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Sox re-sign Konerko
Agent: 'This is where he wanted to play'
<small class="update-notice">Updated:2:13 PM</small>
The marriage between the White Sox and Paul Konerko will be extended by at least five more years after their popular free-agent slugger agreed Wednesday to return in the form of a five-year, $60 million contract.
 
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not so fast says Bobby Jenks... he will make us fools who laid the wood sweat til the end
 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/769/as-usual-konerko-leading-soxs-surge


Thursday, June 24, 2010
As usual, Konerko leading Sox's surge

By Bruce Levine

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[FONT=verdana, arial, geneva]Paul Konerko's 18th home run in the eighth inning proved to be the game-winner on Thursday.[/FONT]CHICAGO -- Paul Konerko once again was the hero for the Chicago White Sox as his two-run home run in the eighth inning proved to be the game-winner in a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

How a team like the White Sox, who swept their third straight series, went from nine games under .500 on June 8 to three games over .500 in 14 games can only really be seized up by Konerko, the veteran team captain.

"We have some good older players in here," Konerko said. "We have guys like [Mark] Kotsay, [Mark] Buehrle, Andruw Jones, [Omar] Vizquel. These are guys that have the same approach everyday. When things were going bad you ask yourself is there something you're doing that you shouldn't be doing or something else that you should be doing. The answer is no, which it really was and you're kind of at peace with your work ethic. You just keep doing it. If you keep losing, you keep losing. You know, you chalk it up to just a tough season.

"Now the wins are piling up, but I guarantee you we'll hit another rough patch. We'll just have to respond better and cut it shorter the next time we begin a tailspin."

Konerko, who is batting .302 with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs, has been the one constant for the White Sox all season, staying in the top-five in home runs and RBIs throughout the season.

I asked Konerko how he keeps the same approach on a daily basis.

"You just try to go up to the plate with your mind clear," Konerko said. "You just try to envision good pitch to hit, bad pitch to hit. That's the goal. When you can get to that place as a hitter you can be competitive and hopefully things work out the right way. The majority of the year I have been able to get to that place."

That place has Konerko hitting .410 in his last 21 games with 22 RBIs. A trip to Anaheim for the All-Star Game seems inevitable.


The White Sox swept their third straight three-game series for the first time since at least 1952, according to the team's media relations department.

The Sox have won a season-high nine straight games and 13 of their past 14.

The Sox have also won nine straight interleague games and are 13-2 in interleague play this season.
 

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Currently batting .399


Paul Konerko Doesn't Think He Can Hit*.400
by Ricky O'Donnell • May 28, 2012 8:01 AM CDT

At this exact moment, Paul Konerko is the best hitter in baseball. The White Sox first baseman raised his average to .399, the highest in the majors, on Sunday by going 2-for-4 with a home run against the Cleveland Indians. As Konerko continues to tear the cover off the ball, the Chicago Tribune's Dave Van Dyck couldn't help to ask the Sox's captain if he thinks he can become the first player to hit .400 since Ted Williams accomplished the feat in 1941.

Not surprisingly, Konerko doubts his own ability to hit .400.

"The only way I can see it happening is a guy who has one of those years where he was hurt almost the whole year but barely qualifies," Konerko said. "Pitching is too good. There's just too many factors that work against you.

"Ichiro (Suzuki) had the best shot of somebody doing it because he could run and was left-handed. If he didn't do it, I'm saying it won't be done."

For updates, stay tuned to SB Nation Chicago.
 

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