White Sox owner
Jerry Reinsdorf deigned to do an interview with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale,
who predicted Reinsdorf’s selection to Cooperstown one day. Yeah, but only if he pays the price of
admission first, if I have anything to say about it.
Reinsdorf was in
fine form, peddling his crap about how, “As an owner of this team, I have an
obligation to do what’s right for the fans.
The real owner of a team is the fans; the owner is a custodian. I will be gone one day, but [the] fans will
still be there. So you’ve got to run the
team [and do] what’s right for the fans and not even think about how old I am.”
What a
crock. Custodian? I wouldn’t hire the guy as a part-time
janitor, not that he’d be qualified.
Where was the custodian when he threatened to move the fans’ team to
Tampa? When did the custodian ask me if
I wanted a new, publicly funded stadium, which meant tearing down a landmark in
the process? Did the custodian bother to
call to ask my opinion about dealing away Chris Sale? Damn’ right I intend to be around after he’s
gone. And I want my fair share of the
sales’ price after the custodian sells the team.
Reinsdorf got
one thing right in distinguishing between the Sox rebuild and those done by the
Cubs and Astros. “They had a honeymoon
[as teams with new owners]. With us, we
were the guys who made the team bad. We
were the ones who took us from a World Series winner to a non-contender.”
That’s right,
Jerry. And this is one part-owner who
won’t let you forget.
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