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Article: La Russa enters Cards' title clubSt. Louis clinches 10th championship Baseball
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- International Herald Tribune
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- October 30, 2006
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Tyler Kepner
International Herald Tribune
10-30-2006
Spend enough time at Busch Stadium and 11 years on the job qualifies and you will meet your share of baseball royalty.They all come out in October, it seems, from Red Schoendienst to Lou Brock to Ozzie Smith.They are connected by St. Louis Cardinals championships, passed through generations of Hall of Famers. Tony La Russa, the Cardinals' manager, is bound for Cooperstown, too. But he never really made it in this town until Friday.''I just saw Bob Gibson,'' La Russa said after the Cardinals won the World Series in Game 5 with a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.''When you're around here, especially if you're around here for a while, ...