Tony LaRussa Appreciation Thread

[CT III]

"have the Rollings Stones killed."

But, Bort, those aren't the...

DO AS I SAY!

[Saul Goodman]

So TLR is running the Diamondbacks now.  Kevin Towers should start taking a box of his stuff home from the office each week to save time later.

[Saul Goodman]

So TLR is running the Diamondbacks now.  Kevin Towers should start taking a box of his stuff home from the office each week to save time later.

Tony LaRussa is going Moneyball, literally:

Diamondbacks chief baseball officer Tony La Russa says he has hired Ed Lewis to take charge of the team’s analytical department, Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal reports on Twitter. Lewis is an old friend of La Russa’s who does stock market analytical work, the head D’backs baseball man tells Costa.

Still rooting for the supposed Genius to fail spectacularly.  Hiring his buddies sounds like a good start.

[Shooter]

I assumed this got bumped for the news Oscar Tavares was drunk when he crashed his car last month.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I assumed this got bumped for the news Oscar Tavares was drunk when he crashed his car last month.

http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=8769.0

[Saul Goodman]

How's Tony's first big acquisition as Head Genius in Charge going?

Yasmany Tomas, 3B/OF, Arizona Diamondbacks
On the positive side, Tomas is capable of putting a charge in the baseball. I have big doubts as to whether he will be able to do that consistently. I saw Tomas play over three days and got a tremendous amount of at-bats since they had him batting third every inning of the minor-league games. Even with that many looks I only saw him hit one ball with any authority and I did not see him even come close to pulling a ball. He was late on everything—including some out and up, meatball, mid-80s "heaters" from low-minors pitchers. Tomas swung aggressively and early in the count, too. His idea of the strike zone and ability to identify secondary pitches is going to be a big issue. His physique was concerning, especially for a player purportedly capable of playing third base. Tomas doesn't move well at the hot corner and his arm was inaccurate coming from a slow release. I really don't think Tomas can handle third, and I think he might be more first baseman than left fielder with his noticeable lack of footspeed. Evaluators I talked to were overwhelmingly negative about Tomas and his profile. The player I saw does not have a role to play on a big-league club this year and I'm not sure where he fits in the future. I do have to wonder if he's having trouble adjusting to baseball and life in this country and that's negatively affecting him.

[Saul Goodman]

Two games under .500 and seven games out of the West division?  BEST GET A CLOSER POSTHASTE!

There aren't many teams I'm rooting for harder to be a complete disaster than Arizona.

[Shooter]

Not that there was any doubt, but he's still an asshole.

[Bort]

Not that there was any doubt, but he's still an asshole.

What an absolute turd.

[Saul Goodman]

Not that there was any doubt, but he's still an asshole.

What an absolute turd.

If you're not careful Tony will barge right into our fringe messageboard to tell us how we're wrong.

[flannj]

Not that there was any doubt, but he's still an asshole.

What an absolute turd.

That's the kind of behavior I would exhibit after I had been drinki...

[Brownie]

Did anyone enjoy watching Tiger Woods' DUI videos only because the breathalyzer and interview room looks awfully familiar?

Desptie being completely zonked on Percocet or Vicodin or Oxycontin or god-knows-what, Tiger seemed to have a better idea of how to conduct himself in a DUI interview than the lawyer-manager himself.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Did anyone enjoy watching Tiger Woods' DUI videos only because the breathalyzer and interview room looks awfully familiar?

Desptie being completely zonked on Percocet or Vicodin or Oxycontin or god-knows-what, Tiger seemed to have a better idea of how to conduct himself in a DUI interview than the lawyer-manager himself.

I thought of the parallel as soon as I heard Tiger was popped in Jupiter, FL.