
It’s been about two weeks since the White Sox announced manager Tony La Russa was taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal medical reasons. We now know the 77-year-old had a pacemaker inserted and his return to the dugout remains uncertain.
It’s no doubt an unnerving situation and to say the baseball world is hoping La Russa makes a speedy recovery pretty much goes without saying. There are things bigger than sports, after all.