Steve Stone apparently isn’t a fan of the cameraman and manufacturing crew who confirmed Chicago White Sox supervisor Tony La Russa seemingly dozing off within the dugout in the course of the first inning of a recreation earlier this week.
Stone, the longtime Sox analyst, appeared Thursday on the “Parkins and Spiegel Show” on WSCR-AM 670 and was requested about La Russa showing to battle off sleep in the course of the first inning of Monday’s NBC Sports Chicago broadcast of the Sox-Kansas City Royals recreation at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“Not that Tony officially fell asleep, but it looked like he was near-dozing,” Score co-host Danny Parkins mentioned. “Have you ever seen a manager fall asleep in the dugout before?”
“Yes,” Stone, 75, mentioned. “I believe, initially, that was undoubtedly a mistake, in all probability a mistake that’s not going to be repeated, not on the a part of Tony however on the a part of the individuals who truly put it on the air.
“And I also think you can probably spend time with a camera in a lot of major-league dugouts and you can find a guy that will close his eyes. Doesn’t mean he’s falling asleep. It just means he’ll close his eyes. So that’s kind of the way that works.”
On Wednesday, former Sox shortstop and 2005 World Series-winning supervisor Ozzie Guillén was requested in the course of the “Mully and Haugh Show” on WSCR about La Russa showing to fall asleep.
“When you saw the image of Tony La Russa fighting sleep in the dugout the other night … from your perspective, is that something that management talks to Tony about?” David Haugh, a former Tribune reporter and columnist, requested. “Is that something that management do you think needs to address?”
Answered Guillén: “Everyone in Chicago baseball should know how big of a fan I am of Tony’s. Huge. I don’t know exactly what to think or say because I don’t want to protect him because everybody sees it. … Listen, we’re in the middle of a pennant race and you (don’t) fall asleep, the players are looking at you in the dugout, look at your reactions and your stuff, people (are) laughing or like, what the hell.”
La Russa, 77, a Hall of Famer, has drawn criticism because the Sox — who opened the season with World Series aspirations — have struggled to remain above .500 however stay within the hunt within the American League Central. They misplaced to the Rangers 3-2 on Thursday in Arlington, Texas, remaining two video games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins and a recreation behind the Cleveland Guardians.
Stone was a Cubs TV analyst on WGN-9 from 1983-2004. After an acrimonious cut up with the North Siders, he joined the Sox radio sales space in 2008 and moved to the TV aspect the following yr, pairing with Hall of Famer Ken “Hawk” Harrelson. Stone has been a Sox mainstay since.
Stone performed for the Cubs and White Sox throughout his 11-year major-league profession and received an American League Cy Young Award with the Baltimore Orioles in 1980.
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