FOR HIM THE BELLE TOILS

JERRY REINSDORF, WHITE SOX MOGUL AND UNION NEMESIS, PAYS TOP DOLLAR FOR SLUGGER ALBERT BELLE

Like Michael Jordan, he has a burning desire to win. Like Frank Thomas, he comes to the game fully prepared. Like Dennis Rodman, he will block out anyone who tries to keep him from an offensive rebound. That is why all of the above play for Jerry Reinsdorf, a 60-year-old C.P.A. and attorney who owns the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. And that is why Reinsdorf signed offensive-rebound Albert Belle last week to a five-year, $52.5 million contract that made the troubled slugger the highest-paid baseball player in history--and the owner the top vote getter in Hypocrite of the Year...

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