I'm writing this late, because well, maintaining a blog is harder than I thought and I have not been timely with my posts. But I will say that this World Series title is the most epic in my history. I barely even remember '82 and '06 was great but '11 had that just amazing game 6 game. I will remember the details of that game more than the errors Chris Duncan made in the outfield that could have cost the game in the series in '06 against Detroit but...oh wait I went there. Sorry Chris.
After the World Series parade and festivities on Sunday following the win, La Russa announced his retirement. I was not surprised, thought part of me hoped for one more year. But I understand where Tony is coming from. He had a rough season health wise, and his wife and he's reached the point where he wants to move on to the next chapter of his life. As long as I'm not seeing him in a Cubs uniform next year I'm okay with this. He should retire and enjoy his life. I honestly don't seem him back as a manager, but he will be involved in the MLB. Maybe he should be an announcer. I think he could provide more intriguing insight than Tim McCarver.
There have been many names thrown around for the new manager but my top 2? Oquendo and Matheny. Reason? Trust from the current players. This team is talented and good. They could repeat in 2012, especially with Wainwright healthy. So having a manager they trust and already know could be very good.
We shall see. On top of that Albert Pujols is officially a free agent. Let the bids begin...
Now that baseball is done, and the NBA season seems, well, N/A, it's all about the NFL and the NHL. Plus college sports of course. More soon.
*Edit* This should have published just after the WS. If it didn't, I blame blogspot.
