Chicago White Sox Personnel - Chicago White Sox Executives, Chicago White Sox Scouts, Hank Greenberg, Jerry Reinsdorf, Bill Veeck, Donie Bush (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Chicago White Sox executives, Chicago White Sox scouts, Hank Greenberg, Jerry Reinsdorf, Bill Veeck, Donie Bush, Ken Harrelson, Stu Holcomb, Les Moss, Charles Comiskey, Kenny Williams, Nancy Faust, Bill DeWitt, Ron Schueler, Frank Lane, Dave Dombrowski, David Wilder, Bill Norman, Ed Short, Roland Hemond, Chuck Comiskey, Jack Onslow, Johnny Rigney, Doc Bennett, Hugh Mulcahy, Dan Monzon, Charlie Metro, Mike Rizzo, Eddie Einhorn, Alex Cosmidis, Terry Savarise, Deacon Jones, Hughie Wise, Rick Hahn, Roger Bossard, Gene Honda, List of Chicago White Sox owners and executives, Scott Reifert. Excerpt: Jerry M. Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the MLB's Chicago White Sox and the NBA's Chicago Bulls. 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 20 years. He made his initial fortune in real estate, taking advantage of the Frank Lyon Co. v. United States decision by the United States Supreme Court which allowed economic owners of realty to sell property and lease it back, while transferring the tax deduction for depreciation to the title owner. As the owner and Chairman of the Chicago Bulls since 1985, he has turned the franchise into a lucrative business that won six NBA Championships in the 1990s (1991-1993 and 1996-1998). He is controversial for his involvement (along with Jerry Krause) in breaking up the championship team by not hiring back key personnel such as Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan. He hired Jordan as a baseball player during his sabbatical from basketball. He also moved the Bulls from Chicago Stadium to the United Center. As a baseball owner since 1981, he has brought success to the White Sox franchise. The franchise made the playoffs in 1983 for the first time since 1959 and won t...