White Sox manager Tony La Russa will not return for the rest of the season at the direction of his doctors, the team announced in a statement Saturday.
, when they announced less than an hour before a game against the Kansas City Royals that he would not manage that night at the direction of his doctors.Advertisement“Health ain’t nothing to mess with,”La Russa said before the event. “I got checked in Chicago and the reason I flew to Arizona is because that’s been the place since the ‘90s I’ve had physicals. They addressed it, they fixed it, now it’s just a question of regaining strength. Don’t mess with health.
Bench coach Miguel Cairo will continue as the acting manager for the remainder of the season. The Sox are 13-10 since Cairo took over Aug. 30.
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