Outsports Radio

This is an episode about the White Sox. Which means we should be spending all of it talking about AL MVP Jose Abreu. But we're not. In fact, Abreu doesn't come up until the end. Why? Tony La Russa, that's why. Comedian and Sox fan Jim Flannigan (All Over the Place podcast) stops by. In a sane world, he should be thrilled right now. His team is young, fun, and super talented. They just broke their playoff drought and look to take control of the AL Central for a while. But instead, he's confused and upset. Why? Tony La Russa, that's why. We spend most of our time trying to unpack this ghastly and embarrassing hire by Jerry Reinsdorf, who overrode his GM, players, and fans because he did Tony wrong once in 1986 and apparently that has to be corrected in order for the universe to balance itself. Or some other dumb as hell reason...it's not clear! But what is clear is this: Reinsdorf is an old white man with all the money. And guys like that never get told they just did something massively reckless, stupid, and da