Tony La Russa Quotes

He's always shown us enough to think that the fix is the next time he pitches.

- Tony La Russa

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In my opinion, and I think Dave [Duncan, pitching coach] shares this, if we had Al Reyes healthy, then I think Jason would pitch Game 4 just because of the success he's had against Houston -- especially in that ballpark. But we don't have him healthy. And [Marquis] is a force that we think will help us out of the 'pen in a lot of games in an area where we may be a little vulnerable. - Tony La Russa

It's really a smart move on his part because once you're in that closer role, there are days you just got to go, you got to risk it. But here we can protect him better. For him and for us it makes a lot of sense. - Tony La Russa

If you believe that getting that out in the seventh is critical to you having a chance to win in the ninth, sometimes you make a move for one hitter to face one pitcher. You have convinced yourself that by getting this out, we have a better chance to win; if we don't get this out, we won't be in position later. - Tony La Russa