Did NBC Sports Chicago Catch Tony La Russa Falling Asleep During the White Sox Game?
The Chicago White Sox are hosting the Kansas City Royals for a three-game series to start August. The first game started a little after 7p.m. local time on Monday evening. During the bottom of the first inning, NBC Sports Chicago showed a shot of manager Tony La Russa in the dugout and it looked like he was fighting off sleep.
Tony La Russa is literally asleep on the job 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Nlzx2EIhED
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) August 2, 2022
Yeah, it does kind of look like that, but it's also a four-second clip. Still, people saw what they saw.
Me: “Oh my god, DID YOU SEE THAT?! Tony La Russa looked like he was falling asleep just now!!”
— cash considerations (@zombie_jacki) August 2, 2022
Wes: “Well, it *is* almost the second inning.”
did they just cut to tony la russa falling asleep on camera?????
— glohamsamwich (@jonahcraghead) August 2, 2022
He's falling asleep and it's the first inning!!!! @whitesox please do something about this!!! pic.twitter.com/wEXht5v1Ow
— Moscow 🇺🇦 Mike (@moscowmike13) August 2, 2022
Look, the MLB season is long. It's August and the Royals stink. If you said the White Sox should be able to sleepwalk their way through this series, no one would have argued with you, but no one had this in mind.