"This is not an easy decision for any of the parties involved to come to," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said in a Zoom call with reporters Monday morning. "You will not hear me, nor do I suspect anyone within the organization, share with you anything negative about Ricky Renteria, in terms of factors in this decision."

Hahn said that Renteria and the front office have spoken "for years" about how the "final stages" of the White Sox's rebuild will go.

He also said the move wasn't precipitated by anything Renteria did in 2020, including a controversial pitching move in the playoffs or the team faltering down the stretch after having a slight lead in the division.

"This isn't about any of the decision-making in Game 3 of the wild-card series," Hahn said. "This isn't about anything that happened over the last couple of weeks after we clinched our position into the playoffs. This is based upon where we are as an organization and what we need to do to take that next step."

cartersDad26 wrote:I may be in the minority but I always enjoyed Joe Morgan on Sunday night baseball - maybe it was because I was 12 when he started in 1990 and that was the height of my love of baseball. I know we eventually found him to be old fashioned / out of date but that's part of baseball. I'd take him and Miller over the current booth.
Rest in Peace.

cartersDad26 wrote:I may be in the minority but I always enjoyed Joe Morgan on Sunday night baseball - maybe it was because I was 12 when he started in 1990 and that was the height of my love of baseball. I know we eventually found him to be old fashioned / out of date but that's part of baseball. I'd take him and Miller over the current booth.
Rest in Peace.

Wolfgang622 wrote:White Sox fired manager Rick Renteria. I post this because LOL this team statement:

"This is not an easy decision for any of the parties involved to come to," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said in a Zoom call with reporters Monday morning. "You will not hear me, nor do I suspect anyone within the organization, share with you anything negative about Ricky Renteria, in terms of factors in this decision."

Hahn said that Renteria and the front office have spoken "for years" about how the "final stages" of the White Sox's rebuild will go.

He also said the move wasn't precipitated by anything Renteria did in 2020, including a controversial pitching move in the playoffs or the team faltering down the stretch after having a slight lead in the division.

"This isn't about any of the decision-making in Game 3 of the wild-card series," Hahn said. "This isn't about anything that happened over the last couple of weeks after we clinched our position into the playoffs. This is based upon where we are as an organization and what we need to do to take that next step."

Remember that time he fucked up our first chance to win a playoff series in 15 years because of his dumbass handling of the pitching staff? Nothing to do with this.

rolex wrote:

cartersDad26 wrote:I may be in the minority but I always enjoyed Joe Morgan on Sunday night baseball - maybe it was because I was 12 when he started in 1990 and that was the height of my love of baseball. I know we eventually found him to be old fashioned / out of date but that's part of baseball. I'd take him and Miller over the current booth.
Rest in Peace.

He was the best player at his position that I ever saw. A true gentleman who played the game with class. One of, if not the most important pieces of the Big Red Machine, he never displayed any ego. As an announcer on SNB, he made the complexity of the game simple for the audience to understand.

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