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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and his wife, Elaine, celebrate after St. Louis won the 2006 World Series over the Detroit Tigers at Busch Stadium. (Post-Dispatch photo by Laurie Skrivan)
Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire is congratulated by manager Tony La Russa after his second home run of the night off Phillies Curt Schilling in a game at Philadelphia during the 2000 season.(AP Photo)
Tony La Russa never was one to back down, as the manager of the Cardinals or two other big-league teams, and still is swinging away in his post-managerial life about a variety of topics in baseball and his sometimes rough private life.