Tony La Russa's beef with Dusty Baker fueled brawls and soured a decades-long friendship

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Tony La Russa and Dusty Baker were teammates in the '70s, and became friends in the '80s. There's a universe in which they remained friends forever. Not our universe, though. In our universe, these two men got into coaching, and took manager jobs for rival teams multiple times over. Some shouting matches and media blow-ups and brawls later ... they might say they're friends, but it definitely doesn't look like that anymore.
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@AdamLaMore 3 года назад

"No one intimidates me but my dad and Bob Gibson" - Jon Bois needs to go back and add that Dusty quote to "The Bob Emergency"

@AzureKite 3 года назад

Oh absolutely

@Buttington_Headerson 3 года назад

Wait, he didn't mention Bob Gibson in that? Time to rewatch it.... Again.

@AdamLaMore 3 года назад

@@Buttington_Headerson Gibby was the focus of the end of episode 1. I just meant that this quote from Dusty would have been a great inclusion in the segment.

@dortdiplo 3 года назад

I Read that as my dad bob Gibson 💀

@williamberry4615 2 года назад

What about a woman lying to police about you?

@a1gamer561 3 года назад

I need Seth Rosenthal to narrate my life

@Two.Face4 3 года назад

Ong he the best one at secret base

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

@@Two.Face4 Jon Bois erasure. But everyone putting out videos here is doing an amazing job.

@THEKINGSWOOSH 3 года назад

@@samortmann5003 Agree on that last part, everyone on here is doing great

@savaged1503 3 года назад

No cap

@kenb.1096 3 года назад

I don’t care about baseball but since Seth did the video ……

@theenglishman 3 года назад

Beef history: Dusty Baker vs. holding a lead in the playoffs

@JoseGonzalez-pv5ox 3 года назад

I’ll never forget before game 5 of the 2016 NLDS, Dusty told the media he had already packed bags for Chicago, in anticipation of beating the dodgers. Guess who won that series

@dionruffin3996 3 года назад

I loved Dusty as a reds fan but that’s no 🧢

@AccountTermed 3 года назад

2003 Cubs🙂

@dcbandnerd 3 года назад

As a Nationals fan, this one makes me B I G S A D

@jvtagle 3 года назад

Angry Giants noises

@SmoothCriminal12 3 года назад

Unrelated but I love how Tony is still huffing and puffing about game "integrity", yet he's the one who spent years covering up Mark Mcgwire's riding and getting into DUIs. Any manager with a pulse would be leading the currents White Sox to a division.

@bearsarefast1483 3 года назад

hes got a pulse, but its set by a pacemaker

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

It's disappointing because they're a pretty fun and and likable team apart from their manager.

@adamhardek3008 3 года назад

Sox are missing 4 starters and still are 15 games over, he’s a HOF manager for a reason

@elchancho8432 3 года назад

He is leading them to a division so far he has a 7.5 game lead lmao

@genius179 3 года назад

Yeah I don't like him one bit, he represents so much about what I don't like in baseball

@mostlymexican 3 года назад

“Rivalry has ground this friendship into beef” 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

@Buttington_Headerson 3 года назад

The best beefs are the tender cuts of friendship pounded and shaped into juicy beef

@lewrl1 3 года назад

OH I DIDNT EVEN GET THAT PUN THATS SO SMART

@irmaharvey5088 3 года назад

That's a Bar!!🤣🤣

@Hottiedonkey 3 года назад

@@Buttington_Headerson what?? jackass.

@bringinthedope5929 3 года назад

@@Buttington_Headerson idk why someone called you a jackass, your comment is golden lol

@queirais 3 года назад

"Nearly the end of his playing career, La Russa spent a short stint in ATL, where he was briefly the teammate of a young Dusty Baker" Wait a minute, how freaking old is La Russa 😂

@pullt 3 года назад

Mid 70s? I know when he got hired by CWS in early 80s it was commented on how he was still in his 30s

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

76. And he looks even older.

@MrShanester117 3 года назад

Like 150 I think

@annalisahartmann5661 3 года назад

As old as baseball itself

@MrShanester117 3 года назад

@@annalisahartmann5661 I hear He taught Babe Ruth the curveball when he was a spry 50 year old

@puddlespuddles5208 3 года назад

a 500 dollar fine, lmaooo yea I bet they really learned their lesson after that one.

