After starting to read his autobiography I thought differently about him. I realized all the bulls*** he put up with in his life. I mean for starters, the guys father died when Sammy was very young. In addition he was so poor that the man shined shoes for a living for about .10 a shoe set. He eventually got work and at age 14 began baseball. It was just natural, and Omar Minaya, then GM of the Rangers signed him to a 3,500 dollar contract after Sammy had been rejected by NYY, NYM, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinatti Reds. It took him a little while, but under a span of 2 years the man was in the big leagues, where he struggled but since Texas kept faith in him, he stayed up with the rest of the young stars:
Palmer
Rodriguez
Gonzalez
He got traded for Baines, which was unpopular with us, but it worked. Truth be told I found out a lot about our organization of how:
1.) The managers decide who gets called up and sent down.
2.) We are sleezy son of b****es.
3.) How only certain GM's know how to run the team. Aka ex GM (Larry Himes)
I finally realized that even back then Reinsdorf was cheap. He wanted the Cubs to be up for 3 million left on George Bells contract. Cheap ass.
Bottom Line: One of the worst deals in White Sox history.