‘I am embarrassed.’ White Sox fans rip team for bringing back Tony La Russa as manager
Shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, disc jockey Lin Brehmer shared the news on WXRT (93.3 FM) in Chicago that the White Sox had hired Tony La Russa as manager.
La Russa replaces Rick Renteria, who was fired despite guiding the White Sox to a 35-25 record and a playoff berth.
“And White Sox fans across Chicago,” Brehmer wryly noted, “don’t seem so happy about that.”
That’s putting it mildly.
When the White Sox tweeted the news that La Russa, the 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager with 2,728 career victories, would be returning to Chicago, the reaction was visceral.
La Russa, who managed the White Sox from 1979-86 before later taking the helm of the A’s and Cardinals, apparently isn’t a favorite son on the South Side.
Here is a very, very small sample of what White Sox fans were saying:
This story was originally published October 29, 2020 at 1:32 PM.
