(670 The Score) Like a good reporter does, Jon Heyman of the New York Post and Audacy Sports decided to go straight to the source recently to check in on White Sox manager Tony La Russa’s job security.
About a week ago – before the White Sox won a key series by taking three of four games against the AL Central-leading Twins to pull within three games in the division race – Heyman contacted White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf to gauge whether La Russa’s job was safe and if he’ll finish the season as manager after a disappointing first half.
“I checked in with Jerry Reinsdorf recently, just about a week or so ago, about whether La Russa was going to keep his job,” Heyman said on the Mully & Haugh Show on Monday morning. “He responded to me by email as he always does. He said something like, ‘I would expect somebody who has been around as long as you that knows me that well would know that I would not answer that question.’”
“He did respond. My assumption, belief regarding La Russa is La Russa is safe and will manage out the season – at least this year and probably next season as well.”
The White Sox are 46-46 at the All-Star break. In addition to being three games behind the Twins in the AL Central, they’re 3.5 games back of the third and final wild-card spot.
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