Interesting article from the
New York Daily News claiming the White Sox had two lists for prospective managers. The 'outside the box' list had two names on it. One was Robin Ventura and the other was Paul Konerko.
Chicago White Sox name ex-Yankee/Met Robin Ventura new team manager; Derek Jeter approves of hiringby Anthony Mccarron - DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Friday, October 7th 2011, 10:25 AMThe White Sox's stunning hiring of Robin Ventura to replace Ozzie Guillen as manager Thursday came as a result of board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf instructing his general manager, Kenny Williams, "to think outside the box on this one - no retreads."
This was a conversation Reinsdorf and Williams had in early September, when it was becoming obvious that Guillen was going force himself out of Chicago for a multiyear contract in Miami. A week or so later, Williams came to Reinsdorf with two lists, one with what the chairman termed "a lot of the usual suspects" and the other with Ventura - a White Sox third base icon from 1989-98 before he spent the next five years in New York with the Mets and Yankees - along with Paul Konerko, their present-day first base icon. Though Ventura, who has no managerial experience, had been lured back into the White Sox organization over the summer to be a minor league player evaluator for farm director Buddy Bell, Reinsdorf told Williams: "That's a very interesting name, but he'll never do it."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2011/10/07/2011-10-07_chisox_manage_to_surprise_pick_ventura_over_konerko.html