White Sox vice chairman Eddie Einhorn died Tuesday night in Alpine, N.J. following complications from a stroke. He was 80.
Einhorn and White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf met while attending Northwestern's law school and, in 1981, purchased a controlling interest in the franchise. Einhorn served as the White Sox team president and chief operating officer from 1981-1990 and was the franchise's vice chairman from 1990-2015. He also was a member of the Chicago Bulls' board of directors.
"Eddie was a creative whirlwind whose ideas -- many of them far ahead of their time -- changed the landscape of sports, and sports on television, forever," Reinsdorf said.