The La Russa Tapes

[ArnoldBabar]

Police release videos of the whole night, from trying to wake him up in the car to telling him the results of his breathalyzer ("Is that significant, in your opinion?").

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1129071larussa1.html

 

[soccer10k]

Personally, I enjoyed the video of La Russa trying to recite the alphabet.

 

[BYH]

Yeah I gotta say, as bad a situation as that could have been, that was hilarious.

Didn't he say he only had a glass or two of wine or champagne? My ass. He was blotto.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I'm surprised he didn't call in a relief driver.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm surprised he didn't call in a relief driver.

Rick Honeycutt was nowhere to be found.

 

[playthrough]

He would have used three drivers to cover two blocks.

 

[Double Down]

I'm surprised he didn't call in a relief driver.

I think he was calling for a different relief driver every three blocks, switching companies to prove how smart he was, but eventually he just ran out of options.

This will all be covered in Bissinger's next book: Three Hours In Gen Pop.

 

[Double Down]

Crap, playthrough beat me to it!

 

[Norman Stansfield]

He would have used three drivers to cover two blocks.

Now THIS is funny.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

He would have used three drivers to cover two blocks.

I'll assume Fenian's post was made just to set up this winner.

 

[Chi City 81]

He would have used three drivers to cover two blocks.

I'll assume Fenian's post was made just to set up this winner.

Perhaps he does "dime like pay phones, yo."

 

[playthrough]

*patting F_B on the butt as I get back on defense*

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I'm surprised he didn't call in a relief driver.

I think he was calling for a different relief driver every three blocks, switching companies to prove how smart he was, but eventually he just ran out of options.

This will all be covering in Bissinger's next book: Three Hours In Gen Pop.

And when he ran out of options, did he call Bud Selig, who offered no assistance whatsoever, yet droned on and on and eventually put laRussa to sleep at the wheel?

 

[Mayfly]

There's the YouTube link in case anyone can't work The Smoking Gun.

 

[zeke12]

Judging by how out of it he seemed and the fact that he blew a .09, I'd guess he had a bad reaction with some prescription medication.

Seriously, .09 isn't so ****ed up you forget your ABC's.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

what's a big league manager need a full-sized pickup truck for during spring training?

 

[Mayfly]

Judging by how out of it he seemed and the fact that he blew a .09, I'd guess he had a bad reaction with some prescription medication.

Seriously, .09 isn't so ****ed up you forget your ABC's.

Well, it's LaRussa we're talking about here...

 

[ArnoldBabar]

what's a big league manager need a full-sized pickup truck for during spring training?

Unnecessarily Gigantic And/Or Extravagant Rental Car For Spring Training is written into every big-league manager's contract.

 

[beefncheddar]

"We found you asleep at the wheel."
"Is that a problem"
"Well, yeah. You're in the middle of the intersection."

 

[casty33]

Hey, I've never been a big fan of LaRussa's but I think it's wrong for the police to release the tape to TV or whatever. When I went through what he went through, I wouldn't have wanted any tapes released to anyone. Would you? The man is embarrassed enough, this was simply unnecessary, in my humble opinion.