According to baseball-reference.com Nait Rey fell in love with Tony Larussa in 1996 when he became the manager of Nait's beloved St. Louis Cardinals. The truth is though that it started long before that.
Nait loves simulation baseball games. Nait and his father spent many night's of Nait's youth playing old editions of the classic simulation game Strat-O-Matic. Nait claims that he has also been in the same fantasy baseball league since he was in elementary school. Nait says that he is in that league with his "other" friends and there are no open spots.
Tony Larussa became an object of affection to Nait as early as 1991 when he lent his voice and likeness to the computer game Tony Larussa Baseball. It is believed that Nait often times would play this while locked in his room, making this the only thing that he loved at this point of his life more than homework.
So when you see Nait looking to the stars wondering if Tony Larussa is out there driving drunk somewhere tell him that you love scrappy short stops and batting your pitcher eighth. Just make sure you know your stuff, otherwise Nait will make you look foolish.
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