06.05.2009 8:56 am
DG’s 10@10: “A Classic Bit of Pitching”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CHESTERFIELD — Manager Tony La Russa remembers how the pitcher looked in at the catcher, the distinctive and dogged look of a confrontation that was going to decide the game. It was a pivotal moment in one of the finest complete-game performances La Russa has ever seen. It left him gobsmacked.
“A classic bit of pitching,” he said in his office Thursday night.
And he could have been talking about Chris Carpenter’s nine-inning gem against the Cincinnati…
