Sox player, exec, scout looks back on more than 40 yaers of Sox baseball.
Larry Monroe had a dizzying ascent from Forest View High School pitching phenom to 20-year-old White Sox rookie in the final six weeks of the 1976 season.
Today, in his retirement after 47 years with the Sox, he continues to give back to the game through his website monroepitching.com, which offers advice, including personal sessions, on how to pitch effectively while minimizing the risk of injuries. It is the fruit of the knowledge he gained from pitching coaches, as well as working at Children's Memorial Hospital in a pitching lab with doctors and kinesiologists for 10 years.
When Ron Schueler replaced Larry Himes as Sox GM in 1990, Monroe was put in charge of the team's scouting and farm system. Reinsdorf then said,"He's going to play for us. He's going to spring training, He's going to break with the minor league team. He's going to try to make the big leagues. And you're in charge of him."
The Sox would face some lean years following the shortened 1994 season, but the table would be set for capturing the AL Central in 2000 and winning it all in 2005.Monroe said Schueler kept talking to the Cincinnati Reds about acquiring the first baseman in exchange for outfielder Mike Cameron, but the Reds wouldn't budge.
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