Tony Larussa DUI Arrest
 

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.093 ain't awful, right? He actually handled himself pretty well.

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.093 ain't awful, right? He actually handled himself pretty well.

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Except for the whole passing out beyond the wheel in the middle of an intersection, not walking in a straight line and reciting an alphabet with about 100 letters in it. Yeah he did pretty well.

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I always find the alphabet thing amazing. I feel like I've been too drunk to recite the alphabet a handful of times and in that spot I could barely walk and don't think I could operate a car at all.

I guess you're under pressure, but it's the freaking alphabet.

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Tony LaRussa drives a Ford?

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.093 ain't awful, right? He actually handled himself pretty well.

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Since he was "passed out" at the wheel when the cops found him and he's an old manager/former player but didn't blow that much over the legal limit, my total guess here is he probably was probably a little drunk + on some kind of pain killer. The "passing out" and "looking much drunker than you would otherwise" effect is probably an acute reaction to the mixing of some alcohol + meds. Just a guess.

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whitebread,

I didn't mean he wasn't that drunk. I asked about the .093 thing because I was expecting higher based on his walk/alphabet skills.

By handling himself pretty well, I meant a big famous dude could've handled it a bit differntly.

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Tony LaRussa drives a Ford?

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To be fair, he never finished as high as 126th at the WSOP. He's got money but he ain't no mad balla like people who finish 126th in Main Events.

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To be fair, he never finished as high as 126th at the WSOP. He's got money but he ain't no mad balla like people who finish 126th in Main Events.

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That's kinda dumb. His salary is way higher than the $15,000 one would receive for finishing 126th in the 2004 WSOP ME.

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I hate/love TL. Smart, arrogant, sensitive, prickly, loyal, bullheaded, occasionally humble, visionary, knee jerk reactionary, he's a fascinating package. Its so ironic that a writer wrote a book about him to debunk sabermetrics.

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i thought this was tony siragusa for a second. i was like he is a big boy and probably needs like a 30 just to get going

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Looking at that video, it appears his first mistake is that he pulled the cop over.

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Spring training rental car.

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desert - my thoughts too. I would guess he gets a rental during spring-training.
Although some do take measures so that they can have their own vehicle for the 6+ wks they're down there.
I know a guy who got paid to drive a Reds player's SUV or whatever back to Cincinnati after spring-training concluded.


That alphabet thing is REALLY freaking bad.
And like our recent discussion about DUI in OOT, don't forget that it's not just comically stupid. LaRussa was actually driving his vehicle in that condition and only has dumb luck to credit for not hurting/killing himself or someone else.

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whitebread,
I didn't mean he wasn't that drunk. I asked about the .093 thing because I was expecting higher based on his walk/alphabet skills.


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Well if you look at the time lapses almost 2 hours passed between when he did the roadside tests and when he took the breathalyser. He was likely way higher than .093 when he attempted to walk in a straight line and recited the "alphabet".

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that's why you refuse the tests and wait til you're downtown and they pool your blood or something ^^

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Tony LaRussa drives a Ford?

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To be fair, he never finished as high as 126th at the WSOP. He's got money but he ain't no mad balla like people who finish 126th in Main Events.

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That's kinda dumb. His salary is way higher than the $15,000 one would receive for finishing 126th in the 2004 WSOP ME.

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in 1998 i worked @ a gas station/car wash. tony larussa came in for a fill up & wash. he was driving a stock green suburban.

he may not be into fancy cars. though he does care about pets.

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I want to go to a cubs cards game next year with the alphabet he said written out on a sign.

abcdefhijkmnizmnopzqrstuvvztuvxyxyxz

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Dude, that'd be awesome.

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That's kinda dumb. His salary is way higher than the $3.5mil one would receive for finishing 2nd in the 2004 WSOP ME.

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F poker, major league managing is where its at.

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I have to admit that would be pretty hilarious.

EDIT: You can tell he was trying to get to the end of is because he tried the letter "Z" 4 times. lol.

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I hope he spends a while in prison, but acknowledge that this is unlikely to be the case. He's also a really [censored] manager, so I know my Cardinal supporting friends would support this as well.

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LOL, "What would be really high for a number...that would get your really concerned?"

LMNIZ!

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my friend got pulled over for DUI and he gave he cop a big speech about how the area was not properly lit and could not perform the test to his best ability. they took him downtown and he passed and the DUI taken off his record.

his fraternity hired a lawyer to speak for them and the lawyer told everyone if they got pulled over to say this speech, it actually worked.

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But LaRussa was a lawyer before he was a manager, wouldn't you think he should have been smart enough to refuse to take those tests?

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That's funny, becasue if anyone saw the last episode of Intervention, the alcoholic lady knew that the "lmnop" part of the alphabet was the part where "they get you". I guess she knows her DUI [censored].

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I want to go to a cubs cards game next year with the alphabet he said written out on a sign.

abcdefhijkmnizmnopzqrstuvvztuvxyxyxz

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I bet there will be some Cards fans at Busch with something like that.

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I hope he spends a while in prison, but acknowledge that this is unlikely to be the case. He's also a really [censored] manager, so I know my Cardinal supporting friends would support this as well.


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I'll bet anything your friends are bummed Dusty is off the market.

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But LaRussa was a lawyer before he was a manager, wouldn't you think he should have been smart enough to refuse to take those tests?

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If he's not in a condition to even say the alphabet then I'm guessing there's a good chance he's not going to think of technical ways to try to get out of it.

I also wonder if administering such tests can be considered closer to mandatory for someone found in his condition.
This kind of stuff almost has to vary from state to state I would think.

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how is tony larussa a visionary brilliant manager again?

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how is tony larussa a visionary brilliant manager again?

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He keeps under .08 until the game is over.

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uhhhhh VZ 2VZxyxz

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hahahaha the recitation of the alphabet was awesome. atta boy Tony!

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how is tony larussa a visionary brilliant manager again?

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OMFG HE INVENTED THE CLOSER ROLE AND SPECIALIZATION AND PLATOON EFFECTS AND BATTING THE PITCHER EIGHTH

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