La Russa's postgame conference is going to be dominated by his decision to permanently bench Albert Pujols. "Look," he plans on saying, in a prepared statement, "he gives us some damage out of that three hole, sure. But now he can do that at any time in the game. If it comes to that, he could even pinch hit for the guy in the three slot. He just gives us a lot of different looks."
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