Tony La Russa on the White Sox being ”the last team standing” in 2021

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with White Sox manager Tony La Russa about the past, present, and future. They discuss the 1983 ALCS when La Russa and the White Sox were on the brink of the World Series but lost a tough series against the Orioles. Has La Russa gotten over it? (No, he hasn't). Did this weigh in his decision to come back to manage the White Sox? Also, what will be the identity of the White Sox in 2021? How will La Russa balance information and the human element of the game? Albert Pujols giving him a giant bear hug before a spring training game earlier this month, his respect for Ozzie Guillen and Frank Thomas, and more.(2:30) - La Russa describes what it's like wearing a White Sox uniform again and why it feels like he never left.(4:30) - Why he still feels the agony of losing the 1983 ALCS to the Baltimore Orioles.(9:30) - Is there unfinished business for La Russa after not winning a World Series with the White Sox?(11:25) - How has he changed since his last season as manager in 2011?(17:50) - What will the White Sox identity be in 2021?(20:30) - La Russa on Ozzie Guillén and Frank Thomas

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0:00.0	You coming back here.
0:04.6	Is there a little bit of unfinished business for yourself because you win a World Series with the A's and the Cardinals and you haven't been able to do it with the White Sox?
0:12.5	And here's your chance.
0:17.1	That was a question I had for Tony Larusa, mainly because of what happened in the 1983 ALCS,
0:25.1	when the White Sox lost a painful five-game series to the Orioles.
0:30.2	And as you're going to hear, Larusa is not over it.
0:34.2	Neither am I, by the way.
0:35.7	And you're going to hear the agony that's still inside him
0:38.5	over how that season ended 38 years ago. But was that part of the motivation for him to come
0:45.4	back to manage the White Sox? Larusa is going to explain on this edition of the White Sox Talk
0:51.7	podcast brought to you by Win Trust. Also, what's going to be
0:56.6	the identity of this team? Who are they going to be? How are they going to play when they take
1:01.6	the field every day? It's going to talk about that. Also, about finding the right balance between
1:07.0	the human element of the game and the numbers, the analytics.
1:12.7	And when I do the postgame shows with Ozzy Gian and Frank Thomas,
1:17.1	it sounds like we've added a viewer in Tony Larusa.
1:21.9	So I had about 30, 40, 50 questions I wanted to ask him.
1:25.7	His time was limited.
1:27.3	He had about 15 minutes.
1:28.5	We went 20.
1:29.8	I hope to have Tony on more during the season.
1:33.9	So here's my conversation with Tony Larusa on the White Sox Talk podcast.
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