Tony La Russa, Former Cardinals Manager, Unanimously Voted into Baseball Hall of Fame

By Lindsay Toler on Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:15 am

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Tony LaRussa, former manager for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer.

The committee that selects hall of famers unanimously chose La Russa as well as Joe Torre, the New York Yankees manager who started as a player with the Cardinals in the late 1960s and managed the team in the early 1990s.

Fans took to Twitter to share their excitement for LaRussa, No. 3 in the league for most managerial victories:

Congrats to Tony LaRussa on HOF election. Will always appreciate what he did for #stlcards nation & all of baseball.
— Nick Barron (@nbarron) December 9, 2013

Hawk Harrelson should present Tony LaRussa for induction at the HOF. #HawkWantsYou #ButNotYouTony
— Chris Patton (@chrispatton_33) December 9, 2013

I can't wait to take my kids to Cooperstown so I can tell them tales about the time I saw Tony LaRussa pull Hermanson for Kline in '01! #HOF
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) December 9, 2013

Tony LaRussa: Tougher than shingles. Architect of the #STLCards 'Golden Age'. HOF Class 2014. - http://t.co/VPcItHPf6s
— Aaron Hooks (@athooks) December 9, 2013

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