Looking Back To Look Forward, White Sox Hire Tony LaRussa

By Jason Marck
Athletics White Sox Baseball
Members of the 1983 Division champion Chicago White Sox LaMarr Hoyt,left, Harold Baines, center, and Tony LaRussa,right, pose after Hoyt and LaRussa threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the White Sox played the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game in Chicago on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Charles Cherney / AP Photo
Athletics White Sox Baseball
Members of the 1983 Division champion Chicago White Sox LaMarr Hoyt,left, Harold Baines, center, and Tony LaRussa,right, pose after Hoyt and LaRussa threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the White Sox played the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game in Chicago on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Charles Cherney / AP Photo

Looking Back To Look Forward, White Sox Hire Tony LaRussa

By Jason Marck
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It would seem like a perfect match: Former White Sox manager Tony LaRussa, who went on to have a Hall of Fame career, has been re-hired to manage this up-and-coming team. But there are a lot of questions about the controversial pick. Reset talks with WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout about the in’s and out’s of the move.

GUEST: Cheryl Raye Stout, WBEZ’s sports contributor