Tony La Russa named White Sox manager

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The White Sox have found their guy. Tony La Russa is back for a second stint as the South Side skipper, this time tasked with taking a young, talented team from rebuilders to contenders to World Series champions. Chuck Garfien is joined by Ryan McGuffey, Vinnie Duber and Adam Hoge to discuss the hiring of La Russa and the ensuing fan reaction.(2:30) - First reactions to the hiring of Tony La Russa(8:15) - Did the White Sox do a thorough search, or was La Russa the focus all along?(16:28) - La Russa speaks about personality in baseball and bat flipping(23:20) - If the White Sox win, will people get over the hire?(36:20) - La Russa speaks on social justice and the modern athlete

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right. It's Chuck Arfine, and this is the White Sox Talk podcast coming to you, as always,
0:14.6	by WinTrust. Woo! 2020. It's the year to expect the unexpected.
0:24.2	And that is certainly the case with the White Sox hiring Tony Larusa to be their next manager.
0:31.4	And here on the podcast, get the whole band here, Vinnie Doobr, Adam Hogue, and Ryan McGuffie to react.
0:37.1	Not only to the hiring, but the press
0:40.0	conference with Tony Larusa and Rick Hahn. What we said, what we learned, not only about
0:45.7	Larusa as a manager today, and what it means, what his feelings about bat flipping, players
0:51.3	expressing themselves, social justice, etc.
0:55.0	Look, it's been a tough year.
0:58.0	A really tough year. And if I could, I would love to go back to
1:02.0	1983 and live that year all over again.
1:06.0	I would spend 20 years in 1983 if I could.
1:10.0	But I never, ever thought I would actually be able to do it in regards to the manager of the
1:16.7	White Sox.
1:17.8	But here we are, Tony Larusa, manager of the White Sox in 2020 and certainly starting in
1:27.1	2021.
1:30.0	Here we go.
1:31.1	White Sox, White Sox, go, White Sox, go, White Sox.
1:35.2	A ball hit deep way back.
1:37.1	Deep time, Phil!
1:39.0	Holy cow!
1:40.7	Carlton says, has put the White Sox ahead.
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