Manager Tony La Russa joined the St. Louis Cardinals Monday after missing six games to be treated for shingles and changed quickly on the map of the range.
"Everything is better," La Russa said before the Cardinals began a set of four homestand with the first of the two games against Philadelphia. "I'm going just to take the improvement, continue to leave on the subject.
66 Years La Russa was on the ground for two hours before the first launch with a fungo bat in hand. He was still swelling, but its appearance is improved.
La Russa immediately made his presence known, displacement of several actors in their defensive positions. Three times NL MVP Albert Pujols moved from the base of the first to third base, Lance Berkman goes right field first base, Allen Craig switched from third base to right field, and Nick Punto dragged from third base to base of a second.
Pujols started based on third parties for the first time since September 23, 2002. He played two sleeves at third base on 1 may in Atlanta after to leave baseball David Freese was injured.
Fielder Colby Rasmus was not in the range of the second day while it reaches of a stomach illness.
Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel said that it was a bout of shingles in the 1990s while managing in the minor leagues.
"Yeah, I feel for him," said manual. "It was rough." It is very, very, very uncomfortable. ?
The Cardinals were 2-4 on their trip during the absence of La Russa and were taken in a series of three games weekend in Cincinnati.
La Russa was slowed by the swelling of the right side of the face closed near his eye. He went to the Mayo in Arizona Clinic last week and later returned to St. Louis.
More great regret of the Manager saw himself not immediately.
"I would like to just I had taken the medicine, pain" La Russa said. "" "". I went through this agony for nothing. ?
La Russa said he spent most of his time out of the team to its Office of Busch Stadium and watched all the games on television. Joe Pettini bench coach served as Interim Manager while La Russa was absent, and the Manager had no complaints.
"I do not see where the second assumptions come, it seems so easy," La Russa said. "" "". I have never had problem. The club was well taken: care, in all aspects. ?
La Russa also approved of impersonation of launcher Manager Kyle Lohse taking the lineup card in two of the games on the trip.
"I saw the shirt and then I recognized him immediately", said La Russa. I really appreciated the gesture."
Before the line-up of La Russa switch, Pujols said he suffered a bruised wrist is only when struck by a ground in Cincinnati Sunday. La Russa said that he had no problem with the terrain of Francisco Cordero, which prompted the Cardinals dugout canoe.
"You could say this is not a field goal, you are not going to place it on the basis of pitch to Matt (Holliday) and Lance (Berkman)," La Russa said. "" "". Whenever this is it scares me, even if we do. ?
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