Tony La Russa quote: "It's a better setup. We could have made an adjustment and pitched Matt tomorrow, or Supp tomorrow, whichever, but it's a better setup for us."

I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives int...
TONY LA RUSSA

I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportuni...
TONY LA RUSSA

You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibil...
TONY LA RUSSA

If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that ...
TONY LA RUSSA

I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives in...
TONY LA RUSSA

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete...
TONY LA RUSSA

There are always distractions, if you allow them.
TONY LA RUSSA

We worked hard to get here. Our club has been so relentless, and we're in a great position. ... The ...
TONY LA RUSSA

I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you c...
TONY LA RUSSA

There are a lot of pieces that remind you of the old Busch. There's enough there to remind you of th...
TONY LA RUSSA

I don't necessarily think you can separate the two, ... When you come into a game with a big lead, a...
TONY LA RUSSA

Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted b...
TONY LA RUSSA

I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and t...
TONY LA RUSSA

I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect, with a lot of tough situations. Ther...
TONY LA RUSSA

Guys like Derrek Lee and Albert Pujols and other guys at the top, Miguel Cabrera , nobody throws the...
TONY LA RUSSA

Albert rolled his ankle. He's fine.
TONY LA RUSSA

The ball Albert hit would've gone out anywhere. There weren't balls that were hit to the warning tra...
TONY LA RUSSA

Hancock and Brad both, in fastball counts they threw fastballs, which is OK as long as you have some...
TONY LA RUSSA

I feel like in that series, just like all year long, when things got tense, each of those guys made ...
TONY LA RUSSA

It wasn't good enough. It looked like he was kind of hurrying to get outs. He missed his location a ...
TONY LA RUSSA

[La Russa on Saturday suggested Brad Thompson would be Mulder's replacement if he couldn't pitch on ...
TONY LA RUSSA

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez...
TONY LA RUSSA

The whole point about resting guys, it's all academic at this point, because we've got days off. We ...
TONY LA RUSSA

There's a way to win when the other guy is pitching good against you. You've got to pitch and defend...
TONY LA RUSSA

I think he's going to start. Unless I go in (the clubhouse) and find out something that wasn't obvio...
TONY LA RUSSA

That changes things dramatically. He made one mistake - he got (LaRue), 0-2, then gave him something...
TONY LA RUSSA

You can do anything you want with him. You can hit-and-run with him, bunt. We push the game with him...
TONY LA RUSSA

I always say you don't just win with homers. You need a bunt, you need a hit-and-run, you need a ste...
TONY LA RUSSA

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how...
TONY LA RUSSA

You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you jus...
TONY LA RUSSA

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hel...
TONY LA RUSSA

It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.
TONY LA RUSSA

It's not about him; it's about the team, ... I told him, 'If you're going to be unhappy and pouting,...
TONY LA RUSSA

You've got to hit the ball like the [left] fielder did, on a line. You've got to really jolt it to h...
TONY LA RUSSA

[Williams] dodged a bullet in the first inning. That helped him. But he just pitched better.
TONY LA RUSSA

I don't think it's unorthodox. Whenever he does something it's just aggressive and makes good sense....
TONY LA RUSSA

[Carpenter is] really going after hitters, and ... getting in situations and making pitches and stay...
TONY LA RUSSA

Early on without Lance Berkman, that really stretched their lineup, and then after Berkman got back ...
TONY LA RUSSA

If you try to give them a scheme, most hitters will rebel.
TONY LA RUSSA

I can remember once when they were going through the top three or four closers, a couple months ago ...
TONY LA RUSSA

Any of you guys that cast any kind of negative implication on Albert, you ought to be ... ashamed of...
TONY LA RUSSA

He is playing so good in every facet of the game. He's hitting fourth, and that's because nothing bo...
TONY LA RUSSA

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult fo...
TONY LA RUSSA

You're watching the number and go '10-9-8' and get to one and you're going to celebrate? Zero is whe...
TONY LA RUSSA

