Pretty damn good job with the Sox. Had they given him a second baseman and a few non-scrap-heap pitchers, they could have done something. This hurts. Good guy.

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Loses to LaRussa, and his roid A's, yet again.

Hey, they had a winning record against the A's in 1990

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That was a fun team, but he had a pretty brief tenure with the Sox.

I always think he gets lost in the discussion about good Sox managers.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yeah, he was a pretty good manager for the White Sox. As a player, he caught Koufax perfect game against the Cubs, and Nolan Ryan’s first no-hitter . pretty cool claim to fame to have.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I didn't hate his guts, which when it comes to me, that must mean he was alright. I only liked two managers in my entire life.

90% of managers are terrible. I'm not kidding.

Chet used to have him as a half-hour guest on an off night and they would take calls. Jeff was one of the first managers I remember who talked about "the process" - there was one game where they managed to win and he was still pissed off because they fucked up a bunch of fundamentals, the other team just fucked up more of them.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Sad to hear.

Those early 90s Wsox teams were so fun to watch. Made me jealous.

no they didn't

They most certainly did.

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RIP

seemed like a good dude, but maybe not smart enough to be a manager.

He was basically an ordinary dude taken off the street and made a manager.

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