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Paul Sullivan: Here’s hoping Jerry Reinsdorf can celebrate his 87th birthday despite dueling White Sox and Bulls distractions

Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf smokes a cigar before a playoff game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Oct. 10 2021.

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs owner Phillip K. Wrigley once said baseball “is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport.”

That’s the conundrum every team owner faces: trying to win championships and make money at the same time.

Whether they’re prioritizing one over the other is something fans can — and will — argue about incessantly, and perhaps no one has been part of those types of debates more than Jerry Reinsdorf, chairman of the White Sox and Bulls.

Reinsdorf, who turns 87 on

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