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TLR remembers a lot about random Mexican League game in '81

Don't ask Tony La Russa about his relationship with the Hairston family unless you want to hear a two-minute tangent about something that happened in another country three decades ago.

The skipper's ramblings reportedly got Jerry Hairston Jr. so flustered that he made a crucial error in Game 5 of the NLCS.

Looks like La Russa's plan worked.