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DOWNTOWN — Taped on the door into manager Tony La Russa’s office is an advertisement ripped from a magazine and featuring Chris Carpenter delivering a pitch. La Russa had the same 8 1/2-by-11-inch picture stuck on his door down in spring training and he insisted on bringing the picture up north with him. La Russa calls it “a reminder.” The manager said Carpenter ... [link]

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Published 4/16/2008 by lboros at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... 1990 in oakland, coming off his first world championship; he led the athletics to an 11-3 start and cruised to his 3d straight pennant. he’s started out 10-4 on three other occasions, including his first two seasons as a manager --- 1980-81 in chicago. the other 10-4 start came in 1992 in oakland. before this year, tony’s best starts in st louis were 9-5 marks in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2005. and in the non-la-russa trivia category, i bet you didn’t know this: chris carpenter follows the cards via mlb gameday: ...

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