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    White Sox can’t pull off sweep of Blue Jays — and Tony La Russa keeps tuning out the noise

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Jun 22, 2022 4 minutes
    The Toronto Blue Jays' Teoscar Hernandez hits a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Chicago.

    CHICAGO — With runners on second and third and two outs in the top of the 11th inning of Tuesday night’s marathon on the South Side, the few thousand fans remaining began shouting unsolicited advice to Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa.

    Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was at the plate against Vince Velasquez, and fans called for an intentional walk to load the bases.

    Did La Russa hear the fans’ advice?

    “I didn’t think they liked walks,” he said with a grin before Wednesday’s 9-5 loss to the Blue Jays.

    La Russa, of course, was referring to the

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