Tony La Russa Mulls Offer From Cardinals to Return in 2011

by John Hickey

Filed under: Cardinals

Way back in 1995 , when he left his job as the Oakland manager to head to St. Louis, Tony La Russa said that one reason for moving on was that you can spend too much time in one place.

"It gets to the point where everybody's heard everything you have to say, and they sort of tune you out," he said at the time. "It gets to a point where it's best for you and best for the organization for you to move on."

Now 15 years later, La Russa has to decide if he still feels that way. After a decade and a half at the helm of the Cardinals, he's been invited back by management for one more season.

Will he take it? It's not clear. It's not about the money for baseball's winningest active manager. It's about being able to do the best job he can for a franchise he's come to love. He might well be the right guy for the job, but he might not be, too.

 

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