By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports
Tony La Russa just couldn’t sit still.
The Arizona Diamondbacks could no longer be patient.
The two sides started talking three weeks ago, quickly realized how much they need one another and Saturday consummated a relationship with La Russa being hired as the Diamondbacks’ chief baseball officer.
He will run baseball operations and determine the fate of general manager Kevin Towers and manager Kirk Gibson.