@ScoopNeck_ 3 года назад

@whatever yo E X A T L Y

@ScoopNeck_ 3 года назад

@whatever yo OOF

@adrnaline 2 года назад

they probably wipe their ass with 500$

@SiegeRock 2 года назад

@@adrnaline exactly

@ImJustHereToWatch14 3 года назад

"An alternate universe that might not contain beef" 'Tis a silly place, let's not go there

@NoNameNo.5 3 года назад

There is no beef-less universe

@noahcrouse9789 3 года назад

@@NoNameNo.5 I don’t wanna live in a universe without beef

@SFforlife 3 года назад

What if there’s much rejoicing?

@dicktanbomutumbe 3 года назад

I appreciate that roast lol

@JJJameson. 3 года назад

Do vegans bicker with electric beef?

@Justin3Santiago 3 года назад

Dusty will forever be a legend for being one half of the duo who invented the high five

@dennismonk9559 5 месяцев назад

that is crazy. I didn't know what you were talking about until I googled it. What an accomplishment (seriously)

@DiaDeLaDead 3 года назад

You know a beef is going to be really good when it starts as a friendship.

@TPTGopher 2 года назад

And now at 77 and 72 they're going up against each other in the playoffs...

@djaznballa2324 2 года назад

Now we got the White Sox and Astros ALDS! This beef just won’t end

@KingSpaceySprockets Год назад

Don’t remind me bro

@dnasty312 Год назад

🎶 Neverending be-ee‐ef

@josephvanhorn5347 3 года назад

LaRussa was near the end of his playing career 50 years ago? Jesus Christ.

@wyatthill6252 3 года назад

LaRussa was old when I was a kid and that was 20 years ago

@weregretohio7728 3 года назад

He's ancient and he manages like it.

@Phil-ui4tm 3 года назад

Seems like it should be longer

@rsuriyop 3 года назад

I know right? Dude's in the same boat as Willie Mays who retired 48 years ago. And Willie Mays is 90!

@charlieme5150 3 года назад

My grandfather said he was still a kid when LaRussa retired from playing baseball.

@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly 3 года назад

One thing both managers have in common was that they each had a juiced-up superstar in the batting order at one point in their careers.

@barryallen871 3 года назад

*multiple juiced-up superstars(at multiple points in their careers)

@montblancnoland4034 3 года назад

Everyone did lol

@16ktsgamma 3 года назад

Everyone did it. To be fair Bonds and McGuire should be friends now.

@pullt 3 года назад

Here's a list of managers who didn't:

@CIARUNSITE 3 года назад

Ya so did every other person who managed in the 90s and 00s. They also had juiced up pitchers too. And Baker and LaRussa no doubt gobbled greenies just like Hank Aaron.

@ajgonzalez8451 Год назад

Dusty finally has his championship. What a day to be alive.

@AlecLapierre108 Год назад

Still 2 behind Tony

@astrostar49 Год назад

@@AlecLapierre108 Who cares Dusty actually won one as a player in the majors with a long career while Tony was barely able to have a cup of coffee there.

@AlecLapierre108 Год назад

@@astrostar49 who cares? This is about who was the most successful manager.

@astrostar49 Год назад

@@AlecLapierre108 According to who? Don't worry, you're not obligated to stop at just their managing careers when comparing their success in professional baseball.

@AlecLapierre108 Год назад

@TheLoneDraftsman fine, overall Tony still has more rings. Tony > Baker

@cosmo2244 2 года назад

Update: La russa did led his white Sox team to a division title but would lose 2021 ALDS 3-1 to dusty baker and the astros.

@tomcruze7898 2 года назад

Update: dusty Baker would again lose a world series

@SplicerOtter 2 года назад

Yea Dusty will best Tony during the season, but Tony knows how to win the series unlike Dusty

@nickhughes8179 2 года назад

The Chisox are under .500 this year. LaRussa may be sleeping off hangovers in the clubhouse.

