OK. Now What?

Well, well, well. Jerry Reinsdorf fired Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn before last night’s latest White Sox loss, 6-3 to the visiting Mariners. As ever with Reinsdorf, a day late—actually, more like thirty—and a dollar short. Had he moved a month earlier, Jake Burger would still be playing on the South Side. By letting Hahn clean house before firing him, Reinsdorf dumps a bunch of prospects the new general manager probably wouldn’t have gone after. Way to go, Jerry. According to Bob Nightengale in USA Today, Tony La Russa is back working as a team consultant for Reinsdorf. He’s scouted the minor leagues and no doubt will have some kind of influence over the hiring of replacement(s) for Hahn/Williams. Whoopee! Ex-Sox infielder Chris Getz could be the frontrunner as GM, though Ozzie Guillen is predicting Jim Thome. Either one will do, if. If what? Manager Mickey Mouse has to go. Again, per Nightengale, Mouse is safe, at least for the time being. Kick him upstairs, I say, or none of this will matter. Consider that Eloy Jimenez told reporters after the game he really hadn’t considered being a team leader, a sentiment shared by Luis Robert Jr. Mouse failed to get two of his best players to understand what it takes to be a complete ballplayer; leadership is part of that, at least if you bat third or cleanup and are touted as an extraordinary talent. The next manager has to get those two to lead, or show them the door, with help from the next GM, of course.