Red Sox name Tony LaRussa vice president/special assistant to Dombrowski

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The knocks on LaRussa, as I see them, are that 1) he is often credited with inventing the modern bullpen, which many SABR types see as a bad move, and 2) he was the manager in Oakland when steroids took off. (And he has a pretty big head.)

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So he’s a hugely important figure in the history of the game, but not really for good reasons.
 
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Yeah, I don't think he's being a GM again, but maybe another front office job that isn't just showing up now and then and being on a letterhead, which is what he'll be here.
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See, I think that's where he's headed now. These types of positions. Ya know, cuz he's ooooooooold! Like E5 Yaz.
 
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nvalvo said:
The knocks on LaRussa, as I see them, are that 1) he is often credited with inventing the modern bullpen, which many SABR types see as a bad move, and 2) he was the manager in Oakland when steroids took off. (And he has a pretty big head.)

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Yes, with the Diamondbacks, he hired Dave Stewart as GM. It did not go well, to put it mildly.
 
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  • More from Olney, who reports that the Red Sox and three-time World Series-winning manager Tony La Russa discussed having him serve as rookie skipper Alex Cora’s bench coach. Instead, Boston hired La Russa as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and replaced previous bench coach Gary DiSarcina with Ron Roenicke. La Russa, 73, hasn’t been part of a coaching staff since he managed the Cardinals to a title in 2011.
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Well I guess the Sox have the 'look the other way on PED use' role squared away. Couldn't have gotten a more qualified man for the job.
 
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Well I guess the Sox have the 'look the other way on PED use' role squared away. Couldn't have gotten a more qualified man for the job.
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I hear you — LaRussa's A's and Cardinals have a special place in PED history — but you could say that about basically anyone who was in a professional baseball clubhouse in the 1990s.
 
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