Remember that thing we said about how Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa might drive a wedge between him and his players by supporting the Minnesota Twins throwing at Yermin Mercedes after his home run in a blowout (which La Russa keeps doubling down on)?
Yeah, it’s looking very possible at the moment.
An hour before first pitch in Wednesday’s White Sox and Twins tilt, shorstop Tim Anderson — known for both being good at baseball and for having fun doing so with some epic bat tosses — sent a tweet that sounds a lot like it could have been about La Russa that Mercedes responded to:
don’t see and don’t hear… keep pushing💯
— S E V E N (@TimAnderson7) May 19, 2021
Yeah yeah brotha🧨🧨
— yermin mercedes (@ymercedes73) May 19, 2021
Mercedes also sent this Instagram story:
Team Yermin.
(via ymercedes73/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/eu1kkvTc1T
— Sox On 35th (@SoxOn35th) May 19, 2021
La Russa has to clear the air here. Players in 2021 want to have fun and grow the game by enjoying it. The so-called unwritten rules aren’t going to do either of those things.