@SplicerOtter 2 года назад

@@nickhughes8179 yea but they’re only 6 games back for division lead, with half a season still to play A lot of baseball still to happen, and LaRussa teams tend to get the late season push that launches them to some of the best hot streaks in MLB

@nickhughes8179 2 года назад

@@SplicerOtter True, especially the Cardinals Magic meme. I just wanted to make a LaRussa drinking joke

@derrickjohn411 3 года назад

That Reds/Cards brawl was legendary. I went to that game with my dad. The entire 2 hour drive from my rural Ohio town to Cincinnati, we were talking about BP’s comments and how there was gonna be some fireworks. It didn’t take long

@ethan60645 3 года назад

It’s still crazy that the nl central had 6 teams and the al west only had 4

@deadcenterfilms3878 3 года назад

Blame bud selig for being biased towards. The brewers

@davidquinn2382 2 года назад

Um. I may be wrong but dont both have 5? Astros use to be nl central

@ethan60645 2 года назад

@@davidquinn2382 NL central had CHC, CIN, STL, MIL, PIT, HOU. AL west only had TEX, LAA, SEA, OAK until 2012 I believe

@StanStacks 2 года назад

Total anarchy

@notsauer 2 года назад

I don’t like constant interleague play. Bring back the 5-6-5, 5-5-4 alignment

@sizzledan31 2 года назад

Who's here before Game 1 of the ALDS between Dusty's Astros and Tony's White Sox?

@lukagarzafan9537 3 года назад

It’s always a good day when secret base posts

@kedharswaminathan7571 3 года назад

Video Ideas- Rewinder: John Elway’s Helicopter in Super Bowl 32 Collapse: How the Philadelphia Eagles floundered after winning it all in 2017 Beef History: Kevin Durant vs Russell Westbrook Untitled: Reggie Miller

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

Back when Elway was universally liked by broncos fans.

@CommanderTK9091 3 года назад

Too early for an Eagles collapse video.

@yankees2864 3 года назад

@@CommanderTK9091 when the coach and quarterback from that squad are both gone, its not too close.

@alexandradaniels6048 3 года назад

As a Cardinals fan who posted that “Larussa and Baker literally despise each other because one didn’t hire the other” on another video on here…I am here for this

@chenrayen 3 года назад

As a Giants fan, as long as we’re not up against a Dusty Baker team I’m always rooting for him. So heartbreaking every time he falls short of a WS

@spark20 Год назад

Dusty got his first tonight.

@blazer6248 3 года назад

Man talk about nostalgia. These were my dudes! I was 110% baseball back then.

@skippythealien9627 3 года назад

it is crazy to think the Giants-Cardinals-Cubs era was almost 20 years ago...and the Reds-Cardinals beef is almost 15 years ago already. Really does seem like it was just yesterday

@teen_laqueefa 2 года назад

@@skippythealien9627 31 years ago Reds had the nasty boys and went wire 2 wire. 31 years

@ryanmaurer7759 3 года назад

Last time I was this early Tony LaRussa wasn’t yelling at people for swinging 3-0

@SmoothCriminal12 3 года назад

Isnt he the same dude that covered up Mcgwire's roid use?

@genius179 3 года назад

@@SmoothCriminal12 with multiple franchises

@thedude3065 3 года назад

"TAKE! TAKE! TAKE!" Yermin Mercedes: I'm about to do what's caled a pro gaamer move

@itsyourenotyour9101 3 года назад

@@SmoothCriminal12 Him and everyone else, considering everyone was cheating. Judging him from that is stupid.

@joaquinnieto4237 2 года назад

Now it's the fact that they are facing each other in the ALDS...LMAO

@billnye6311 2 года назад

And now they are playing in the ALDS

@tiagocardoso5106 2 года назад

who’s here before they meet in the playoffs again?

@harambedagorilla559 2 года назад

Baker with the Astros and La Russa with the Sox 2021. This rivalry is present to this Day!