We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when you...
TONY LA RUSSA

The best way to keep yourself competitive is not to change anything. Right now we're trying to grind...
TONY LA RUSSA

This is one of the toughest losses, and one of the best losses I can remember, just because what the...
TONY LA RUSSA

It's a compliment to Lidge, is what it is, ... We've got a better chance to bunt [Pujols] in than ge...
TONY LA RUSSA

Mulder was spectacular, but there were a lot of outstanding things, ... Mostly, the way we competed,...
TONY LA RUSSA

Those tips he gave me saved my baseball life,
TONY LA RUSSA

Sometimes, you have things happen that make you scratch your head - like winning 57 games after Darr...
TONY LA RUSSA

That's a long way. But you know he's going to try to do it.
TONY LA RUSSA

I love Rick Ankiel. There's something good about having him on a ballclub.
TONY LA RUSSA

He pitched nine innings against a tough offensive club -- that's dominating. He had a 2-0 pitch to a...
TONY LA RUSSA

It's just amazing how often he does that. I can't remember seeing a pitcher in all the years I've ma...
TONY LA RUSSA

That looks so terrible. The guy [Piazza] is a great pro. That incident screwed up the whole night fo...
TONY LA RUSSA

That would be unique. You play the schedule, however it works. They've played us very well, so I'm n...
TONY LA RUSSA

We saved runs all night long. That's the way you had to win that game, because they had so many oppo...
TONY LA RUSSA

We went through this last year. ... We're not going to get into wild-card formulas. The magic number...
TONY LA RUSSA

There are two challenges for a club, the first is the regular season, a six-month grind. So if you h...
TONY LA RUSSA

Someone told me a long time ago a good test in situations like this, ... You ask the guy, 'If this w...
TONY LA RUSSA

You have to think of the loss of a guy and what that means to his teammates and family, ... Your sea...
TONY LA RUSSA

We worked hard to get here. The club has been so relentless, as strong-minded as you can be.
TONY LA RUSSA

My whole concentration on the game is affected by a pitch that got away. You know, that looks so ter...
TONY LA RUSSA

Over the weekend, he was very aggressive in his playing and it's barking. The medical and training s...
TONY LA RUSSA

It's a real dream come true to win here. Roland Hemond once told me to enjoy the moment and that's w...
TONY LA RUSSA

The Cubs have played us so tough all year, ... We had (Greg) Maddux going against us so we knew it w...
TONY LA RUSSA

To me, 2002 was so personal and emotional. I believe that you create your own destiny, but it was al...
TONY LA RUSSA

The arm, I don't think it's the most important part of a catcher when it comes to the Gold Glove. It...
TONY LA RUSSA

Every time we play him in the last two-three innings of a game, we're pushing him. It wouldn't be a ...
TONY LA RUSSA

If Wally gets excited and gives him an inch, ... it's going to be two or three inches.
TONY LA RUSSA

For a guy who is supposed to be very tough, he's got a lot of cupcake in him. I saw him in an aftern...
TONY LA RUSSA

He's going to be a star. But he still needs to develop some weapons.
TONY LA RUSSA

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.
TONY LA RUSSA

I don't care how well you throw if your guys are terrible at unloading the ball and holding guys on,...
TONY LA RUSSA

In my opinion, and I think Dave [Duncan, pitching coach] shares this, if we had Al Reyes healthy, th...
TONY LA RUSSA

Any way you slice it, he was outstanding. There were several times when there was some serious thump...
TONY LA RUSSA

The bunting side of the game has not been the easiest thing for Chris and he's worked really hard.
TONY LA RUSSA

The bunting side of the game hasn't been the easiest thing for Chris and he's worked really hard.
TONY LA RUSSA

The bunting side of the game has not been the easiest thing for Chris and he's worked really hard,
TONY LA RUSSA

The bunting side of the game hasn't been the easiest thing for Chris and he's worked really hard,
TONY LA RUSSA

