Dick Allen

That makes sense. I saw an interview with Steve Phillips the other day. He mentioned he thought Hasler would stay in the bullpen and said in house hire likely and he mentioned Teaford. He was the first one on Oquendo. He also mentioned McGwire as a possible hitting coach but he really wants to watch his sons play. and thought it was a longshot.

When Trump was in the hospital and needed to consult for his personal issue, he called Fauci, not Atlas. This reality show BS needs to end. People are dying.

Less than a minute a run and then a two yard pass to keep the clock running. They need to Renteria Nagy.

Foles really sucks.

You have to feel bad for Nick Capra. He loses his job because RR can't run a bullpen., or make out a line up. And on top of that, RR didn't hire him. Unlike TLR, RR didn't select his coaches.

I bet Jose Oquendo is coaching 3b.

Tony has had feuds with so many players.

Very sad. So sorry. This didn’t have to happen.

The best 007, Sean Connery. 90.

I’m really hoping they get Deni as well.

In 1989 five players in the AL hit 30 homers. And he had Rickey Henderson.

Of Tony’s 3 titles, his first one was an Oakland team that probably had an historically great roster. He also didn’t win with that roster several times. His second one was with a team that won 83 games. His third was a WC team back when being a WC wasn’t as much of a disadvantage in the playoffs it is now. As someone who saw it, if Soxtalk was around when Hawk waxed him, there would have been joy on this board. He really isn’t as spectacular as he has been portrayed.

I don’t think so at all. They knew he would be asked about it just by searching the Internet the day before. I would bet he was prepped.

He was asked, and he gave an answer that seemed crafted by the White Sox PR staff.

But you can call guys who played for Hinch. The guys that played for LaRussa are retired or dead.

Maybe JR should bring back Pippen and Jordan. The game is different today. The players are different. TLR is the proverbial square peg into a round hole IMO,and even if he could somehow overcome that, 76 year olds rarely change their ways, there is little chance he could manage the team through their window. If he was gassed in 2011, what makes him full of energy at 76 nine years later?

Maybe they could talk Bochy into being the bench coach. Fairly stress free gig, he can manage on day games after night games, and various others, and be on call in case Tony has cardiac arrest.

I don’t know. If anything DK was one guy to use to go around speaking to him too soon. And maybe he talked him up among his teammates. They probably asked him to gauge his interest, and probably found it to be pretty high. Steve Stone was in contact with him as well, and if you read his early tweets, he also thought Hinch was the hire. RH admitted to be being thrown for a loop when JR called LaRussa and LaRussa was interested, thus ending anyone else’s candidacy.

He will agree to a really cheap contract, or wind up non tendered.

One thing we will never know but would be fascinating to know is all about the consensus RH mentions between himself, KW, and JR. If JR comes up with a bad idea, do they have no problem telling him they think it is stupid or do they placate him because, after all, he does sign their checks. With this, it seems their balls were cut off. Once JR called LaRussa and he said he was interested, there were no oher real candidates until he said no thanks. At least give yourselves some options.

You can't let the inmates run the asylum, so I am not too concerned no player has commented yet. Many of these guys were in HS or jr high when he last managed. I am trying to open my closed mind on this, but I will tell you , there will be complaints about his managing, and he will get into disputes with players. But most managers do. Hopefully he can keep the tally low. But Eloy is probably going to be told to button a couple more buttons and put his cap on straight.

Willie Harris was probably interviewed so they could meet there minority candidate quota. And I am not saying the White Sox are a racist org. But , unless LaRussa being half Spanaird qualified as minority, Willie was used.

As much as I hate this hire, my greater concern is the 2021 season. The way things are going, 2021 might not be much better than 2020. And then you have a looming strike in 2022.

The problem with having a heir apparent bench coach is if the team is successful, they will become very attractive to other teams. So you basically wind up grooming them for someone else.

The Sox should still make the playoffs with Tony at the helm. There is a minuscule chance of a mutiny like when Bobby V took over in Boston. Besides not being a fan of his managing 34 years ago, my problem with it is the Sox had an opportunity of a lifetime. How many teams in their situation have a managerial opening? They probably had their choice of anyone available. They didn’t even interview everyone available. Why not hire a guy who you can see managing this team through their window? LaRussa is here 2 years tops. You could sense the disappointment in RH yesterday. He tried to be a good soldier and sell the company line, but his heart wasn’t in it.