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If I were 75 and had LaRussa's money, I wouldn't be anywhere near an office.

LaRussa on a mission to work for every team’s front office before retirement

If I were 75 and had LaRussa's money, I wouldn't be anywhere near an office.

What if you only had to show up like 50 days a year, and they were going to give you even more money?

What if you only had to show up like 50 days a year, and they were going to give you even more money?

And for a good chunk of that time, you were in a private box watching a live baseball game.

Right, I find it tough to imagine that LaRussa is ever expected to just be in his office. I'm sure he lives wherever he lives, which is where he lived when he was working for Arizona and Boston. They fly him in for conferences, he spends a few weeks at spring training walking around and doing whatever he wants to do, etc. For an oldster it's just about perfect, just enough activity to prevent him from sitting at home and just watching Court TV 11 hours per day, but not enough to actually be fatiguing. Maybe he even gets a few junkets to DR or the like.

Well, in that case...

If I were 75 and had LaRussa's money, I wouldn't be anywhere near an office.

It's just a part time gig for beer money.

Are his jobs just a series of people taking care of him for past favors? He doesn't stick around long and doesn't seem to make much of an impact.

Historically, Albert Pujols has been a lot better when he’s had the same employer as Tony LaRussa.

Are his jobs just a series of people taking care of him for past favors? He doesn't stick around long and doesn't seem to make much of an impact.

Or people are hiring GENIUS HOF 2700-WIN MANAGER TONY LA-F'in-RUSSA, and finding out he doesn't make much of an impact and letting him go.

Are his jobs just a series of people taking care of him for past favors?

Hey if it's good enough for other industries, it's good enough for baseball!

What impact is La Russa going to have on the baseball team or on baseball operations? I feel like Moreno is adding the wrong kind of front office personnel.

People made a big deal when the Sox hired him which I found silly. He’s at the stage of his life and career where he’s like an aging member of a board of directors. Sounding board, counsel and just general guy who knows things.

Huh, I thought the Red Sox were keeping him around, even though they let the rest of Dombrowski's inner circle go. Did I miss something where Chaim Bloom decided he didn't need/want LaRussa after all?

Chaim Bloom is more of a Don Zimmer guy, so LaRussa's a little too new wave for his tastes.

Huh, I thought the Red Sox were keeping him around, even though they let the rest of Dombrowski's inner circle go.

The article I saw suggested it was La Russa’s choice to move on.

la russa made a mess of things when he ran the dbax

WHY would anyone want him as a "special advisor"? i mean, what would he actually DO?

People made a big deal when the Sox hired him which I found silly. He’s at the stage of his life and career where he’s like an aging member of a board of directors. Sounding board, counsel and just general guy who knows things.

In this type of case, I often assume it's "just general guy who knows lots of other guys".