So you get Jim four and Walker in the five spot. I think that the other thing, too, if Reggie is not...
TONY LA RUSSA

I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into ac...
TONY LA RUSSA

Ray was missing by a foot. He'll have to fix that.
TONY LA RUSSA

I haven't checked with Juan. I don't know why he wouldn't arrive tomorrow.
TONY LA RUSSA

That's how he pitched early in the year. He just got in a funk. In the middle of that funk, he had a...
TONY LA RUSSA

I guess they don't want it to flare up. (But) everything's a big deal. You don't want it to catch yo...
TONY LA RUSSA

The way it's all come together, it's just been amazing. If anybody goes to that show and doesn't com...
TONY LA RUSSA

Every once in a while he tweaks it and then he gets some relief, ... It hasn't been unrelenting. He'...
TONY LA RUSSA

He gave me the thumbs up. He goes.
TONY LA RUSSA

He was missing the target a foot a lot of times. He just didn't have it.
TONY LA RUSSA

He was missing the target by a foot a lot of times. He just didn't have it, and they took advantage....
TONY LA RUSSA

He just had no feel. Everything he tried to do, he was missing his target. It was one of those days ...
TONY LA RUSSA

I would think the biggest misconception about our club was we have this powerhouse offensive team.
TONY LA RUSSA

That's the kind of move you make that tells the players you've got the [guts] to do what you think i...
TONY LA RUSSA

I think they're starting to feel good about how they're throwing. We've shown the kind of depth that...
TONY LA RUSSA

Tip your to hat to Roger Clemens. You could tell he was ouchy there, and we didn't get anything off ...
TONY LA RUSSA

You take your hat off to Roger Clemens. You could tell he was ouchy there a little bit.
TONY LA RUSSA

(Clemens) is tough enough to hit when it's over the plate and if he starts getting a big plate, that...
TONY LA RUSSA

He had a good throw. We're leaning toward it, (but) we're going to wait and see how he feels tomorro...
TONY LA RUSSA

Hal talked about Scott's last two pinch-hitting appearances [before the homer] and the fact that he ...
TONY LA RUSSA

He hasn't started working out hard yet. I don't know enough about his stroke. He missed a lot of pla...
TONY LA RUSSA

He's really got a short fuse. And when he doesn't do well, he gets [angry]. It's something he'll lea...
TONY LA RUSSA

We have kind of a tradition. The first bottle of champagne, you look around, who is the most appropr...
TONY LA RUSSA

It reminds me of ... how many Cy Youngs have I been involved with? ... [LaMarr] Hoyt's, [Bob] Welch'...
TONY LA RUSSA

That was vintage Carpenter. He had first and second, the middle of the lineup, and he gets out of it...
TONY LA RUSSA

What's different about this club, when you have this many setbacks, it's usually part of why you don...
TONY LA RUSSA

When I gave that compliment last year, ... I was hoping that he was going to retire.
TONY LA RUSSA

You've got to get what you deserve,
TONY LA RUSSA

I think we understand we're officially in October baseball. But we discussed it last year and again ...
TONY LA RUSSA

We understand we're officially in October baseball.
TONY LA RUSSA

I'll say exactly what I said last year: It's one; it's not zero. I think we'll take the consistent a...
TONY LA RUSSA

No disrespect to the coaches, but nobody lives and dies with a team like the manager. You can have t...
TONY LA RUSSA

The guy who doesn't go into the rotation is going to have a tough pill to swallow. All five guys are...
TONY LA RUSSA

I don't think he had a meaningless RBI,
TONY LA RUSSA

I actually think the wins in the minor leagues are more meaningful. You're developing prospects.
TONY LA RUSSA

He (Walker) is so talented. He is a heck of a player. You just imagine when he was really in his pri...
TONY LA RUSSA

Then there's a consequence because that'll be picked up someplace and it'll get attached to him some...
TONY LA RUSSA

