The storybook ending that manager Tony La Russa envisioned when he came out of retirement to lead the White Sox certainly didn’t include fans calling for his firing.
“I hear it with one ear and I see it with one eye,” La Russa told reporters afterward. “I just know I appreciate [that] they want us to win. And, when we don’t win, they’re unhappy.”
LaRussa, 77, had not managed since leading the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series title in 2011 before piloting the White Sox to the playoffs in his successful return last season. He was inducted into Cooperstown during his decade out of the dugout.of Los Angeles Dodgers star Trea Turner despite a 1-2 count. Max Muncy followed with a three-run home run to send the White Sox to the second of what is now three losses in four games.
“There isn’t anything that’s happening with this team that, in the end, I’m not responsible for,” La Russa said. “Never dodged accountability and I won’t start now.” This seems to be the season of managers who won World Series rings elsewhere getting fired by teams. Joe Girardi, who won with the Yankees,
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