a damn about Dusty or the Reds. He DOES give a damn about the psyche of Smoltz going into the postseason.

• He is making sure the umps are looking for this kind of thing going into October.

Genius. Freaking genius. Dusty is playing Connect Four while LaRussa is playing 3-D Chess against Spock.

Always whining about something.

As much as I hated Dusty as our manager, I love that he threw it right back in LaRussa’s face with the Tavarez comment. Reminds me of that series in Chicago late in ‘03 when Dusty started yelling at LaRussa from the dugout. Ahhh, good Dusty memories… there aren’t too many of them!

Ok because I can never resist the opportunity to tall a Maddux story, in a Cubs/Cards game I think in 06 but could have been 05, LaRussa asks the ump to inspect the ball since he claims to suspect Madog is doctoring it, ump looks, ball is fine, a little later in the game TLR asks the ump to look at the ball AGAIN and of course there is nothing on it. After the game some of the Cubs and I believe Dusty ( who also was upset while it was happening) criticize him for disrespecting Maddux for asking to look at the ball TWICE . Maddux’s reaction ? He explaines that the 2nd time Tony asked the ball had actually just hit off the wall for a double and Tony just wanted to make sure the ball was not damaged ( he is more or less laughing while saying this). Tony is whining
jerk.

Pine Tar Redux

I tend to agree with the first poster in the linked article…make a big deal out of this but don’t give a shit about the WS game in 06. In the end, it did not matter since the won the series anyway.

TLR is always about gamenship that will give his team an advantage at a later date….I was actually surprised that TLR did not throw at MB early in the season but I guess he assumed that was a trainwreck that did not really need his assistance

I have never understood how La Russa can get away with this crap and still get so much respect and admiration from the media and around baseball fandom. It really boggles the mind.

“…Can’t anybody just lose any more without extenuating circumstances?"

So many memories…

That makes me think they have some funny business going on with their pitching staff.

be out in front of anything, whether it’s true or not. He’s looking for any edge and doesn’t give a damn what people think. I guess you can’t argue with his success, but i just dislike how his handling of pitchers has changed the game — not necessarily for the better.