It’s hard to picture an owner wanting the unraveling of a professional sports franchise to be part of his permanent record. But what if an owner doesn’t see it as an unraveling but as a few loose strings being yanked by a hyperventilating media and a genetically cranky fan base?
That would be the Jerry Reinsdorf many White Sox fans know. It’s possible his body contains trace amounts of angst about his imploding team, but the seasoned observer would guess that the chairman figures that this, too, will pass. That guess is based on Reinsdorf’s historical refusal to make changes or to offer any public explanations, his standard do-nothing, say-nothing response to turmoil.
