Article: Cardinals' victory gives La Russa a winning milestone.

Byline: Rick Hummel

PITTSBURGH _ So now John McGraw is the next target, 568 victories away.

With the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, manager Tony La Russa passed Sparky Anderson for third place on the all-time win list for managers, trailing only Connie Mack and McGraw.

Anderson opined recently that La Russa, 60, could pass McGraw and wind up second behind the legendary Connie Mack if he wanted to

La Russa, who had to cut short a pregame television interview Wednesday when he dashed to home plate where his pitching coach had gotten into a dustup, was the subject of almost every interviewer ...

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