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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Thursday, October 29, 2020White Sox name Tony La Russa new managerThe year is 1979. Rocky II rules the box office. Jane Byrne is Mayor. Ralph Garr is in left field. And Tony LaRussa runs the White Sox.
RoyalsRetro (AG#1F)
Posted: October 29, 2020 at 02:19 PM | 75 comment(s)
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: October 29, 2020 at 02:21 PM (#5986482)I'm a bit skeptical that "Tony LaRussa" and "2020 baseball" are going to be a great fit.
Huh? Frank Robinson and Ted Williams frantically wave among others.
he means among people elected to the Hall as a manager
I assume his first order of business will be to convince Harold Baines to come out of retirement
the main cast of characters, with starts per position:
C Milt May 59, Bill Nahorodny 43, Marv Foley 29, Mike Colbern 26
1B Lamar Johnson 90, Mike Squires 69
2B Alan Bannister 63, Jim Morrison 41, Jorge Orta 34, Greg Pryor 16
3B Kevin Bell 59, Eric Soderholm 55, Morrison 21
SS Pryor 107, Kessinger 36, Harry Chappas 16
LF Ralph Garr 63, Bannister 45, Junior Moore 32
CF Chet Lemon 147
RF Claudell Washington 112, Rusty Torres 24
DH Orta 64, Wayne Nordhagen 47, LJohnson 37
IP
Ken Kravec 250, Rich Wortham 204, Ross Baumgarten 191, Steve Trout 155, Francisco Barrios 94
Randy Scarborough 101, Mike Proly 88, Ed Farmer 81, Fred Howard 68, Rich Hinton 42
cups of coffee included Rusty Kuntz, LaMarr Hoyt, Britt Burns, Ron Schueler, Rich Dotson, and Lerrin LaGrow
Sure because he already missed the season.
Dusty Baker (71)
Joe Maddon (66)
Ned Yost (66)
Terry Collins (71)
Ron Washington (68)
Jim Leyland (75)
Buddy Bell (69)
Bob Boone (72)
Art Howe (73)
Larry Bowa (74)
Larry Dierker (74)
Tom Kelly (70)
Gene Lamont (73)
Ray Miller (75)
Kevin Kennedy (66)
Tom Trebelhorn (72)
John Wathan (71)
La Russa became manager after Don Kessinger resigned. Kessinger followed Larry Doby, who lasted half a season after Bob Lemon was essentially released to take over the Yankees. Lemon replaced Paul Richards, a legendary manager brought back by Bill Veeck to chase glory one more time in 1976. Richards' final team was bad enough to earn the 1st pick in the 1977 draft.
Paul Richards was a decade younger than La Russa is today when Veeck brought him back.
The A's interim manager before they hired La Russa in 1986 was Jeff Newman. Newman is four years younger than La Russa and hasn't managed since then.
Mike Ferraro last managed in 1986 but he's slightly older. (Quick, what team did the immortal Mike Ferraro manage in 1986)
For absolutely no reason, I will guess Seattle.
Probably going to need a two year contract then.
He is going to pull a Kruk and as the Sox win game 36 he is going to walk.
Did Dusty Baker get fired and I didn't hear about it?
Who knows. Supposedly they didn't interview Hinch (or anyone else).
emphasis added
But the list Nate was asking about wasn't just ex-managers. Dusty was at the top of it. It's a list of some guys, but not all of the guys, who have managed, or are currently managing, who are younger than TLR.
Thus, his question.
Tony Larussa played for Billy Martin.
Billy Martin played for Casey Stengel.
Casey Stengel played for John McGraw.
i don't know what to make of this. we think of it as this ancient thing, but on the other hand it isn't really. but it is. IDK.
i had a don kessinger baseball card when i was a kid. in 1965.
Not really. I think we can safely ignore the two, publicity stunt, PAs by a 54 y.o.
I mean, somebody could manage Willie Mays this year if you just wanted to pull a stunt.
(Although that joke gets dark when you think about the most likely reasons LaRussa might not make it to opening day, given his age...)
Kessinger was born July 17, 1942. He is alive, and 78 years old.
LaRussa was born October 4, 1944. He is alive, and 76 years old.
So he is only two years older than both the oldest player on the 1979 White Sox...who was also the manager he replaced.
That's not true. Connie Mack was enshrined in 1937 and managed (at least in name/title) until 1950.
Kessinger was never on LaRussa's team. He retired as a player when he was fired. The oldest player that actually played for LaRussa on that team was Ralph Garr.
Thurman Munson's final game also happened to be Don Kessinger's last game managing the Sox. I was in the stands for that one.
I'm pretty sure it's still Lincoln Park. There's some people you just do not want to mess with walking around there.
But we can hope.
That's closer to the start of World War II (1939) than it is to today.
Tony Larussa played for Billy Martin.
Billy Martin played for Casey Stengel.
Casey Stengel played for John McGraw.
And McGraw played for Ned Hanlon (also in the Hall), who played for Jack Chapman, who played for Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson, whose playing career began in 1865.
Did he take over for Howser in KC?
I think that ended when the big man hit the floor.
Correct!
No, really, who are they hiring?
Rocco Baldelli won a pennant as a player on the DL!
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