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Paul Konerko Has A Good Bad Idea For The Hall Of FameThe baseball world is very bored right now, and so is in high dudgeon over the election to the Hall of Fame of Lee Smith (fine, whatever) and Harold Baines. Harold Baines! It’s alternately inexplicable (Harold Baines was good for a long time, but c’mon, he’s no Ryan Klesko) and completely explicable...

Paul Konerko Leaves Final White Sox Game To A Standing Ovation Paul Konerko didn't get a hit in his final MLB game, but the White Sox crowd still cheered for him one last time after Andy Wilkins replaced him at first base in the sixth inning today....

Paul Konerko Made A Thank-You Video For White Sox Fans Paul Konerko is retiring, by the way. The 38-year-old made a sweet video thanking White Sox fans for their love over his 16 seasons in Chicago....

Paul Konerko Is An MVP Candidate, And Possibly Psychic

Just a few scant months ago, the White Sox were seriously contemplating naming Paul Konerko a player-manager. It would have been an honor, but an honor usually bestowed on well-respected baseball minds in the twilight of their careers. (Never mind that Konerko's 2011 "twilight" was yet another .300,...

The White Sox Could Have Had A Player-Manager. Damn, So Close.

Robin Ventura was formally introduced as the new White Sox manager today, a move that few people saw coming. But in a move that even fewer people saw not-coming, which they shouldn't have because it didn't happen, the ChiSox braintrust "considered" naming Paul Konerko a player-manager, the first in ...

World Series Roundup: McCarver's Buckner Moment

We don't mean to shrink last night's Amazing Scott Podsednik Moment into a moment of media criticism, but you're all going to be talking about it this morning, so we might as well lead off with it. Right before — like, a split-second before — Podsednik homered off Astros closer Brad Lidge, Fox bro...

Those Go-Go White Sox

As the White Sox start preparing for the Astros, we gleefully direct you to this Webshots album called, succinctly, Party With The White Sox Players. Featured are Paul Konerko and, most prominently, surly but "lovable" catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Make sure to check out the one where he's licking jel...