Education
Rau attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, and was a first-round draft pick of the Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 amateur draft.
Rau attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, and was a first-round draft pick of the Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 amateur draft.
Rau was involved in an argument during Game 4 of the 1977 World Series with manager Tommy Lasorda. After Rau gave up four consecutive hits, Lasorda went to the mound to remove him from the game. The two men then got into a profanity-filled argument on the mound in which fellow player Davey Lopes had to restrain them.
The argument was recorded on Lasorda"s microphone.