I agree with this. He'll spend when the time is right and even sometimes when it's wrong. It depends on who is in his ear making the pitch. Kenny kept pushing him to go for it and we ended up with Adam Dunn et al. Clearly both franchises are in rebuild mode and thus the free agent cash dried up. I believe the money will be there when the GM decides the team is ready. The long term question is whether the GM's know what they're doing...

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Calling Reinsdorf cheap is lazy. His spending habits, philosophies etc are clear without resorting to lazy. They are also pretty different Sox to Bulls.

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No he’s cheap.

It’s obvious. Not lazy.

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It's just not true.

He has spent plenty of bad money on Ben Wallce, Adam Dunn, James Shields, etc. But the stuff people remember is trading a draft pick for cash.

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How many big time elite free agents has he gone after for the Whote Sox?

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No he's a cheap motherfucker. We're from Chicago mike, not Cleveland, Tampa Bay, or Oklahoma City.

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San Diego ate half that Shields dough, there is a minimum salary floor in NBA..you have to spend X amount of money.

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Yes, he's an owner of two teams and those teams have given out free agent contracts. Congrats to him on doing the bare minimum!!

He's cheap, and it's undeniable. When you run your teams like middle market teams and those teams are located in Chicago, it's a very fitting word.

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In baseball I just don't see what else he was supposed to do but have hired better people than Schuler and Kenny. I was more upset with him from 84-the time Frank and Blackjack came along. Other than sign Fisk he let that whole era get away and the Cubs start the 1984 on era.

In the NBA again he stayed loyal to Krause until Phil and MJ were gone. That was not a cheap decision really. After that I feel there are larger factors like inept management especially cap wise and some unknown reason a huge FA will no longer come to thew Bulls.

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He's never had a payroll in baseball that matched the market he's in, and he's never paid the luxury tax in the NBA when fielding a competitive team. There's no walking around that in a major market. He's a cheap, shitty owner.

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Sorry FF, I will always feel Sox are a smaller market team in a larger market.

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Last word from me on this matter is no matter how unhappy I am with how Sox and Bulls fared I never felt cheated "for the most part". Additionally, I have never been much of a fan that insists on an owner having to spend more than they make.

I always felt more cheated by the Bears pre 2000 more than anything Jerry did.

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Who did he pay?

Michael Jordan and Albert Belle?

What does that mean?

That he signed one big free agent 25 years ago and re-signed the greatest basketball player of all time?

That is ridiciulous. Signing one player to a max deal (in a league that has a salary floor right?) and two other guys on the downside of the career is not "spending money"

Spending money in pro sports means spending on great players.

Albert Belle counts. That was pretty much the last one.

Amazing

If they don't land Machado this offseason will the "he's not cheap" guys admit they were wrong? My guess is no. It will be excused, once again, as being "economical"

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The time is right every 25 years or so.

I have to admit this is a pretty awful Free Ajent list

Date Player Contract
10/29/2013 Jose Abreu 6 yrs, $68 mil
11/30/2005 Paul Konerko 5 yrs, $60 mil
12/2/2010 Adam Dunn 4 yrs, $56 mil
11/19/1996 Albert Belle 5 yr, $55 mil
12/10/2014 David Robertson 4 yrs, $46 mil
12/16/2014 Melky Cabrera 3 yrs, $42 mil
12/8/2010 Paul Konerko 3 yrs, $37.5 mil
11/21/2014 Adam LaRoche 2 yrs, $25 mil
12/11/1996 Jaime Navarro 4 yrs, $20 mil
12/6/2002 Frank Thomas 3 yrs, $19 mil
11/23/2007 Scott Linebrink 4 yrs, $19 mil
12/1/2017 Welington Castillo 2 yrs, $15 mil
11/18/2014 Zach Duke 3 yrs, $15 mil
11/30/2000 Jose Valentin 3 yrs, $14 mil
12/15/2010 Jesse Crain 3 yrs, $13 mil
12/10/2012 Jeff Keppinger 3 yrs, $12 mil
1/22/2008 Octavio Dotel 2 yrs, $11 mil
12/22/1993 Tim Raines 3 yrs, $11 mil
12/12/2008 Dayan Viciedo 4 yrs, $10 mil
12/9/2004 Jermaine Dye 2 yrs, $ 9 mil
12/2/2010 AJ Pierzynski 2 yrs, $8 mil
1/27/2005 Tadahito Iguchi 3 yrs, $7.95 mil
12/4/1991 Dan Pasqua 3 yrs, $6.75 mil
12/14/2016 Derek Holland 1 yr, $6 mil
12/18/2000 Sandy Alomar 2 yrs, $5.4 mil
12/9/2004 Dustin Hermanson 2 yrs, $5.15 mil
3/6/2016 Austin Jackson 1 yr, $5 mil
12/13/1982 Floyd Bannister 5 yrs, $4.79 mil
1/18/2008 Alexei Ramirez 4 yrs, $4.75 mil
1/20/1996 Tony Phillips 2 yrs, $4.3 mil
12/3/2015 Dioner Navarro 1 yr, $4 mil
1/8/2011 Will Ohman 2 yrs, $4 mil

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That's the result of Jerry being a cheap prick

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7 titles is pretty awesome.

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Right.

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I'm waiting for TP to counter with a " he paid for the players to travel from city to city and their uniforms.

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SIGH.

You guys just don't understand.

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Actually, if Machado does not come due to a low ball on his decision I would say yes. If Machado simply had to be a Yankee or something no.

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If he did anything other than suck enough to get in position to draft Jordan, I would give him more credit.

He gets some for putting the right pieces together, but amazing is a stretch, imo.

Yep.

Guy offers 8 years for $300 million and he's cheap....

Some anti-semites up in here.

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You put the right dollar amount on that contract and I bet he no longer has to be a Yankee.

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Buster’s Peeps with the fake news over here. Smh.

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Didn't he buy the Bulls after Jordan was drafted?

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