“Thank you very much because up until today, I didn’t think I belonged,” Dave Stewart said.
OAKLAND — The scoreboard at the Oakland Coliseum displayed Dave Stewart’s accomplishments on a crawl.
Once cleared to travel from home in Chicago, La Russa made sure to get to the west coast for Stewart’s big day. It was La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan who helped resurrect Stewart’s career when he came to the A’s on the back of two lost seasons with the Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies and on brink of giving up baseball in 1986 despite a standout few seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
La Russa, hired to manage Oakland in 1987, was all too familiar with Stewart from his view in the Chicago White Sox dugout in years prior. How could he forget that deadly stare smoldering under the brim of his hat? Stewart wanted to beat the best, often playing out in a rivalry with Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens. Stewart went 9-0 from 1986 to 1990 in head-to-head matchups with the star pitcher. But La Russa recounted some stories from behind the scenes.
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