That's the plan. We'll see how he feels the next two days.
TONY LA RUSSA

When you go against a guy like Greg Maddux or a Roger Clemens, I don't care if it's a regular season...
TONY LA RUSSA

It's a really neat and special coincidence, but it's nothing but a coincidence. This wasn't set up t...
TONY LA RUSSA

We have been really concerned the whole second half that a stretch of bad play was right in front of...
TONY LA RUSSA

It was his first time, and he's been so critical for us. That was a really memorable moment right th...
TONY LA RUSSA

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or...
TONY LA RUSSA

Albert's award was well deserved because he was the most valuable player to our team across the boar...
TONY LA RUSSA

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. Yo...
TONY LA RUSSA

There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that wa...
TONY LA RUSSA

The Achilles is barking. You take all that stuff seriously.
TONY LA RUSSA

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.
TONY LA RUSSA

Albert's award was well deserved because he was the most valuable player to our team across the boar...
TONY LA RUSSA

His legs are in real good shape.
TONY LA RUSSA

My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called...
TONY LA RUSSA

Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.
TONY LA RUSSA

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll alw...
TONY LA RUSSA

There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.
LA INDIA

I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex...
LA INDIA

I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anythi...
LA INDIA

I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.
LA INDIA

There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just f...
LA INDIA

Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
LA INDIA

Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had t...
LA INDIA

Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going ...
LA INDIA

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's jus...
LA INDIA

From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gai...
LA INDIA

At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with...
LA INDIA

I try to stay real with my thoughts and the things that I go through in life. I like being free.
LA INDIA

My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I...
LA INDIA

Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
LA INDIA

Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's f...
LA INDIA

I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.
LA INDIA

I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is...
LA INDIA

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment...
LA INDIA

It is far easier to know men than to know man.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

When all are wrong, everyone is right.
LA LEHAUSSEE

We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

We always weaken everything we exaggerate.
LA HARPE

I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.
LA INDIA

Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great or great evil without bringing about more ...
LA ROCHERFOUCAULD

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and ye...
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Love lessens a woman's delicacy and increases a man's.
LA BRUYERE

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
LA BRUYERE

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
LA FONTAINE

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La ...
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

The world more often rewards outward signs of merit than merit itself.
LA ROCHEFOUCAUL

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already posses...
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Its is not a question of just dashing in for a few minutes to grab a bag or a book. He spends at lea...
LA STAMPA

He of all people ... ought to be aware of how common it is for those who pose as children to be law ...
LA RUE

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA LA FONTAINE

Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But wh...
TONY BENNETT

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action...
TONY ROBBINS

The reason my kids like McDonald's is that they always know what they're going to get. It...
TONY DUNGY

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
TONY ROBBINS

As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventua...
TONY CARDENAS

Be a doer and not a critic.
TONY BLAIR

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
TONY ROBBINS

It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you're different than anyone else.
TONY BENNETT

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
TONY ROBBINS

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?
TONY ROBBINS

There's always a way - if you're committed.
TONY ROBBINS

Live with passion!
TONY ROBBINS

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
TONY ROBBINS

I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check...
TONY CARDENAS

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
TONY ROBBINS

Age does take it out of you, and I haven't the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast a...
TONY BENN

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong allian...
TONY BLAIR

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they ...
TONY ROBBINS

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better ...
TONY ROBBINS

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to ...
TONY ROBBINS

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
TONY ROBBINS

For me, I've never talked about my private life. It's always been about Black Sabbath. It...
TONY IOMMI

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faith...
TONY BLAIR

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.
TONY CURTIS

If I was called back to 'Grand Budapest 2,' a prequel or whatever, I'm there. I'm th...
TONY REVOLORI

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeli...
TONY SNOW

It's a better setup. We could have made an adjustment and pitched Matt tomorrow, or Supp tomorrow, whichever, but it's a better setup for us.

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It's a better setup. We could have made an adjustment and pitched Matt tomorrow, or Supp tomorrow, whichever, but it's a better setup for us.

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