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Article: Column: La Russa Gets 1st Real Parade
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- October 28, 2006
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ST. LOUIS - Tony La Russa is finally going to get his parade. The man who joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in 130 or so years of major league baseball to have won a World Series in both leagues doesn't know the time, date or place. Yet.
Finding out the details, frankly, won't even cross his mind until the rivers of champagne overflowing the St. Louis clubhouse following Friday night's 4-2 clinching win over the Tigers and good buddy Jim Leyland have long since dried up. No matter.
La Russa was hardly in a hurry to celebrate when Adam Wainwright's final fastball buzzed past Brandon Inge. He let his ballplayers have the stage, sharing a quick hug in the dugout with his coaches ...