Outside the Confines: Can’t anyone here manage this game?

I put a picture of Casey Stengel up there because I didn’t think anyone wanted to look at a picture of Tony La Russa first thing in the morning. I know I don’t.

After spending the past week talking about two veteran managers who just got fired (Joe Girardi, Joe Maddon), this week starts out with the saga of one that didn’t get fired, White Sox manager Tony La Russa. Ben Clemens breaks down La Russa’s decision to walk Trea Turner with a 1-2 count and says no matter how much he defends it, it was a terrible decision even if it had worked. (It didn’t, in case you forgot.)

During NBC Sports Chicago’s late-night replay of the broadcast, they edited out the intentional walk “due to the length of…