Casting call: Who Plays Tony LaRussa in the movie?

who gets this role...

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/11/03/la_russas_book_to_be_turned_into_movie/

 

That's a ridiculous book to base a movie off of.

They could have a chimp sitting in a diner, ordering rhubarb pie and twitching for all I care. I can see it now, the opening scene. The chimp is sitting on the floor of the Cardinals dugout, old lineup cards are strewn about, and he has to make a choice whether to bring in Eduardo Perez or Wilson Delgado to lay down a sac bunt. Oh, the wrenching drama. Gag me with a spatula.

 

'What's the big deal? I've had movies based on my life. In fact, I've had three movies based on my life, man.' [/Willie Randolph]

 

Jim Carrey.

 

Patrick McDermott. Presuming he's still alive, I'm sure he's looking for work.

 

Agree with what was said above: Horrible book to base a movie off of.

They don't have a director, don't have a lead, they're looking for "a stadium that we can cheat with" to play old Busch (I'm thinking of the cringe-worthy decision to use the uber-recognizable Camden Yards as "Cleveland Stadium" in Major League II), and frankly, La Russa is an admittedly boring guy. Manager with a law degree = boring movie character.

That said, tremendous book to read. Can't deny that at all. La Russa makes a fascinating subject ... for a book. Not a movie.

 

Brilliant!

I'd cast Tom Cruise. His overacting is about the only way to pull off LaRussa's pretentiousness. "You see, man, I crunched the numbers, OK, and I came up with Adam Wainwright as our closer for the postseason, man! I love cats!"

 

Tom Sizemore.

 

He has to get out of jail, get out of rehab and avoid beating up any women on the way to the set first.

 

My god, did that first picture come straight from Stormfront Studios' "Tony La Russa 3" computer baseball game, circa 1992? ;D