@casey6226 3 года назад

Best part is this beef has an opportunity to be reheated

@kevinthomas522 3 года назад

I think it will....white sox and Astros will meet in the ALCS

@thedude3065 2 года назад

@@kevinthomas522 assuming Dusty doesn't go through ANOTHER collapse

@ericbosse 3 года назад

Finally, after years of waiting, some Cincinnati Reds content

@kevinthomas522 3 года назад

The Reds have wasted good pitching over the last couple of years...i think of the playoff game last yr against the braves that no team could score that went into extras. That was fascinating to get updates from while watching another gane

@kennyg2213 2 года назад

Looks like someone decided to warm some leftover beef. #ALDS2021

@TheWileycyote95 2 года назад

And now both managers will play against each other in this years ALDS!!

@theblacksheep5226 2 года назад

And here they are battling each other yet again!

@Matts_Smirkingrevenge 3 года назад

Them games in 03 and 10 were some spicy ones! Also as a cards fan some of the best in memory!

@mkz2017 3 года назад

Dusty Baker gave me the first autograph I ever got at a major league game. I’ll always be #TeamDusty in this beef

@davidquinn2382 2 года назад

Marge schott gave me mine. She jad her St. Bernard sitting next to her.

@thedude3065 2 года назад

he's a good man, but when Mark Prior's career only lasted five year, I have to hold a grudge, dreams do not deserve to die like that

@bushraptor Год назад

@@davidquinn2382 yikes

@alexisisanarieka4311 3 года назад

I remember when NBC Sports Chicago showed this in our game during the Astros 🤣 just two old men jawing at each other

@i.theworstguys298 3 года назад

still upset we got swept the way we did against the astros. they’re better than us as of now. eloy is coming back though 👀

@alexisisanarieka4311 3 года назад

@@i.theworstguys298 me too, but I have a feeling when we see them in a few days things are gonna go a lot different!

@kevinthomas522 3 года назад

Sox are the beat team in baseball at home....they may return the favor.

@SportsFan2001 2 года назад

And now they're meeting in the postseason again

@pandoralover21 3 года назад

REWINDER OF THE 1991 WORLD SERIES I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS

@MiamiMarkYT 2 года назад

Oh who knew this would conclude with Houston and Chicago squaring off in the ALDS?! Had it happened in a movie people would complain it was too unbelievable.

@natemarx4999 3 года назад

It makes me happy that Dusty is still managing today.

@djtrankilo231 3 года назад

What about LaRussa?

@petern326 3 года назад

And is makes me depressed that la russa still does

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

@@petern326 The white Sox are good in spite of La Russa.

@tombstonejones9581 3 года назад

@@djtrankilo231 He just kind of exists. You see any of his interviews this year? Man looks like he's already dead.

@billslocum9819 3 года назад

He's chasing Connie Mack, who didn't know when to quit either.

@NickAppelbaum 3 года назад

I’ve been waiting for this episode of Beef History ever since the show started

@YankeesFan0620 3 года назад

What’s worse than Tony LaRussa complaining about unwritten rules? Tony LaRussa in charge of baseball operations (2016 DBacks)

@youmightknowsports 3 года назад

Didn’t they make the playoffs in his last season there? 2017, right?

@YankeesFan0620 3 года назад

@@youmightknowsports I thought that he got demoted after 2016. What really stood out for me was trading 1st round pick Dansby Swanson for pitcher Shelby Miller.

@YankeesFan0620 3 года назад

@@youmightknowsports They did get the wildcard, but LaRussa had been demoted before the 2017 season and replaced by Mike Hazen

@wednesday181 2 года назад

Honestly, Tony LaRussa driving anything of significance is a bad idea at this point.

@Paralysisbyanlysis 2 года назад

LaRussa was a great manager, but terrible at developing young players as he didn’t trust them. Neither is he good at acquiring talent in front officr

@theleftuprightatsoldierfield 3 года назад

I’m just quietly waiting for when the White Sox and Astros meet in the playoffs

@jpthomas9491 3 года назад

Even without the added layer of manager beef, they still owe us for 2005

@spark20 3 года назад

That might happen. Both are in 1st place in their divisions at the moment.

@tillitsdone 3 года назад

They face each other the first 3 games after the ASB. Astros swept a 4 game series with the White Sox in June.

@kevinthomas522 3 года назад

White sox the best team in baseball at home....may take 2 of 3 from them after the break.

