You may wonder which Ricky is being addressed here: Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn, or manager Ricky Renteria.
Does it matter?
With a second straight field manager, the White Sox seem indelibly linked. As flawed as their interview procedure is to fill their manager’s position, the White Sox’s requirements to retain or extend their manager are even worse.
Neither the hiring process nor the retention decisions seem to follow any logic.
Now, when you’re the New York Yankees, you have the money to pave over any potholes created by rash hires and thus may not owe anyone explanations.