So, this seems like a mistake.
No, not the Tony La Russa hiring, that’s definitely a mistake (I kid, I kid) but the White Sox apparently sent out an email on Thursday announcing the hiring of their new manager and there’s something off about the graphic. It appears as though there wasn’t enough editing done with La Russa’s graphic in the email that was sent, as it looks like A.J. Hinch’s signature was placed instead of La Russa’s.
@whitesox email announcement appears to have AJ Hinch Signature. Looks like it was corrected on Twitter. @SoxOn35th @SouthSideSox @SoxMach_pnoles pic.twitter.com/m64LcrshZG
— Gabe (@GabeNotDave) October 29, 2020
lol!! confirmed. email is hilarious
— BeefLoaf 🥩 (@MrDelicious13) October 29, 2020
Confirmed lol. This is so White Sox it hurts. pic.twitter.com/xSvUHbutWu
— J. Quaggles, Esquire (@Quaggs00) October 29, 2020
Can confirm the White Sox emailed out a photo with AJ Hinch's signature pic.twitter.com/ckf8LxbmJD
— Austin Dzik (@Dzikhead) October 29, 2020
It does appear as though the mistake was eventually caught and corrected.
Mass emails like this very commonly get sent out in batches, throttled. They likely caught the mistake, stopped the send, corrected, and sent to the remainder of the list. My email has Hinch’s signature. pic.twitter.com/Io1NDaxJqX
— Michael McCarthy (@MJ_Micks) October 29, 2020
So yeah, it seemed like someone with the White Sox was prepared for the team to hire Hinch, but according to Bob Nightengale, the former Astros manager was never even interviewed.
Tony La Russa was the #WhiteSox No. 1 choice and only man they wanted from the jump. A.J. Hinch never interviewed. The details. https://t.co/vFmUqx7IYW
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 29, 2020
Oh and if there was ever a doubt about who was making this decision, it was pretty clearly Jerry’s call and Rick Hahn had to go along with it.
Rick Hahn said this process played out differently than he expected when he spoke to the media a few weeks back, and that when La Russa responded with interest to Reinsdorf’s overtures, things changed
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) October 29, 2020
Anyway, thanks for the content today, White Sox.