@josephsarto689 3 года назад

If they don’t meet in the first round, they won’t meet in the playoffs cause the Astros will most likely blow a 2 games to 0 lead in the ALDS with dusty at the helm

@rileynunes1357 2 года назад

Whose watching this when the white Sox and Astros will officially play eachother in the ALDS thursday

@nervewracking4971 3 года назад

I know everybody in SB is always doing a good job. But there is always something when Seth narrates it. I'm not that big fan of baseball but it's like I'm lured into playing the video just because of how good Seth is with this.

@WavyKid13 2 года назад

He’s the best. Really bummed he wasn’t the one narrating Freese’s Game 6 Walkoff HR Rewinder video :/

@uncreative5766 3 года назад

As a Giants fan, I'm still haunted by Dusty giving Russ Ortiz the game ball as Dusty pulled Russ in Game 6.

@thedude3065 3 года назад

as a Cubs fan I'm still haunted by the sight of him sitting idle in the dugout while Mark Prior has to fend for his life

@troyhung4307 2 года назад

as a Reds fan I'm still haunted by Dusty blowing 2-0 lead against the Giants in the NLDS

@WavyKid13 2 года назад

As a cardinals fan, I can’t help but be grateful for him creating all 3 of those collapses 😂

@chaminadecrew79 2 года назад

Why? We have 8 WS now

@youlookcute 3 года назад

I know you guys usually don't do professional wrestling but a beef history between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels would be amazing!

@stonethrower24 Год назад

yeah because wrestling is stupid and not real

@beardymcj2026 3 года назад

These and Untitled are the two best ones. i wish we got more of these, at least as many as there are Rewinds

@Tacocasa432 2 года назад

And it continues with them playing each other in this year's playoffs

@dannydorito8019 2 года назад

And they’re gonna be facing each other in the 2021 ALDS. Man I love Beef

@lisports2154 2 года назад

Anyone else watching this in preparation for White Sox vs Astros playoffs series?

@markokuhar670 2 года назад

Yep

@jayden7163 2 года назад

And now they’re in the playoffs against each other

@peter7371 2 года назад

Watching this the day before they play each other again 😂 LET’S GO STROS

@archonmarch3965 2 года назад

Hit by a pitch...lol history repeats itself??? Go STROs we won!!!!!!!

@terrancewilliams1045 2 года назад

Crazy how they might meet in the playoffs this year

@JoelCastro5206 3 года назад

Beef history: Isiah Thomas vs Karl Malone

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

I kinda hope they chronicle more of Isiah Thomas's feud with everyone. He appears to have squashed it with Magic but he and MJ still don't like each other.

@princemalcolm7195 3 года назад

A harraser vs a mmm well we all know what Malone did

@jacksonmare683 3 года назад

Id like to see Bryan Burner Colangelo vs Joel Embiid

@monstermikeheinrichs 3 года назад

@@princemalcolm7195 Wait, I don't know what Malone did. You mind letting me in the loop?

@mikewines7852 2 года назад

Both Karl Malone and Isiah Thomas were POS cheap shot players. Neither were liked by teammates and other players. They deserved each other.

@jonathankae420 3 года назад

mourinho vs guardiola beef history plz. Everybody is waiting for it

@LMarcon11 3 года назад

@@chrispatterson9324 except they do and even made a beef history video about Brazilian legends

@markokuhar670 2 года назад

Well well well, look who’s facing each other in the ALDS this year

@SuperJdog6 2 года назад

And now they face off in the ALDS, White Sox vs. Astros. The beef has new life

@roljamas 3 года назад

As a Cubs fan in my early life, that 2003 5 game series was the turning point for that team. The Cubs were fed beef and ate it with gusto, riiiiight up until about late October.

@carlosd.norford2669 2 года назад

THIS IS LIKE A MOVIE!!! Because Now they meet yet again at this Year's ALDS (Playoffs) Houston Astros VS Chicago White Sox beginning Thursday! . YOU LITERALLY CANNOT WRITE THIS STUFF UP!!!

@smashboogietheilladelic5740 3 года назад

Great segment as always!

