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." Angels Noe Ramirez Jersey . 1-9 on TSN. With more than 65 hours of exclusive live coverage, TSN delivers all the action beginning with Draw 1 on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2 p. 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Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca. Hi Kerry, Are the referees required to make a call on the ice before going to the replay official? I have noticed a couple of times in recent months where the ref doesnt seem to make any call at all, and then goes upstairs. I was under the impression the referee had to gesture good goal/no goal before confirming via replay. A great recent example is from the Montreal Canadiens/Columbus Blue Jackets game on Wednesday. Brendan Gallagher tipped a puck that was very close to crossing the line. In a replay, you can see the referee gesture towards the net as it appeared he was beginning to signal a goal - but then stopped and made no signal. After an inconclusive review, it was called a no goal. What is the correct procedure for making a call on the ice, and is referee hesitation to make a call a potential problem with our current state of review technology? Thanks, Scott Scott, Referees are required to make a decision (goal or no goal) prior to communicating with the Situation Room in Toronto. It is certainly most desirable if the referee closest to the play has a good look and is decisive. However, if the ref on the goal-line demonstrates uncertainty by not making a clear signal, the crew of officials should and will gather for a conference at the timekeepers bench to make a collective decision. Once a decision has been reached, the referee that was responsible for making the initial call is handed the headset. The first words he will communicate to Toronto are, We have a good goal (or no goal) on the ice. At that point, the play is turned over to Video Review to render a decision through conclusive video evidence. If they are unable to do so, the call is returned to the officials on the ice and their decision will stand.dddddddddddd On the Brendan Gallagher tip, the referee most likely flinched in anticipation of the puck entering the goal. The ref was less likely to determine if the puck crossed the line as a result of his distant sightline while moving toward the net from the deep corner. The Situation Room did in fact return a conclusive verdict that the puck did not completely cross the goal-line. Based on the replays shown on the Situation Room blog, I completely concur with this decision. MTL @ CBJ - 14:59 of the First Period Wednesday, 01.14.2015 / 7:49 PM 2014-2015 Situation Room blog What this play does highlight, Scott, is not so much a problem with our current state of reviewing technology but moreso the need for better coaching and monitoring of the officials relative to their positioning philosophy. On this play, the referee was frozen in the corner too long after the turnover up near the blue line and a cycle distributed the puck quickly to the net from the hash mark off the stick of Tomas Plekanec. As a result of some puck watching (focus on Plekanec), the referee picked up the fact that Gallagher was a primary outlet too late as the Montreal sparkplug attacked the net for the redirect. If the referee had been aware of Gallaghers location on the ice, he would have moved off the wall and drove to the net the instant the puck left Plekanecs stick. While there is no guarantee that the referee could have seen if the puck crossed the line due to a potentially obstructed view created by Sergei Bobrovskys pads, the closer proximity to the net would likely have resulted in not only a better viewing location but a more definitive signal. A referees bread and butter is being at the net on close plays. A better job is needed to bring some of the current crop to the table. 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