Damn. Just as I was perfecting Eric “The Chest” Holmbeck’s devastatin’ “Kodiak Krunch” move…this continues on.
Even after he’s gone, and out of the way as a threat in the NL Central, the Reds are obsessed with La Russa. They’re still taking him on.
La Russa still lives in Baker’s head, still exists in the Reds’ collective consciousness. La Russa is the ghost in the big red machine. The Reds lead the NL Central, and La Russa is a civilian. But TLR has changed the rules of engagement, and he’s clearly winning the psychological battle with Baker.
The Reds lost Sunday’s game at San Francisco, and it’s no surprise, considering the way Baker went after Tony again. Poor Baker. He could be searching for La Russa’s phantasm in the attic, or looking under stairwells for strands from La Russa’s old Prince Valiant hairdo.
Memo to Dusty: when you return to your manager’s office, check the light fixtures. La Russa may have secretly installed a surveillance device. And the “fan” that sits by the Cincinnati dugout, taking photos of Reds players? It seems innocent enough. But the guy could be working for La Russa on a spy mission. Have him frisked, Dusty.
This is hilarious. The Reds are convinced that La Russa is out there, somewhere, plotting against them. They are certain that the diabolical La Russa played dirty roster tricks to enact his black-hearted revenge against Phillips and Cueto.
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1. Gamingboy Posted: July 02, 2012 at 10:38 AM (#4171162)tony and dusty have a longstanding feud. this is one last chance for tony to stick it to baker
As it should. If you're going to allow bonuses to be tied to all-star selections, you ought to be able to be named to the team if you deserve it (and then pulled), rather than not being named in advance.
Yeah, there's that one guy, and, and, help me out here...
Seriously, other than Prior, who has Dusty wrecked? Wood was already broken once by the time he got there.
TLR spent his entire managerial career making byzantine personnel decisions. Attributing errors in the NL roster to animosity rather than apathy or ignorance is a stretch.
Yeah, LaRussa is easily lazy and ignorant enough to screw up a fairly basic baseball-related matter.
No, obvioudly, we don't know that Dusty's usage caused the problem. But you'd think that for all the Dusty the Arm Shredder comments that are made, there'd be more than one player who actually had his arm shredded while under Dusty's command.
If anything, Dusty's misuse is being mitigated today by better medical tech.
This would make me MORE likely to choose a player. With 34 (or whatever) on the team, and the expectation that they should all get into the game, I would love having as many ineligible players as possible.
Yes, this is clearly a payback from LaRussa for having his backup catcher injured in a fight his starting catcher started and his ace pitcher escalated into insanity.
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