{"id":47739,"date":"2022-08-17T06:07:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chicago-white-soxs-tony-la-russa-rebuffs-idea-that-fan-pushed-him-to-use-pinch-runner-jokes-make-his-day-tell-him-i-heard-him\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T06:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:07:48","slug":"chicago-white-soxs-tony-la-russa-rebuffs-idea-that-fan-pushed-him-to-use-pinch-runner-jokes-make-his-day-tell-him-i-heard-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chicago-white-soxs-tony-la-russa-rebuffs-idea-that-fan-pushed-him-to-use-pinch-runner-jokes-make-his-day-tell-him-i-heard-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox’s Tony La Russa rebuffs idea that fan pushed him to use pinch runner, jokes ‘Make his day, tell him I heard him’"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHICAGO — White Sox manager Tony La Russa got a kick out of the idea that a screaming spectator convinced him to insert a pinch runner during a winning rally this week.<\/p>\n
The Hall of Fame skipper, the second-winningest manager in big league history, insisted Tuesday he had no idea a fan near the dugout was yelling for him to send Adam Engel to run for Eloy Jimenez the previous night against Houston.<\/p>\n
Jim\u00e9nez had just hit a tying, two-run double during a four-run eighth inning that propelled Chicago to a 4-2 victory.<\/p>\n
“Make his day, tell him I heard him,” La Russa said, smiling.<\/p>\n
La Russa said he and his staff were trying to decide: Do they keep Jim\u00e9nez in for a potential at-bat later with the game tied in the eighth? Or do they have Engel run for him?<\/p>\n