(670 The Score) White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who’s 87, has no intention of selling the team, as he made clear in a rare on-the-record media session Thursday afternoon.
“Friends of mine have said, ‘Why don’t you sell, why don’t you get out?’” Reinsdorf said during a press conference in which he addressed the promotion of assistant general manager Chris Getz to senior vice president/general manager. “The answer has always been, ‘I like what I’m doing, as bad as it is. And what else would I do?’ I’m a boring guy. I don’t play golf. I don’t play bridge. What else would I do? And I want to make it better. I want to make it better before I go.”
Reinsdorf headlined a group that purchased the White Sox for $19 million in 1981, and he’s been in charge of them ever since. The White Sox won a World Series title in 2005 but have disappointed since then, failing to win a single playoff series since their championship.
The White Sox have struggled badly in 2023, sitting at 53-81 entering play Thursday and having recently fired longtime executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn before promoting Getz.
“This season was an absolute nightmare,” Reinsdorf said.