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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Why Tony La Russa might not manage the White Sox

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Host Chuck Garfien, Chris Kamka and Ryan McGuffey discuss why Tony La Russa might not return to Chicago to manage the White Sox. They review an interview La Russa did last winter explaining his concerns about managing again. They also play sound from Jerry Reinsdorf, Dave Dombrowski and Joe Torre who expressed doubt that La Russa will ever return to the dugout.(3:10) - Is Tony La Russa the right fit for the White Sox?(12:55) - La Russa talks about why he'd manage again and why he won't(24:30) - Dombrowski and Reinsdorf speak about La Russa coming back to manage(41:40) - Will La Russa change his mind and come back to manage the White Sox?

Transcript

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0:00.0

What do you think the chances are of ever seeing Tony managing again?

0:07.0

Well, I know he'll always be a manager in his mind.

0:13.0

If the opportunity presented itself to right opportunity, he would take the challenge,

0:19.0

because that's what he was all about best guess on your end

0:22.1

yes or no in terms of ever seeing him manage no that's TV host Graham

0:32.1

Benzinger asking Joe Tori last winter if he thought Tony Laruso would ever

0:37.3

come back to manage again.

0:40.1

Here we are, less than a year later, and Larusa is considering jumping back in to manage

0:45.5

the White Sox. And here on the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust, we're going to share

0:51.1

with you signs that when it comes down to it in the end, it's quite possible

0:57.0

that LaRusa ends up saying no.

1:00.6

Hey, everybody, Chuck Arfine here, and as it turns out, Benziger didn't just interview

1:05.6

Tori about LaRusa coming back to manage.

1:08.3

He also spoke with LaRusa himself, as well as his close friends,

1:13.4

Jerry Reinsdorf and Dave Dombrovsky, who all gave revealing answers about whether they

1:19.1

thought Larusa would ever manage again. Now, a lot has changed in the world since then,

1:25.4

including Reinsdorf and the Sox now suddenly looking

1:28.3

for a manager. And they are reportedly zeroing in on LaRusa as one of their main candidates,

1:34.9

if not the main candidate. So on the podcast, we're going to play for you what they all said,

1:41.6

while LaRusa is so intrigued by returning to the dugout,

1:45.1

but also why he and his friends had doubts earlier this year that'll ever manage again,

1:51.5

and why they might still have those doubts.

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