Tony La Russa Quotes
Well, it's just a good situation where we have Mabry who can play third, ready to go... As the day has gone on, Abe has felt better. 
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Good | Situation | Mabry | Play | Ready |
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He's played better here than he has in Triple-A... He had trouble adjusting, or whatever, but it's better to play good here, if you had to pick one of the two places.
- Tony La Russa
But the thing that came together for us was, No. 1, we had a legitimate No. 1 closer in Eck. Secondly, we had a real good team. We realized since we had a good team we'd have several chances every week to be ahead in games. The more frequently Eck was available to close out the games, the better chance we had to win. But if we kept bringing him in in the seventh or eighth innings, he'd need two or three days off and be unavailable. The next two or three days we'd have to use somebody who wasn't a closer. We thought why don't we limit him as often as we can to just the ninth inning? That way he'd be available for just about every win opportunity.
- Tony La Russa