The Rose Award For 6-21-2009. <1126>

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The Rose Award goes to Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, who
went four-for-five with six RBI and scored two runs in a 12-5 win over
the Kansas City Royals.

Pujols hit two home runs.

It was the 2,500th win for Tony LaRussa, who joined Connie Mack
(3,831) and John McGraw (2,763) as the only managers with that many
victories.

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> > The Rose Award goes to Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals, who
> > went four-for-five with six RBI and scored two runs in a 12-5 win over
> > the Kansas City Royals.
>
> > Pujols hit two home runs.
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> > It was the 2,500th win for Tony LaRussa, who joined Connie Mack
> > (3,831)
>

> � � 3,731. �Somebody keeps making the number 100 larger than what it really
> was.
> � � 3,948 losses by Mack.
> � � 7,755 games managed.
> � � All records not likely to be topped unless another owner also manages
> for 40+ years.
>
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> > �and John McGraw (2,763) as the only managers with that many
> > victories.- Hide quoted text -
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Tommy Lasorda tried but he kept falling asleep at the seventh-inning
stretch.