St. Louis Cardinals Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS)
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- Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals Tony LaRussa and his wife Elaine LaRussa are huge animal nuts. No, you don't get it. We mean HUGE animal nuts. To the point where they have a rabbit, five dogs, five mice, and fourteen cats at their home in Alamo, CA. Huge to the point where they actually started a 37,000 square foot no-kill shelter called Animal Rescue Foundation. Huge to the point where Tony, Elaine and their daughters (Bianca Tai, a cheerleader for the Raiders, and Devon Kai) appeared together on an Animal Planet show called... wait for it... Housecat Housecalls. Ya, it does sound like something akin to the Bunny Ranch, but I digress.
After his playing career, which was never very successful, was over, Tony became manager of the Chicago White Sox Doube-A affiliate, but not before actually passing the bar exam after attending law school at Florida State University's School of Law. Elaine has actually said that she thought she was marrying a lawyer, not a manager. In 1979, when his wife Elaine (actually his second wife) was mere weeks away from having their first child, the White Sox offered Tony the big league job. Elaine, despite the pending child, encouraged Tony to take the job. He did take the job, becoming the became the youngest active manager in the bigs, at 34 - never to actually practice law.
Tony and Elaine (sounds like an aunt and uncle that everyone has) started the Animal Rescue Foundation in 1991 after a cat somehow managed to wander on to the field in the middle of a game that Tony was managing. LaRussa somehow was able to capture safely contain the animal in the dugout. After attempting to leave the animal with a local shelter, he was abhorred to discover that they would likely kill the animal. He and his wife kept the cat but used the experience as a jumping off point to start their own no-kill shelter.
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- Time Together: Jason and Caitlin met in the summer of 2008, while both were employees of the Memphis Redbirds; Jason was pitching for the club while Caitlin was working in the marketing department. After two years of dating, Jason Motte married his girlfriend Caitlin Motte nee Doyle on November 20, 2010. The ceremony and reception were held in Memphis, TN. Motte had bullpenmates Kyle McClellan and Mitchell Boggs as groomsmen. Motte was given the chance to repay the favor to Boggs, serving in his wedding just 3 weeks later.
Caitlin is a 2007 graduate of Mississippi College. She still works in the Memphis area where she met Jason, as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at St. Benedict at Auburndale.
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- Hometown: after meeting in high school, Yadier Molina married the former Wanda Torres in 2007. The couple lives in Caseyville, IL during the baseball season and Vega Alta, Puerto Rico during the offseason. They have two children together; son Yanuell born in October 20, and daughter Arianna born on July 4, 2010.
- Fun Facts: In 2010. Yadier's brother Bengie was mocked by ESPN's Sportscenter for the length of time it took him to round the bases, while taking a couple jabs at his weight in the process. This time, however, it crossed the line for the normally reserved Bengie. On his own MLB sponsored blog, Bengie wrote about his treatment (and I swear this addresses what this has to do with Wanda...):
“I know I'm a public figure and I just have to take my lumps. But I would like those people at ESPN who, from a safe distance, make fun of players for a cheap laugh, to remember that players are actual people. With wives and mothers and fathers and children and brothers and sisters. My mother saw the clip. She doesn't speak English so she asked (brother and St. Louis catcher) Yadier (Molina)'s wife what the announcer was saying. Yadier's wife didn't want to tell her. My mom was pretty upset. She didn't understand why they were making fun of my running when there are so many other things I do every day to help the team win. I told her I didn't understand it, either."
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- Fast Facts: Cara has sports in the bloodline. Her father Johnny played for the Oilers, her uncle Frank played with the Yankees, and both of her brothers have been minor league farmhands; Jacob with the Royals and Josh with the Rangers and Brewers.
- Time Together: Lance and Cara met in 1995 while attending Rice University together in Cara's hometown of Houston. They were married in 1998. They have four daughters, born in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2009. Good luck in that household, Lance.
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