March 22, 200718 yr after he was found asleep at the wheel in his running SUV at a green light. Hahahaaaaa
March 22, 200718 yr Wow... woke up and found this out.... interesting.. Just suspend him and let Jose Oquendo, our next manager, take over for a little.. I dont like what Tony did but it doesnt seem like a big deal to me right now.. If something happened then we have a problem!  ------------------------- I don't claim to know what happened last night, but I want to make a couple of observations: * When I spoke to him on his cell phone last night (about 7:45 FLA time), he was sitting down for a meal with a few friends and looking forward to good food and conversation. This is what Tony does virtually every night during spring training following day games. He'll round up a coach or two, plus any visiting dignitaries who want to go, and he heads to one of his favorite spots, and has a nice long meal, talking baseball for several hours. * La Russa from everything I know sticks to red wine. He savors it. Again, from what I have seen and know, he goes through a bottle very slowly. He isn't looking to get his drunk on. He's contained in public, reserved in public. Usually the wine is part of these long, leisurely dinners. Or, he'll have some wine after a game (reg season) while reading a book, to wind down from the competition. * I'm not making excuses for the man, but I know he has very long days in FLA. He gets up very early, has to do all his advance work and supervision of any pertinent on-field work, and then there's the exhibition game. And then more meetings and/or baseball talk. Then he has dinner. I would assume -- again, with not knowing the details of the evening -- that fatigue was a factor. I think by a certain point of the evening, he's pretty wiped out. * Baseball decisions or not -- we all disagree with him on things -- I think he's a solid guy who lives right, and who tries to do the right thing in his personal life. I'm sure he feels awful about this, for the embarrassment he may have caused his team, his bosses, and himself. * I made a terrible mistake along these lines many years ago, so I know what it's like, and the feeling of shame is very intense. If others feel compelled to pass moral judgement and throw stones at him, they're free to do so. I won't do it, because I am not without sin. I don't think La Russa needs to be told that he did something wrong. He knows it. He'll beat himself up more than anyone else will. --B http://www.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=443597
March 22, 200718 yr it was a .093.... barely over the legal limit. not excusing it but just saying that's considered legal in other states.... i doubt he passed out cause the alcohol. maybe he was just real tired.
March 22, 200718 yr it was a .093.... barely over the legal limit. not excusing it but just saying that's considered legal in other states.... i doubt he passed out cause the alcohol. maybe he was just real tired. Well when you have Braden Looper in your rotation.. maybe you would be tired from putting in work with him!! :blink:
March 22, 200718 yr maybe all of the other managers will get DUI's now since they love to do all of the dumb things LaRussa does.
March 22, 200718 yr La Russa apologizes to Cardinals and fans By Joe Strauss and Derrick Goold ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 03/22/2007Â JUPITER, Fla. -- Calling his arrest on a driving-under-the-influence charge an "embarrassment," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa this afternoon apologized to "anyone who is close to me, members of the Cardinals organization, our fans."Â "I regret it, I take responsibility," La Russa said in a press conference after the Cardinals' exhibition game today. "And I?m not sure there is anything else I can say."Â La Russa said that "what seems to make sense to me is that a person's goal (should be) for everyone who is close to them and the organization that they're a part of to feel good about them personally and professionally. That's been my goal as long as I can remember and the last 11-plus years with the Cardinals. Â "Last night's situation is the opposite of feeling good. It was an embarrassment."Â He added later when asked about the rousing reception fans gave him at today's game: "I guess that?s because over the years you?ve done things to (earn it) and you don?t want to have it go in the other direction. That?s a couple steps (backward) last night." Â http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...2D?OpenDocument
March 23, 200718 yr The exact thing just happened to my good friend a day after he turned 18... coincedence..
March 24, 200718 yr Such a double standard. Why the hell would the Cardinal fans give him a standing ovation?
March 24, 200718 yr Such a double standard. Why the hell would the Cardinal fans give him a standing ovation? Â Cardinal fans wouldn't boo Sudam Hussein. Thy are way too nice.
March 25, 200718 yr Such a double standard. Why the hell would the Cardinal fans give him a standing ovation? Â Â Not only that, but Steve Phillips was on ESPN the other day saying that the incident makes LaRussa more likable. What a joke. Heck, Wally Backman was fired, in part, for a DUI charge he had against him 3 years prior.
March 25, 200718 yr My boss is a huge cardinal fan... he gave me so much crap when dtrain got an OWI. The other day, i showed up to work 5 minutes late.. all i said was "i would have been here on time but i feel asleep at a stoplight". it was pretty good
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