Hummel: La Russa says D'backs will be good soon - STLtoday.com
For those who watched his Cardinals teams play, the impression was a strong one that La Russa, as their manager, had his fingerprints all over the mosaic. But first-base coach Dave McKay, a longtime La Russa disciple with the Cardinals, Oakland and now the Diamondbacks, confirmed that La Russa has allowed the various departments and staffs to operate the way they want to, and he has stepped in... “It’s been a year of evaluating throughout the organization,” La Russa, 70, said the other day. “The good news for Diamondbacks supporters is that for a team that lost 98 games (last year), there’s a lot more positives from the big-league club right through the system. La Russa added that Arizona general manager Dave Stewart, his longtime pitching ace in Oakland, had augmented the staff with the acquisition of young hurlers. “So we’re not asking our fans to wait four or five years,” La Russa said. 500 rather than being even and La Russa allowed, “We need to get a little better. La Russa said he meant the team needs “a piece here or a piece there. Whatever happens and whenever it happens, La Russa said he enjoyed saying “we,” again, in reference to a team rather than “they,” as he had to refer to teams when he worked with the commissioner’s office for a couple years. Source: www.stltoday.com
