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McGwire's Rehab Tour Begins

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If 2010 is going to be the future Hall of Fame manager's final year in the dugout, than this swan song will be about more than trying to bring another World Series to St. Louis. He will try rescuing McGwire's sagging baseball history.

On Monday morning, as he stood in front of a room full of media, La Russa seemed to treat McGwire like one of his rescue animals. He wanted to present him as not merely the Cardinals' new batting coach, but also as a slice of unspoiled baseball immortality.

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