On April 6, 1973 at Wrigley Field on opening day Tony Larussa appeared in his only one game for the Chicago Cubs. He was used as a pinch runner for Ron Santo in the ninth inning after a Glenn Beckett walk, Mike Marshall will enter the game and walk 2 of next 4 batters the last one was to Rick Monday, forced LaRussa in with the winning run and He jumped onto the plate with both feet. The Cubs win 3-2 over the Montreal Expos.
He never played again in any major league game. But in 1979 he became the manager of the Chicago White Sox and he will Ā manage for 33 years and win 2,738 games, win 3 World Series, 6 pennants, 4 time manager of the year. He will be elected into the Hall of Fame as a manager.
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