Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry M. Reinsdorfis a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and the MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 25 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth25 February 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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I should never have made that statement. The reason I made that statement at that time was because the Sox weren't doing particularly well, the Bulls were on top of the world, people were sending me letters saying, 'You're not paying attention to the White Sox; you're spending too much time on the Bulls.' So I figured one way to put it to rest it is to make a stupid statement like that, and so I did, and now it's been haunting me.
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People started sending me mail saying I wasn't paying enough attention to the White Sox. I thought one way to put it to rest was to make a stupid statement.
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There's hardly anybody still alive from 1917, and those few who are really don't much remember that. So this is the first time this has happened in almost everybody's lifetime. And the impact has just been incredible. Baseball makes people think about their ancestors, their parents and their grandparents.
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We started with the basic premise that an organization wins a championship. Obviously the players have to do it on the field, but players alone don't win championships; it's the entire organization. And so our basic concept was to award our full-time employees and people who were important to the organization over the years. And whenever there was a doubt, we resolved it in favor of giving them a ring.
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I think it's time for the people in Chicago to understand that there's an American League team and a National League team, and we ought to root for both of those teams. We're Chicago fans. This business of hating the other team is ridiculous.
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I know what this means to me. What amazes me is how many other people realize what this means to me.
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We win the World Series and Ozzie retires, who says I'm not going to retire?
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I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox.
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I spent a lot of time with (Bush) when he was in baseball. I guess he's moved on to bigger and better things.
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Double Duty shared such a love for baseball and a passion for life. We all loved to listen to his stories and share in his laughter. He leaves such a great legacy after experiencing so much history and change during his long life.
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Don't write us off. Nobody thought we'd win the World Series in 2005, but we did. There are years when we think we're great, and we're bad. I mean, the funny thing about this game is that you can't figure it out.
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Cusack used to be a White Sox fan. He showed his true colors. Now that we won, someone on his behalf called my office. I wouldn't give them to him.
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We're not a team with a lot of stars.
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I was particularly pleased to hear how the president talked about Harold Baines. Because in a moment of jest, he once said his biggest mistake was trading Sammy Sosa for Harold Baines. So he went a long way toward making amends for that.