He's Human

Ok so, in case you haven't heard, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa....yes, TLR, was arrested last night in florida with a blood-alcohol level of .093 (legal limit is .08) I'm shocked...SHOCKED!

On top of that. Police walked up to his vehicle because it suspiciously didn't move for two green lights at the intersection, and found him asleep at the wheel with his, get this, foot on the brake. My feelings are confusing me. I'm simultaneously impressed and disappointed.

It's weird to realize he's human. I know he's human, but he sort of had that stoic, show no emotion- keep work a priority above all else-thing down. He made a stupid, stupid mistake. If you watch Cardinals baseball, then you know there's always a reason for something he does. So even when he makes a managerial mistake, he can explain his reasoning and you believe him.You even question why it didn't work. But this? I will be the first to criticize someone for drinking and driving, but thankfully, no one got hurt (except for his pride, I presume). Gordo of the StL Post wrote a column this morning explaining that the his biggest punishment will be the public embarassment...and I couldn't agree more.

I already went on a couple of message boards on the sports websites. For the most part, Cardinal fans are just as shocked but forgiving, give or take a few fans who are "outraged". But man oh man, there are some Cub fans already making their move.

Now, I don't wanna make light of the situation but since no one got hurt, I already have a line. "My manager can hold the brake longer than your manager" was a thought. I'm still working on it, though. "We won the WS" will never fail me. I can just imagine them trying to insult us, or Tony, over and over again, and me calmly repeating, "yeah but we won the WS, losers."

So, back to the topic. I sincerely hope he makes some sort of apology and gets this resolved. He will do one of two things. He will either want to man up and make the apology because he's basically a good guy. Or he won't want to make himself the center of attention and try to convince the media and public that it should not be a more important topic of discussion than the team. Team first, right? Those are my predictions. Stand by for action. Just needed to comment on this before the whole thing gets more interesting.

Still a TLR fan, albeit a confused, disappointed and nearly impressed one.