Tony La Russa might want to keep Juan Gonzalez around, and not just for the swing that resulted in the mildly meaningless home run off Johan Santana at Tradition Field on Friday. Turns out that Msrs Gonzalez and Santana have a history, kind of like Chipper Jones/Pat Burrell against the Mets, all wrapped into one. Juan Gonzalez is 6-for-7 in regular season games against Johan Santana with two ...

ESPN is hosting a chat with Tony Gonzalez at 11:00 PM Central. Click here to go to the chat. And please ask him what he expects from the front office this free agency period… (Mel Kiper is up at 1, we should try to flood him with questions about the Chiefs‘ draft.)

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch, by Brian Burwell: Question: When you were deciding on bringing in Juan Gonzalez, were you at all concerned about his name being linked to the Mitchell Report? This isn't even a moral issue. Just from a pure baseball standpoint of not knowing what kind of guy you're getting now? La Russa: "There are a lot of players who have done something to enhance ...

Yesterday Matt Watson told us all that Tony LaRussa wanted the Cardinals to consider signing Barry Bonds for this season. I wasn't exactly surprised by the news, because given LaRussa's past, he's not exactly scared by the prospect of steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. After all, this is the man that oversaw the dawn of the steroid era while managing both Jose Canseco and Mark ...

We all know that deep down Tony La Russa is a nice and caring guy - I mean he's a big animal rights advocate. Sometimes, however, I think that TLR has sold his baseball soul to the devil. For one, he continues to invite Mark McGwire to come to Cards camp as a hitting instructor. Next, he invites Juan Gonzalez to camp and make the Cardinals look like the most desperate team in baseball. Now, he ...