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Meet your prospective White Sox coaching staff

South Side Sox | November 4, 2020

Related Topics: Chicago White Sox, Tony La Russa, Boston Red Sox, Mitchell Boggs, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, World Series, Eddie Robinson, Grambling State University

No managerial decisions are as important as picking a coaching staff, so it’s good that new White Sox manager Tony La Russa has already assembled a dream team:

BENCH COACH

This was a no-brainer, a chance to tick off two critical boxes in one shot. Of course, the choice had to be:

EDDIE ROBINSON

Eddie Robinson Photo by George Torrie/NY Daily News via Getty Images
Apparently White Sox couldn’t afford photos in Robinson’s day, so this will have to do.

No, not the legendary Grambling football coach — the not-quite-as-legendary White Sox first baseman from 1950-52, the best years of his long career.

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