White Sox proprietor Jerry Reinsdorf says he doesn’t see how capturing might have occurred in ballpark

CHICAGO — White Sox proprietor Jerry Reinsdorf is pushing again on the chance {that a} capturing at Guaranteed Rate Field got here from a gun contained in the ballpark.

Two girls have been injured in a capturing through the crew’s 12-4 loss to Oakland final week. Chicago police are investigating what occurred, together with whether or not the gun was fired inside or exterior of the ability.

Fred Waller, interim superintendent of Chicago Police Department, stated Monday that investigators have practically dominated out the chance that the pictures got here from exterior the ballpark.

“I spoke with Superintendent Waller last night, and he authorized me to say that regardless of what anybody has said, up ‘til now, they have not ruled out that the shots came from outside the ballpark,” Reinsdorf stated Thursday in a uncommon media session in his workplace at Guaranteed Rate Field.

“They’re still investigating. I don’t want to get into specific facts while they’re investigating,” Reinsdorf continued, “but we’ve really done a deep dive into this and I don’t see any way in the world that the shots could have come from inside the ballpark. But let’s let the police continue with their investigation.”

Both wounded girls, ages 42 and 26, have been anticipated to get well from the capturing that occurred through the fourth inning. Police stated the 42-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and the 26-year-old had a graze wound to her stomach. The 26-year-old refused medical consideration, based on a police assertion.

A Chicago police spokesman stated Thursday that the investigation is ongoing, they usually had no replace at the moment.

Major League Baseball has had obligatory metallic detection in place since opening day in 2015. Big league golf equipment had between the 2013 season and 2015 opening day to satisfy the metallic detection screening necessities.

Reinsdorf, 87, spoke with the media forward of Chris Getz’s first press convention because the crew’s new common supervisor. The White Sox started this season with playoff aspirations, however they’re fourth within the AL Central with a 53-81 file after Wednesday’s 10-5 victory at Baltimore.

“(The) 2023 season was my 43rd season in baseball. It was absolutely the worst season I’ve ever been through,” Reinsdorf stated. “It was a nightmare. It’s still a nightmare. It’s embarrassing. It’s disgusting. All the bad words you could think of is the way I feel about the 2023 season.”

Reinsdorf stated it has been so unhealthy that he’s had hassle watching the video games. Asked if he thought this yr about promoting the crew, he responded rigorously.

“I’m going to couch this so nobody writes that I thought of selling,” he stated with a chuckle. “Friends of mine have said why don’t you sell, why don’t you get out? And my answer always has 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 addressed the scenario with the franchise and its lease with the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority for its use of Guaranteed Rate Field. The lease runs via the 2029 season, and the crew might start to take a more in-depth take a look at a brand new dwelling.

“It’s obvious, if we have six years left, I think that’s what it is, we’ve got to decide, what’s the future going to be?” Reinsdorf stated. “We’ll get to it, but I never threatened to move out. We haven’t even begun to have discussions with the Sports Authority, which we’ll have to do soon.”

Reinsdorf additionally defended his resolution to rent Tony La Russa for a second stint as supervisor previous to the 2021 season. The Hall of Famer guided the White Sox to the AL Central championship that yr, solely to overlook the playoffs final season with an 81-81 file.

La Russa missed the ultimate 34 video games due to well being issues and introduced he wouldn’t return, ending a disappointing two-year run with the franchise that gave him his first job as an enormous league skipper. He is now in an advisory position with the ballclub.

“I am so sick and tired of reading that bringing Tony La Russa back was a mistake,” Reinsdorf stated. “Tony La Russa came back in 2021, does anybody know what we did in 2021? Does anybody remember we won 93 games, we won the division by 13 games? Was that a mistake to bring Tony La Russa back? Last year he was sick. The man had a heart problem, he had cancer. You didn’t see the Tony La Russa last year that we saw before that.”