The White Sox made a couple of late night moves to acquire former Cubs pitcher/wide receiver Jeff Samardzija and former Yankees closer David Robertson.  So far, the Sox have been very active this offseason, picking up mostly a cast of mediocrities, so getting two real pitchers is a nice change of pace.

When MLB Network posted the list of Sox offseason acquisitions, something jumped out at me.  And then, thinking of the offseason the Bulls (also owned by Jerry Reinsdorf) had…well, I’m sure this is just coincidence.

See if you can spot a trend:

Chicago White Sox Acquisitions 2014 offseason

Jeff Samardzija	David Robertston	Adam LaRoche
Zach Duke	Rob Brantly	Tony Campana
JB Schuck

Chicago Bulls acquisitions  2014 offseason

Pau Gasol	Nikola Mirotic	Doug McDermott
Kirk Hinrich	Cameron Bairstow

Oops.  Forgot one.

Aaron Brooks

You know, I can’t quite put my finger on it.