Article: La Russa made right decision.(SPORTS)

Byline: Thom Loverro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's life could have been a lot different if he took another fork in the road that was presented to him 11 years ago - a route to Baltimore.

In October 1995, Orioles owner Peter Angelos had a meeting with La Russa, who was granted permission by the Oakland Athletics to consider other job offers, to discuss managing the Orioles.

Instead, he took a job managing the Cardinals, and of course, after nine out of 11 winning seasons, seven National League Central Division titles, two NL pennants and now, after last night's 4-2 Cardinals win over the Detroit Tigers to clinch the 2006 ...

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