Column: Tony La Russa is the wrong fit for this Chicago White Sox team — a young, diverse roster that plays with joy and flouts baseball’s conventions and unwritten rules
The Chicago White Sox have a core that includes Tim Anderson, Yoan Moncada, Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert. It’s a young, diverse roster that plays with charisma. Hiring Tony La Russa, one of the bastions of old-school baseball, feels like an intentional rejection of it all.