CHICAGO - MAY 16: Manager Tony La Russa #22 of the Chicago White Sox looks on against the Kansas City Royals on May 16, 2021 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images)
Tony La Russa has managed 5,142 games in his career, but he is about to do something he has never done in 34 years of baseball: manage a game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
“I’ll be honest, it’s going to be uncomfortable,” La Russa told Bob Nightengale of USA Today. “It’s like when I was managing against Jim Leyland.