@konnorballard945 3 года назад

This was well needed

@notc0ol 2 года назад

Dry aged beef: Baker destroyed La Russa in the 2021 ALDS

@jah2827 3 года назад

I really hope the Astros face the White Sox face off in the playoffs now lmao

@samortmann5003 3 года назад

That'd be interesting. A loveable team with a hated manager in the Sox vs a hated team with a loveable manager in the astros.

@i.theworstguys298 3 года назад

we got swept by the astros this season so i hope they get bounced before we see them 😭

@kevind7708 2 года назад

Your wish has been granted. 2005 WS Rematch in 2021 ALDS pal!

@jah2827 2 года назад

@@kevind7708 yessir! Can’t wait

@markwillcox5680 3 года назад

Thanks for the video! As a longtime Cards fan I had to watch!

@RJEDITZ12824 3 года назад

These videos are awesome and always accurate and told perfectly

@jmiogo 3 года назад

Shoulda subcontracted Jomboy to real lips on this one.

@waltoncummins719 3 года назад

Yes

@nothingcankilldagrimace 3 года назад

I thought the same thing. First thing that played in my head was, “LET’S GOOOOOO!”

@Buttington_Headerson 3 года назад

@@nothingcankilldagrimace when he says "let's goooo" in that whispery voice, it kills me every time lol

@_gamepoint_ 3 года назад

"that's horseshit"

@itsyourenotyour9101 3 года назад

@@Buttington_Headerson It's almost like it's the go to phrase in baseball haha. That and "that's bullshit!"

@churdle92 3 года назад

This was fantastic, Seth. Let’s have more baseball beef, please!

@alntr2872 2 года назад

Very good story telling :)

@BennyCalloway 3 года назад

Dope video man.. having been a cardinals fan for the last 20 years or so, I've gotten to see all this up close.. it's been entertaining to say the least!

@blacknrd05 3 года назад

It's a good day when Cincinnati sports is mentioned and it's not overtly negative.

@SuperBitCube64 2 года назад

They're about to face off again in the ALCS

@richnicka 3 года назад

possibly my favorite beef history. awesome video

@geg6315 2 года назад

And now these two will meet again in the divisional round of the playoffs

@alexanderguerrero347 3 года назад

I swear Dusty baker could turn a team into a contender but could never win

@TecHDynamic 2 года назад

Whos here after the Astros absolutely thrashed LaRussa's white sox?

@leonardodelarosa8328 Год назад

🙋🏽‍♂️

@Unbreaded1984 Год назад

World Series champs!!

@don_brodka 3 года назад

Amazing episode. Dusty has some of the best quotes ever. Great job Seth and Joe!

@cgrizz33 11 месяцев назад

I was at that game between the Reds and Cardinals in August 2010. It was absolutely packed that night and then that fight breaks out. Absolutely crazy stuff

@brianmack2945 3 года назад

Every time there's a Dusty Baker video, I keep hoping they'll make a reference to his greatest achievement, how he may have invented the high five.

@mjisthegoat88 3 года назад

Glenn Burke deserves credit too

@eddietigre6233 2 года назад

Don't forget, him waiting the last second to make a "spectacular" diving catch. Oh, almost forgot, he did give the toothpick industry a big boost

@JordanCosine 2 года назад

who’s here after baker beat larussa again in 2021

@Playoffmamba 3 года назад

Great episode guys

@willkohnen7681 2 года назад

Growing up in Cincinnati when baker was the manager I remember how heated those cardinal games got. Especially when the owner of the cardinals grandkids went to my school.

@MrDuneedon 3 года назад

Thanks, SB. This video is a sobering reminder that the Angels, as bad as they've been lately, won the World Series 12 years more recently than my team, the Cincinnati Reds. Sigh.

@jackbarton417 2 года назад

@jonathankae420 3 года назад

words cannot express how much Seth Rosenthal's voice completes me

@markkirves9842 2 года назад

“For those of you that read lips he’s saying he’s I’m not having a fine time” 😂

@Two.Face4 3 года назад

Never stop making these

@MetalGod999 3 года назад

Seth Rosenthal always cracks me up with his style of storytelling! Seth always tells a story in a ho-hum, happy go lucky manner, yet always knows when to slip in a perfectly timed wisecrack! In other words..."God bless you, Seth!"