With the recent retirement of Tony LaRussa, it is time to see where he ranks on the Top 10 list of baseball managers with the most wins of all time.  Tony LaRussa was known to manage some of the best baseball pitchers of all time and also find a way to win with lesser talent.  So as we consider his place among the all time greats, here is a list of the Major League Baseball’s managers with the most wins for your review.

Rank	Manager	Yrs	1st Year	Total Games	Wins	Losses	W-L %	World Series Won
1	Connie Mack	53	1894	7755	3731	3948	0.486	5
2	John McGraw	33	1899	4769	2763	1948	0.586	3
3	Tony LaRussa	33	1979	5097	2728	2365	0.536	3
4	Bobby Cox	29	1978	4508	2504	2001	0.556	1
5	Joe Torre	29	1977	4329	2326	1997	0.538	4
6	Sparky Anderson	26	1970	4030	2194	1834	0.545	3
7	Bucky Harris	29	1924	4410	2158	2219	0.493	2
8	Joe McCarthy	24	1926	3487	2125	1333	0.615	7
9	Walter Alston	23	1954	3658	2040	1613	0.558	4
10	Leo Durocher	24	1939	3739	2008	1709	0.54	1

Is Tony LaRussa a first ballot Hall of Famer?

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 Closing out a game has become an art form for Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees.  Being able to come through in the clutch is essential to being on the best MLB pitchers of all time when it comes to closing out a game.  As Mariano Rivera continues his quest to become the leader of the top 10 list of all pitchers with the most saves, his number of saves will continue to change.

Here are the Top 10 Major League Baseball pitchers with the most saves through 9/17/11:

How many saves will Mariano end his career with?

Stats sourced from MLB Reference.com

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Which Major League Baseball players have made the most in one season through 2011?  We have put together the Top 10 highest paid baseball players with a list of their highest one year salary.  Unfortunately, most of these players have been linked to steroids.  Have we encouraged this behavior at the world's best MLB baseball ballparks?

Here are the top earning baseball players of all time:

Which of these players do you believe will be the first in the MLB Hall of Fame?

Data gathered from baseball-reference.com

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Which Major League Baseball players have made the most over their career through 2011?  We have put together the Top 10 highest paid baseball players with a list of their career salary earned.  The list has a few of the best MLB pitchers of all time along with a few big hitters from the steroid era.

Here are the top earning baseball players of all time:

Which of these players do you believe will be the first in the NFL Hall of Fame?

Data gathered from baseball-reference.com

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Which Major League Baseball players had the highest career batting averages of all time? Here is a list of the Top 10 MLB players with the highest batting averages that had a minimum of 3,000 plate appearances according to the folks at Baseball Reference.com.  The best Major League Baseball parks have not seen hitters like this in decades.  

Here are the Top 10 Players with the Highest Career Batting Average of all time:

Which current MLB baseball player do you believe will make this exclusive list?

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Which sports team pays the most on a annual basis to the average team player?  Even more interesting is that the most popular sport in the United States is missing from this Top 10 list.  The most popular European soccer teams have the most fans worldwide which provides the revenue for several of the teams on this Top 10 list.  An NFL team does not make the list until #70 with the Washington Redskins.

Top 10 Sports Teams with the highest annual average salary per player:

1.     Barcelona                            $7,910,737 (annual average salary per player)

2.     Real Madrid                         $7,356,632

3.     New York Yankees           $6,756,301

4.     Los Angeles Lakers            $6,540,690

5.     Orlando Magic                   $6,367,114

6.     Chelsea                                  $6,020,741

7.     Inter Milan                          $5,999,643

8.     Boston Red Sox                   $5,991,203

9.     Denver Nuggets                $5,990,174

10.  Manchester City                $5,863,585

Which of the teams most surprises you on this list compiled by Sporting Intelligence?

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Spring Training is getting started.  Time for a little MLB Baseball.  There is nothing better than going to a MLB ballpark and having dog in the spring even if you are not a big baseball fan.  It is just a good time.  Here is a list of the Best MLB Baseball Stadiums so that you can put a few on your calendar:

·         Fenway Park – The oldest and some say the best

·         Yankee Stadium – It may be new but it is impressive

·         Wrigley Field – Nothing beats an afternoon game at Wrigley

·         Angel Stadium – Good Times, Low Cost

Check out the rest of the list of Best Baseball Stadiums and rank your favorites.

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