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One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games
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If Tony La Russa's White Sox are going to win it all, they'll have
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Tony La Russa - Wikipedia
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La Russa feels fortunate for chance to manage White Sox
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Only Tony La Russa can save the White Sox now - Chicago Sun-Times
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White Sox reunite with La Russa, hire Hall of Fame manager
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Tony La Russa will not return to White Sox this season - The Japan
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Tony La Russa: Timeline as Chicago White Sox manager
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Tony La Russa hadn't managed since 2011, and now his White Sox are