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White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf makes room for newly acquired slugger Albert Belle at a news conference on Nov. 19, 1996, in Chicago. Belle signed a record five-year, $55 million contract. (CHARLES BENNETT / AP, CHARLES BENNETT / AP)It was 26 years ago that White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf shocked the baseball world by signing surly free-agent slugger Albert Belle to a record five-year, $55 million deal. White Sox fans were ecstatic. The Sox players loved it. Belle would team with Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura to make for a potentially lethal lineup. The combined salaries of Belle and...
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