White Sox manager Tony La Russa’s first month back in the dugout

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It's been an up-and-down April for both the White Sox and manager Tony La Russa. Chuck Garfien, Vinnie Duber and Ryan McGuffey discuss how La Russa has performed in his first month back in the dugout, including how he's managed his starters, the bullpen, lineups, and the coaching staff. They go over the tough loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night, when Lucas Giolito remained in the game despite being out of gas. Plus, they talk about what they're learning about La Russa as a manager in 2021.(3:15) - How would you describe Tony La Russa's first month of managing?(8:38) - There have been great games and rough ones like Tuesday vs. Tigers(11:40) - Understanding Lucas Giolito and when he's done(16:00) - La Russa's decision to go with Billy Hamilton and Leury Garcia, not Zack Collins or Andrew Vaughn(27:20) - La Russa is being held to a World Series standard

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0:00.0	A no hitter.
0:01.0	Every White Sox game.
0:02.0	Give me the hot sauce.
0:03.0	Every Bulls game.
0:05.0	GWG.
0:06.0	Every Blackhawks game.
0:08.0	It's all here.
0:09.0	Make sure you guys tune in.
0:11.0	It's only here on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:15.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Garfine.
0:23.8	Welcome to the White Sox Talk Podcast, brought to you, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.
0:31.2	Okay, we're a month into the season, and today we are going to focus on Tony Larusa and the job he's doing so far as
0:39.9	manager. Over the course of 162 games, managers make a ton of decisions, which is going to
0:46.9	leave you open to a lot of second guessing, which we're going to do here, by the way, on the podcast.
0:52.4	And there's going to be a lot of second guessing,essing, especially when you play a lot of close games.
0:56.5	And the socks have played a lot of close games.
0:58.7	The good decisions a manager makes don't get a lot of attention.
1:03.3	Bruce has made some really good decisions.
1:05.2	The bad ones, that's on the front page of the newspaper.
1:09.1	That's talked about for hours on Sports Talk Radio.
1:12.6	That's what happened on Tuesday night, for instance.
1:16.8	So for LaRusa, he's back in the dugout after being away for 10 years.
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