White Sox manager Tony La Russa taking heat for another loss

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to the Reds in 10 innings, Tony La Russa is facing criticism for his decision-making in the late innings, specifically for not being aware of a wrinkle in the extra-inning rules that would have prevented Liam Hendriks from running the bases. How did things go so wrong for La Russa and the White Sox coaching staff? Chuck Garfien, Vinnie Duber, and Ryan McGuffey break down what happened and the decisions that were made by La Russa that led to an ugly defeat in Cincinnati.(3:00) - How many times is this going to keep happening with La Russa where he is blindsided by something?(8:00) - Who is being held accountable on the coaching staff when no one knows the rule?(14:20) - Tony La Russa in his own words, admits he didn't know the rule(17:20) - Reaction to the media needing to explain the rule to La Russa(21:00) - Will this keep happening this season?

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0:00.0	A no hitter.
0:01.2	Every White Sox game.
0:02.6	Give me the hot sauce.
0:03.7	Every Bulls game.
0:05.1	GWG.
0:06.4	Every Blackhawks game.
0:08.1	It's all here.
0:09.5	Make sure you guys tune in.
0:11.3	It's only here on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:14.6	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:23.9	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:27.3	Coming to you, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.
0:33.2	Okay, for 18 innings, the White Sox held one of the best offenses in baseball in the Reds to zero runs in one of the best hitting ballparks in the league.
0:43.8	Dylan Sees and Dallas Keikle were brilliant.
0:47.9	But in the 9th and 10th innings on Wednesday, decisions made or not made by Tony LaRusa and the White Sox coaching staff led to
0:56.5	another backbreaking loss in extra innings. It has started another round of criticism directed
1:04.3	at Larusa for his in-game management and not knowing the intricacies of the rules, even if it's a new rule.
1:13.5	In an extreme situation, which was the case on Wednesday, 10th inning, runner on base,
1:19.5	National League Park, no DH.
1:22.5	Mix all that together with the decisions made in a zero-zero-zero game in the late innings, and the you-know-what
1:30.5	hit the fan in Cincinnati.
1:34.1	So here in the podcast, we're going to break down what happened, how it happened, why it happened.
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