Column: How is manager Tony La Russa, 76, closing the generation gap with his Chicago White Sox players? ‘He’s a great listener,’ Joe Maddon says.

“I’ve done the reading. You can read all the books you want on Gen Z, the millennials, but unless you want to take the time and communicate and get on the same level, you won’t. I could be equally unable to communicate with baby boomers if I chose to be ineffective at communicating. A guy like Tony, he’s very aware of all the adjustments he had to make, and to me, he’s a great listener.”