Tony La Russa’s second season of his second stint will end with the Chicago White Sox missing the playoffs and, reportedly, a managerial change.
On Sept. 24 the Sox announced La Russa — who turns 78 Tuesday —[Don’t miss] Who will be the next Chicago White Sox manager? Here are 12 potential candidates.Nightengale reported the health issues related to La Russa’s heart are at the center of the retirement, with doctors advising him not to return.La Russa is second all time among major-league managers with 2,889 victories .“I played for him, I know how intense he was,” Cairo said. “I know how prepared he was.
“He needs to take care of his health, that’s first and foremost,” Sox outfielder/first baseman Andrew Vaughn said. “It was a privilege to learn what he knows, how to go about stuff. Picking his brain has been helpful. People would say he’s probably forgotten more about baseball than I’ve learned so far.”
He returned after the Sox parted ways with manager Rick Renteria following a 2020 season in which they made the playoffs but lost to the Oakland Athletics in three games in an wild-card series.
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