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Paul Sullivan: Still time for Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and the Chicago White Sox to make fans ‘happy,’ relatively speaking

The headline on an internet story about Jerry Reinsdorf’s bombshell comments in Los Angeles was gobsmacking. “Jerry Reinsdorf, why don’t you stop talkin’ for a while?” Reinsdorf, as most Chicago White Sox fans know, rarely talks publicly — at least on the record — thus avoiding putting his foot in his mouth. His handlers told him years ago that he would be better off saying nothing rather than ...
Chicago White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf smokes a cigar while watching the team warm up before Game 3 of the American League Divisional Series against the Houston Astros on Oct. 10 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.

The headline on an internet story about Jerry Reinsdorf’s bombshell comments in Los Angeles was gobsmacking.

“Jerry Reinsdorf, why don’t you stop talkin’ for a while?”

Reinsdorf, as most Chicago White Sox fans know, rarely talks publicly — at least on the record — thus avoiding putting his foot in his mouth. His handlers told him years ago that he would be better off saying nothing rather than what’s really on his mind, and for the most part he has kept to that strategy.

The 87-year-old White Sox chairman is incapable of filtering himself, which might be why he has a soft spot for Ozzie Guillen.

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