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Tony La Russa: Great Manager, Terrible Memoirist Luke Epplin Sep 26 2012,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 8:07 AM ET Tweet More Email Print The man who led the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series championship last season knows baseball—but not how to write about it.AP ImagesAs longtime season-ticket holders for the St. Louis Cardinals, my father and I spent unseemly portions of the past 15 years bickering from our seats along the first-base line about Tony La Russa's unorthodox managerial style. As a La Russa skeptic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I continually second-guessed the manager's incessant lineup tinkering. My father, ever the optimist, assured me that his in-game moves were all grounded in meticulous preparation and statistical analysis. Nearly every game we circled back to the same conversations:Me: How come La Russa is the only manager to bat the pitcher eighth?My father: He must've calculated that the eighth-place batter is more likely to come up in sacrifice situations.Me: Why is La Russa bringing in his third relief pitcher this inning?My father: The matchups