Sox manager Robin Ventura in the dugout in the ninth inning of the Chicago White Sox 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals Wednesday August 8, 2012 at U.S. Cellular Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
Sun-Times sportswriter Daryl Van Schouwen. January 27, 2012 | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Sox manager Robin Ventura has a conference on the mound during a pitching change with the Chicago White Sox trailing the Minnesota Twins 17-4 in the fifth inning Tuesday September 4, 2012 at U.S. Cellular Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Learning on the job during his first season as a manager, Robin Ventura passed with high marks, keeping what might have been an overachieving White Sox team in first place for 117 days. Halfway through the season, Ventura had a firm handle …
