Paul Sullivan: After ‘bittersweet’ ending to season, White Sox core set up to be annual contender. But will Tony La Russa be back in 2022?
CHICAGO — Tony La Russa was sitting in his office with a group of reporters at old Comiskey Park after the Chicago White Sox’s 1983 season came to a crashing halt in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.
The phone rang, and after a couple of rings, La Russa picked it up.
“Hello, Mr. Reagan,” La Russa deadpanned. “Uh, I think you’ve got the wrong clubhouse.”
Thirty-eight years later, in a ballpark on the other side of 35th Street, La Russa was forced to handle another postseason downer after a season-ending 10-1 loss to the Houston Astros in Game 4 of
