Frustration within the Chicago White Sox organization has been building for much of the season amid their losing start to the campaign. From the fans’ standpoint, they may have just had a breaking point with the team’s roller-coaster performances as of late.
The White Sox wasted a golden opportunity to move within a game of .500 on Saturday, as the Texas Rangers came away with an 11-9 extra innings victory. The reigning AL Central champions blew a 5-0 lead in the contest and later went on to allow four runs in the top half of the 10th inning.
After the Rangers built a 9-7 lead in the game, White Sox fans unleashed their frustrations toward manager Tony La Russa, as chants of “Fire Tony” were ringing throughout Guaranteed Rate Field.
“Fire Tony” chants.
Sox fans have had ENOUGH of La Russa pic.twitter.com/MjUrUECHYO
— Starting 9 (@Starting9) June 11, 2022
Following the loss, La Russa took some time to react to the chants, which grew louder and louder as the 10th inning progressed. Overall, the second-year White Sox manager is still confident that he has the team to “win.”
“Well, I hear it with one ear and I see it with one eye,” La Russa said. “I just know, I appreciate they want us to win, and when we don't win they’re unhappy. I’m pleased that they are, you know? … We have the team to win, and we’re losing games.
“Nobody in that clubhouse, including the manager and coaches, is happy. I like it when they (the fans) care enough to be upset.”
The veteran manager further added that he has “never dodged accountability” and he does not plan on doing so now.
Questionable managerial decisions have been quite a talking point with La Russa’s tenure in Chicago as of late. For one, he called for Trea Turner to be intentionally walked on a 1-2 count during the team’s 11-9 home defeat to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. The next batter up was Max Muncy, who opened up the contest with a three-run home run.
For now, the White Sox will at the least have a chance to pick up the series win over the Rangers on Sunday. Chicago currently sits in third place in the AL Central standings with a 27-30 record.
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