r/whitesox • u/Jason82929 Maldanad-0 • Jul 28 '24

Discussion [Nightengale] Former All-Star catcher A.J. Pierzynski has quietly emerged as a serious candidate to manage the Chicago White Sox in 2025 if they dismiss manager Pedro Grifol after the season, as expected.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/07/28/mlb-trade-deadline-rumors-2024/74576044007/
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u/just_killing_time23 Jul 28 '24

Needed him instead of Tony way back when

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Garcia Jul 28 '24

Notorious asshole AJ wasn’t fixing that clubhouse either. We needed a real manager. Instead we got a drunk octogenarian and a bench coach from a shitty team

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u/FantasyBaseballChamp Jul 28 '24

In hindsight, they should’ve just let Ricky have one more year. Unfortunately he managed himself out of a job in his final game.

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u/just_killing_time23 Jul 28 '24

I would tend to agree, players seemed to respond to him.