No, No, No La Russa

Reports are that the White Sox intend to interview 76-year old Tony La Russa for the manager’s job made vacant this week by “mutual” agreement between the Sox and Rick Renteria to part ways, “mutual” as in “don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” “Tony La Russa,” as in “April Fool’s”? Team owner Jerry Reinsdorf says firing La Russa was his biggest mistake, not to be confused with firing Roland Hemond and replacing him with Hawk Harrelson as general manager; siding with Kenny Williams over Ozzie Guillen; letting Mark Buehrle walk; or tearing down Comiskey Park for a ball mall. Truly, the man has a lot to atone for, baseball-wise. But bringing back La Russa, let go by Harrelson in 1986, won’t undo the past or sit well with Sox fans. La Russa never much impressed the fan base, and his professed ignorance of PED use by Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco when he managed the A’s boggles the mind. At least A.J. Hinch apologized for his role in the Astros’ cheating scandal. Here’s what Reinsdorf should do first—rehire Hemond (bye-bye, Rick Hahn) and rebuild Comiskey Park. Once he’s accomplished that, he can hire whomever he wants to manage, even someone with the worst dye-job I’ve ever seen.