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May 6, 2021 By Joe Rivera 0

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Things are going pretty well for the White Sox early on in the season, the first under manager Tony La Russa in his return to the game. But "pretty well" isn't "great," and Wednesday's loss was one to forget.

La R atlanta braves jersey mens medium ussa may have mucked up up a bit: Wednesday afternoon's White Sox-Reds matchup made it to extra innings, and La Russa opted to place reliever Liam Hendriks as the team's "ghost runner" on second base, rather than a position player.

Hendriks had entered the game in a double switch and thus took the No. 5 spot in the lineup, but La Russa admitted he was unaware that he could have put the preceding batter (in this case, it would have been José Abreu) in to run, instead.

"I didn't know that," La Russa said of the rule after the 1-0 loss. "We all thought Liam was going to be the runner. I wasn't aware Abreu could have run. I thought it was the guy matt olson atlanta braves jersey that made the last out or the spot in that order. …

"I'm guessing you know the rules better," La Russa said to reporter JUnder Armourames Fegan, whMLB Hatso had explained the rule to him. "Now I knMookie Betts ow. atlanta braves jersey shirt "

After a walk and force out at second that put runners on first and third, Leury Garcia was thrown out trying to swipe second and Billy Hamilton struck out for the third out soon after. The Reds would score the winning run in the home half.

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Not a great look for La Russa, who i atlanta braves cool base jersey s back in baseball after a decade away from managing. But what's a worse look is tPete Alonso he extra inning rule, anyway, which some MLB fans absolutely despise.

Well, can we blame him? TLR's bTrevor Story Red Sox Jerseyseen around the game for six decades, so one itty-bitty rule change that costs a White Sox one win won't come back to haunt him. He's got 2,744 more of them, anyway.