The Chicago White Sox officially announced Will Venable as their new manager Thursday.
Though reports had already surfaced that Venable would be the team's pick, the official announcement came at the end of the World SeriesNOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live stream of the press conference introducing Will Venable beginning at 11 a.m. in the player aboveThe team plans to introduce Venable, a former MLB outfielder who has served as a coach for the Texas Rangers for the past two seasons, during a press conference starting at 11 a.m.
Venable ended his playing career with with a total of 81 home runs, 307 runs batted in and 135 stolen bases with a batting line of .249/.315/.404.Venable went on to begin his coaching career just two seasons after retiring, serving as the first base coach for the Chicago Cubs from 2018 to 2019 before moving over to third base coach for the North Siders in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
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