It's Good to be King

Tony La Russa met the media over Zoom yesterday, and I guess he said all the right things, short of admitting he has a drinking problem. What really caught my attention, though, was what Bob Nightengale reported in USA Today, that La Russa told White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf of his DUI arrest when the Sox owner reached out to him about taking over for Rick Renteria. Now, wait for it. Reinsdorf didn’t feel the need to share that information with anyone, as in team executive vice president Kenny Williams or general manager Rick Hahn. How do you say, “left out to dry”? This is how Reinsdorf operates, putting himself ahead of everyone else. You have to wonder what Williams and Hahn felt when they found out; when they—or at least Hahn—had to face the media last November after the DUI story broke; and yesterday, presumably when they first learned that mum’s the word for things La Russa and Reinsdorf. Williams must want a World Series ring the worst way; ditto Hahn. That’s probably the only way they’re going to get one.