Tony La Russa becoming only the third manager to attain that win level after Mack and McGraw. After the retirement of Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox in 2010, La Russa was the longest tenured manager in Major League Baseball, and with the resignation of longtime NBA head coach Jerry Sloan from the Utah Jazz on February 10, 2011, La Russa had been the longest tenured bench boss among all the Big Four sports leagues, until his retirement following his 2011 World Series victory with the Cardinals. La Russa became eligible as a candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 through voting
Panamanian Professional Baseball League Panamanian Professional Baseball League The Panamanian Professional Baseball League (), currently known as Probeis, is a winter professional baseball league consisting of four teams. Founded in 1946, the PPBL joined Organized Baseball in 1948 and operated continuously until 1972.<br> A new Panamanian baseball league started the 2001–02 season as Probeis ("Liga Profesional de Béisbol de Panamá"), but it lasted that season only. By 2010, Los Angeles Dodgers related businessmen restarted the league as LPB (Professional Baseball League), but had poor logistics and operations lasted only one season.<br>In 2011 Probeis made its second run since 2001. The league's champion team played