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PHOENIX -- Tony La Russa has never missed the managing part of baseball since retiring in 2011. He did miss the competition and, most particularly, the winning. Thats what drew him back to the big leagues. Bolstering their front office, the Arizona Diamondbacks hired La Russa as their chief baseball officer on Saturday, hoping the Hall of Fame manager can help turn around the team after one of the worst starts in franchise history. "Its the first day I woke up and I felt a difference," La Russa said. "Because for the first time since then youre back with an organization and at the end of the day youre going to be judged by how well your contribution is to the organizations competition. Thats how I grew up." La Russa last worked as a manager in 2011, walking away after leading the St. Louis Cardinals to their second World Series title with him at the helm. He spent time working for Major League Baseball as a special assistant to Commissioner Bud Selig and was itching to get back into baseball on a day-to-day basis, appearing at Diamondbacks games a few times the past few weeks. La Russa will report to Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall and oversee the entire baseball operations department. He will work with general manager Kevin Towers and manager Kirk Gibson in shaping the future of the Diamondbacks, who were 16-28 heading into Saturday nights game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. "It is going to take time, but I think having him here and helping us lead this department, it looks good for us," Hall said. "Any decisions that are going to be made personnel wise, hes going to have final say." La Russa won three World Series titles and six league championships and was a four-time manager of the year in 33 seasons before retiring in 2011. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in July and is third with 2,728 wins as a manager and second with 70 post-season wins. La Russa played parts of six seasons in the majors before starting a managerial career that began in 1979 with the Chicago White Sox and took him to Oakland and St. Louis, where he won World Series rings in 2006 and 2011. He also won a title with the As in 1989, joining Sparky Anderson as the only two managers to win World Series in both leagues. "I understand the levels of decision making," La Russa said. "And all Im saying here is that you include everybody in the process. But I think the advantage that we hope to have is that everybody on the competitive side is working from the same thought philosophy." Wholesale Wizards Jerseys .com) - New England Patriots starting center Bryan Stork will not play in Sundays AFC Championship against Indianapolis due to a knee injury the rookie sustained last week. 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Quebec went 2 for 6 on the power play as the Oceanic scored three times on six chances with the man advantage. --- SAGUENEENS 2 DRAKKAR 1 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- Julio Billia stopped 46-of-47 shots, including all 17 he faced in the third period, as Chicoutimi held on to edge the Drakkar. Thomas Gobeil gave the Sagueneens (19-19-1) a 1-0 lead in the first period and Laurent Dauphin scored the eventual winner midway through the second. Baie-Comeaus (24-10-4) Alexandre Ranger scored at 14:58 of the second to make it a one-goal game heading into the final period. Philippe Cadorette made 14 saves for the Drakkar, who have dropped back-to-back contests. --- TIGRES 5 CATARACTES 3 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Mathieu Ayotte scored twice and Samuel Blais had a goal and two assists as Victoriaville came from behind to down the Cataractes. Ross Johnston had a goal and an assist for the Tigres (14-17-6), who trailed 3-1 after 20 minutes of action, while Gabriel Gagnes power-play goal at 17:07 of the third period stood up as the eventual winner. Alex Pawelczyk had a pair of goals for Shawinigan (9-26-3) and Dylan Labbe scored once. Victoriavilles Charles-Olivier Lajoie made 30 saves for the win as Storm Phaneuf turned aside 27 shots for the Cataractes. --- VOLTIGEURS 5 PHOENIX 2 SHERBROOKE, Que. -- Matthew Boudens scored once and set up two more and Frederick Gaudreau added two goals as Drummondville extended its win streak to six games by downing the Phoenix. Olivier Caouette and Jerome Verrier also scored for the Voltigeurs (25-11-2), who are 9-1-0 in their last 10 outings. Time Wieser and Jean-Christophe Laflamme supplied the offence for Sherbrooke (13-22-4), which is on a three-game slide. Louis-Philip Guindon made 22 saves for Drummondville while Francis Desrosiers kicked out 32-of-36 shots for the Phoenix. --- ISLANDERS 4 TITAN 0 CHARLOTTETOWN -- Antoine Bibeau earned his first sshutout of the season and sixth of his career as the Islanders blanked Acadie-Bathurst.dddddddddddd Bibeau stopped 30 shots for Charlottetown (15-19-5) while Daniel Sprong led the club offensively with a goal and two assists. Jack Nevins, Alexandre Goulet and Alexis Pepin also scored for the Islanders. Matthew Boudrea led the Titan (14-20-4) with six shots on Bibeau and Jacob Brennan made 18 saves in defeat. --- MOOSEHEADS 5 SCREAMING EAGLES 3 HALIFAX -- The Mooseheads scored four unanswered goals in the third period to hand Cape Breton its fourth loss in a row. Nikolaj Ehlers scored twice for Halifax (24-14-1), who trailed 3-1 heading into the third, while Vincent Watt, Cavan Fitzgerald and MacKenzie Weegar added a goal apiece. Julien Pelletier, William Carrier and Charles-Eric Legare scored for the Screaming Eagles (19-16-3) and Justin Hache chipped in with two assists. Keven Darveau made 42 saves for the Mooseheads as Chase Marchand allowed four goals on 18 shots for Cape Breton. --- WILDCATS 5 SEA DOGS 4 SAINT JOHN -- Christophe Lalondes goal at 14:26 of the third period stood as the winner as Moncton slipped past the Sea Dogs for its ninth straight victory. Ryan Penny, Will Smith, Stephen Johnson and Christopher Caissy also scored for the Wildcats (21-17-2) while Lalonde tacked on two assists for a three-point night. Matthew Highmore had two goals for Saint John (9-24-3) and Jurij Repe and Stephen Anderson each scored once. Alex Dubeau made 35 saves for Moncton as Sebastien Auger turned away 27-of-32 shots for the Sea Dogs. --- OLYMPIQUES 4 ARMADA 2 GATINEAU, Que. -- Emile Poirier had a hat trick for the Olympiques as they doubled up Blainville-Boisbriand, the leagues top team. 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