Video shows Tony La Russa may have listened to fan in stands before putting pinch runner in

Did a fan in the stands really convince La Russa to make a move?

Let’s recap Tony La Russa’s very weird 2022 season as the Chicago White Sox manager: He may have fallen asleep in the dugout. He called for some weird intentional walks, more than once.

And now … did he listen to a fan in the stands to tell him to put in a pinch runner in the eighth inning on Monday night?

Here’s the situation: With the White Sox and Houston Astros tied 2-2 after a Eloy Jimenez double, video shows a fan in the stands near the Chicago dugout yelling at La Russa to put in Adam Engel as a pinch-runner, which would make sense given Engel’s speed.

Suddenly, there’s La Russa making THAT EXACT MOVE.

Now: This could be coincidence. Maybe La Russa was considering that very move.

Or … WHOA. Check it out: