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- Updated: August 14, 2016
MIAMI — Working in the final year of his contract as White Sox manager, Robin Ventura continues to worry about nothing more than getting his team ready for the game at hand.
“The focus is on these guys and winning games,” said Ventura prior to Sunday’s series finale with the Marlins. “There’s plenty of time to look at it in the offseason.
“I’ve never felt like there is a reason for either side to have to do something just because I don’t have a contract next year. It doesn’t mean I won’t have one, and it doesn’t mean I will have one. But you just go through it and do what you’re supposed to do and this is what I’m supposed to do right now.”
Ventura’s squad entered Saturday with a 55-60 record, the same record featured by the ’14 and 2015 teams. After five years, Ventura is still perceived at times as the one-time White Sox standout who had to be convinced to take the position. But there should be absolutely no mistake in regard to his passion for his job.
“If you joke …
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