Todd Frazier and Alex Avila react to the reports that Rick Renteria will replace Robin Ventura as the White Sox's manager. (Colleen Kane/Chicago Tribune)
From the Adam LaRoche saga in spring training to Chris Sale's uniform-slashing episode to the Robin Ventura finale, White Sox management put on a clinic in how to mishandle a sticky situation this season.
When in doubt, they obfuscated, hid from the media, released statements stating no one would address the issue du jour, then spun their chums in the media with their own skewed version of events.