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- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — On a wall in Rick Hahn’s suburban Chicago home, in the bedroom of one of his two sons, resides a picture featuring his son with Chris Sale. It hangs next to a picture of his son with Mark Buehrle.
So rebuilding a team certainly isn’t earning Hahn major dad points.
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Trading away a five-time All-Star and quite possibly the American League’s best pitcher to Boston stood as the right thing to do for both the White Sox and Sale, given the direction of the organization. But that doesn’t make it any easier for Hahn to give up the face of his franchise.
“It’s hard. It’s real. He is one of our own. Or was one of our own,” said Hahn of Sale. “A homegrown guy who made his way to five All-Star Games and was controllable and projected to be damn good going forward. And it’s tough to give that up. At the same time we have to be realistic about where we are.”
• Sale expresses appreciation for White Sox fans
Sale praised White Sox fans’ support via a text message to MLB.com Tuesday night. He did the same for his White Sox teammates, coaches and the player development staff during a Wednesday morning conference call to introduce the left-hander to the Boston media.
His …
