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Personal life section[edit]

Aside from the part on his ARF, why isn't there anything on his personal life? Some info should be added in. I will look for some info. It would help article a lot. Open poppyseed 23:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The personal life section needs new information added. It mentions his second wife and youngest two daughters, but makes no mention of his first wife and two older daughters. Sports Illustrated's May 29th issues goes into more detail on his personal life, including the lack of contact that he's had with his two oldest daughters and their lawsuit that they brought against him http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/05/29/la.russa0604/index.html --Freepablo 05:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just heard on a tv broadcast that he went to USF for undergrad

When I search about Tony on my iphone there is nothing about his conscious decision to endanger other people's live by operating a vehicle while being drunk. He has been proven to have problems with alcohol but the search shows nothing of these crimes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.254.141 (talk) 02:19, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oakland controversy[edit]

There's nothing in the article about the controversy over his managerial decisions after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, in which he started the same two pitchers for the A's after the delay, thereby resigning two of his regular season starters to not having an opportunity to pitch in the World Series that year. As a result, one or both of them left the team while heavily criticizing La Russa for not giving them a chance to pitch in the Series after both of them had contributed significantly to their team being there in the first place. I've heard that people often use that incident as an iconic example of how not to foster teamwork in a sports team. Cla68 (talk) 10:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

managerial career[edit]

the table showing his career results needs to be included. maybe not year-for-year, but surely showing the playoff results and corresponding regular season results. the man won several titles and has a great playoff record. this needs to be reflected on this page. 130.76.96.151 (talk) 15:35, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia_talk:BASEBALL#Statistics_sections_in_bios for why it shouldn't be included. Any titles and/or accomplishments should be mentioned in prose, not tables. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:17, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Games managed and Win–loss record[edit]

2728 wins + 2365 losses = 5097 games ¿¿?? (2728+2365=5093)

I know that is the value from the reference but I think something is wrong. --UAwiki (talk) 05:34, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, the ties... ok doesn't mind. --UAwiki (talk) 08:12, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Add this after his title of manager for white sox:

and Hall of Famer Baseball Person^[1]

This is not vandalism, it is the title he gave himself during his arrest. Horatiotuna (talk) 20:07, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Oz, Mike (November 10, 2020). "Tony La Russa to arresting officer during DUI: 'Do you see my ring? I'm a Hall of Famer'". Yahoo! Life.

Not done. Please don't be silly. That is not a legitimate title for WP:BLP purposes. NedFausa (talk) 20:16, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Retirement[edit]

"La Russa also became the first manager in Major League Baseball history to retire in the same season after winning a World Series title." Yeah, he retired. But then he came back, so surely it doesn't count? --Jameboy (talk) 14:20, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Oz, Mike (November 10, 2020). "Tony La Russa to arresting officer during DUI: 'Do you see my ring? I'm a Hall of Famer'". Yahoo! Life.

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