La Russa shut down for the season

White Sox manager Tony La Russa will not return to the dugout this season. La Russa, who turns 78 on Oct. 4, had “additional testing and medical procedures over the past week,” the team said Saturday, and doctors have directed the Hall of Famer to stay away from managing for the rest of the season. Bench coach Miguel Cairo will continue to serve as acting White Sox manager. La Russa left the White Sox before an Aug. 30 game against the Royals to deal with a heart issue. La Russa attended a ceremony for former pitcher Dave Stewart on Sept. 11 in Oakland, Calif. “Health ain’t nothing to mess with,”La Russa said before the event. “I got checked in Chicago and the reason I flew to Arizona is because that’s been the place since the ’90s I’ve had physicals. They addressed it, they fixed it, now it’s just a question of regaining strength. Don’t mess with health.” La Russa is second all time among major-league managers in victories. The 2014 Hall of Fame inductee won World Series titles with the Athletics (1989) and Cardinals (2006, 2011).