Tony La Russa is back for a third time to help old friend Jerry Reinsdorf plot the Chicago White Sox's future. What could possibly go wrong?
White Sox manager Tony La Russa, from left, Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Rick Hahn watch players warm up before a game against the Royals on Aug. 1, 2022, at Guaranteed Rate Field.Every trilogy needs an ending to tie up all the loose ends, so the return of La Russa to the Chicago White Sox as adviser, consultant, resident sage or whatever title the team prefers was probably inevitable.
We don’t know La Russa’s role in the meeting, but the mere fact he’s back caused massive panic on the South Side. La Russa was out of sight and out of mind as Grifol took over a clubhouse with most of the same players from last season. But instead of getting more out of them, he got less, as evidenced by a 50-77 record heading into Thursday’s game against the Oakland A’s, which was played in sweltering 91-degree heat before a few thousand fans at Guaranteed Rate Field.
They have no need to worry. The blame for the Sox’s downfall has been shared equally by Williams and Hahn, the ones responsible for the personnel decisions that led to the fast-forward collapse of a team one ESPN baseball expert predicted would be world champions in 2022. It makes perfect sense for La Russa to want to help his old friend in planning the direction of the Sox in the post-KW/Hahn era. It was Reinsdorf, after all, who rehired La Russa after Hahn fired Rick Renteria for reasons no one even remembers. What are friends for?
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