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Major League Baseball has two managers returning to the active ranks, and both of them are former Oakland A’s.
The Chicago White Sox hired Tony La Russa as their new skipper on Thursday, bringing the Hall of Famer out of retirement a decade after his last turn in an MLB dugout. The Sox let go of previous manager Rick Renteria despite reaching the playoffs in 2020, the team’s first postseason trip in a dozen years.
La Russa began his playing career with the Kansas City A’s, debuting in the majors as an infielder in 1963.