Paul Sullivan: Motivating young players is no different to Tony La Russa now than it was...

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Before his first spring training as Chicago White Sox manager in 1980, Tony La Russa made it clear that returning right fielder Claudell Washington would have to move to left to make room for lanky outfielder Harold Baines, the new team phenom. “Unless he absolutely plays himself out of a job in spring training, I am looking for Harold Baines being our regular right fielder in 1980,” La Russa ...

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