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Article: La Russa, Cards have commitment issues
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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ST. LOUIS - Sitting in limbo somewhere near East Bay, Calif., Tony
La Russa emphasized Tuesday that he won't commit to another term as
St. Louis Cardinals manager until chairman Bill DeWitt can at least
provide direction where the club's general manager search may end.
"When you think about it, that's the sensible thing for the
organization," said La Russa, who acknowledged a Monday conversation
with DeWitt on the matter. "The GM is the guy I would work for
directly. So why would I get in a situation where the manager is not
the guy who (the new general manager) would hire?"
La Russa remains sensitive to the matter because of events that
culminated in his firing as Chicago White Sox ...