Column: Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa is willing to take the heat that comes with the territory: ‘If you don’t like it, do something else for a living’

“To me, the most irritating part of (the attention) is not whatever is being said of me in any way, shape or form. The team, after almost two months now, has competed well, has overcome stuff. They should be given credit. … The smaller percent (goes to) the coaching staff taking on the challenge, but the (rest of the credit) is to the players.