Ozzie Guillén reacts to the hiring of Tony La Russa

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In a conversation with Chuck Garfien, Ozzie Guillén talks for the first time since being notified by the White Sox that they would not interview him for their managerial opening. Chuck and Ozzie have a long discussion about how Ozzie felt about not getting the chance to interview, his thoughts on Tony La Russa getting the job and whether he thinks La Russa will succeed in his second stint as the White Sox manager.(2:34) - Where does Ozzie stand on the Tony La Russa hire?(9:15) - Is La Russa going to fix the issues the White Sox had last season?(15:30) - Ozzie says if the White Sox had hired A.J. Hinch it would have hurt him(24:32) - Will La Russa fit in with the personality of the team?(30:00) - Rick Renteria could be your friend, but La Russa will be your manager(42:32) - La Russa could be the best free-agent addition -- player or manager -- the White Sox have made in years.

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0:00.0	the best free agent why so have a little while and the best coach the best thing of the field
0:11.3	they hired in last 30 years is Tony Russo including myself well as we know Ozzy Gehan is somebody who tells it like it is. And he does a lot of that here on the podcast, explaining why he is such a fan, not only of Tony Larusa, but the White Sox decision to hire him for the job, even if that meant Tony got the job
0:41.3	over him. Hey, everyone's Chuck Arfine. This is the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust
0:47.9	and Ozzy covers a whole lot of ground in our conversation. He's going to explain why he thinks Larusa is the best man for the
0:55.8	job. Also, how tough it was when Jerry Reinsorff called him to let him know he's not going to be a
1:02.2	candidate, but then was actually relieved and happy when they hired Larusa. Asi would have had a
1:09.0	much different reaction if they chose A.J. Hinch,
1:12.4	he's going to get into that. And for all the White Sox fans who are outraged by the hiring of
1:18.8	Larusa and how it went down, and if you happen to be in the camp of fans who wanted Ozzy
1:24.0	to be the manager, well, he's got a message for you.
1:28.2	Actually, he's got a few messages for you that he hopes will give you some information
1:32.5	and some perspective about who you're getting as a manager in Tony Larusa, even at 76 years old.
1:41.3	So it's Ozzy Gehan on the White Sox Talk podcast.
1:45.2	Let's do it.
1:45.9	White Sox.
1:47.1	White Sox.
1:48.0	Go, go, White Sox.
1:49.9	A ball hit deep way back.
1:51.9	Deep to the fan.
1:53.8	Holy cow.
1:55.5	Carlton says.
1:56.8	Let's put the White Sox ahead.
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