Inside the managerial mind of Tony La Russa

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

With buzz increasing that Tony La Russa could be the next White Sox manager, Chuck Garfien, Ryan McGuffey and Vinnie Duber are joined by longtime St. Louis Cardinals writer Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to discuss what kind of skipper the White Sox would be getting in La Russa. The crew discusses whether La Russa would be on board with bat-flipping, how he would work with younger players in the modern game and how he would help get the White Sox to the World Series.(2:52) - What kind of manager would the White Sox be getting in La Russa if he's hired?(8:52) - Is La Russa too old school to manage in today's game?(13:10) - Is it surprising that La Russa wants to come back and manage?(16:38) - Does La Russa just want to scratch his competitive itch?(20:30) - Would La Russa be hired to groom the next manager?

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0:00.0	Tell us about Tony LaRouca.
0:05.8	Do you feel like in your mind he's coming to the White Sox?
0:09.5	And if he is, what are the White Sox getting?
0:12.5	What they're getting is one of the most fascinating and creative and driven managers
0:19.8	baseball probably has ever seen.
0:25.9	So that's Derek Gould, longtime St. Louis Cardinals beatwriter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch,
0:32.7	who covered Tony LaRousseau when he won two World Series titles in St. Louis,
0:37.3	talking about what he
0:39.3	thinks the White Sox will be getting if they make Larusa their next manager.
0:44.8	Hey, everyone's Chuck Arfine. This is the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust.
0:49.0	And listen, I know there's a lot of skepticism out there about the socks possibly hiring
0:54.9	LaRusa. I was as shocked as anyone when I first saw the story a few weeks ago. But with
1:01.5	momentum building that this might actually happen, I want to speak with someone like Derek
1:07.5	who knows Larusa well and has no skin in the game to give us some inside
1:14.2	knowledge about who Larusa was with the Cardinals, who he is today, what kind of manager
1:19.6	he would be and could be for the White Sox. And if you're in the camp, it does not want Larusa
1:25.9	hired. Some of what Derek says you're on the podcast, it's
1:29.6	going to surprise you and give you a different outlook on him. It's going to happen to some of you.
1:34.9	I know it. Although others are still going to hate the idea. And if so, that's all good. I'm not
1:41.5	trying to change anybody's mind. My first choice is still AJ
1:45.6	Hinch to manage the White Sox. But Gould is going to get into Larusa's mind as a manager.
1:52.2	Would he allow bat flips? How is he jelling with players in the clubhouse and a whole lot more?
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