Column: Tony La Russa’s hiring was already unpopular with fans. But his DUI arrest — and the team’s prior knowledge of it — destroys any good vibes the Chicago White Sox had.

Reinsdorf already knew about the arrest when he hired La Russa on Oct. 29, one day after charges were filed in Maricopa County. If La Russa’s second DUI arrest wasn’t a deal-breaker then, there’s no reason to believe Reinsdorf would change his mind now.

No, what’s over for La Russa is his tenuous relationship with Sox fans already upset over the hiring of a 76-year-old most deem a poor fit with the team’s fun-loving players.

What’s over for La Russa is his opportunity to prove he really has evolved from his criticism of Colin Kaepernick and athletes’ protests of racial injustice.