July 18, 20178 yr Link The Chicago White Sox had a day off on Monday. On Tuesday, they begin a two-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who will send Clayton Kershaw to the mound. Meanwhile, Chicago's manager, Rick Renteria, has forged a reputation as the neo-Earl Weaver by getting kicked out of games. A lot. It's a potentially combustible set of circumstances. Renteria was tossed from Saturday's loss to Seattle, his sixth ejection of the season and 12th of his relatively young managerial career. Based on this piece from Beyond the Box Score, the late Hall of Famer Weaver entered this season as the all-time leader in ejection rate among the top 30 “leaders” in total heave-hos at 3.7 percent. Renteria has amassed his dozen ejections in just 252 games through Sunday for a rate of 4.8 percent. In other words, Renteria makes Weaver look like a baseball pacifist.
July 18, 20178 yr A few of his ejections were pretty stupid and petty by umpires. The last one where he was walking back to the dugout and got tossed was really bad I'm not saying he is innocent, he gets tossed arguing balls and strikes too much
July 18, 20178 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 04:01 PM) In a season like this I'm completely cool with it. Be entertaining. Agreed. His job will be more important whenever prospects start coming up.
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