Getting your player ready...
Inside Tony La Russa’s California home, there are more dogs and cats than positions on the baseball field. The St. Louis Cardinals manager recently counted a dozen — half of them permanent residents and the other half benefiting from loving foster care while awaiting adoption. A rabbit, he remembered, made it 13. The number always changes, depending on the need, and La Russa always has room for one more. All are ready to give him a royal welcome whenever he’s home. Well, maybe not the rabbit. “It’s hard to keep track of it,” La Russa said. “I’m not there very much, but they know me.” The Associated Press
