But rather than cater to the organization with the usual player-speak, Konerko said the fan base had every reason to be fed up with what has gone on with the Sox in recent seasons.
‘‘I would say it won’t matter [what we tell them] until July or into August,’’ Konerko said when asked if there was anything to say to Sox fans at this point. ‘‘You get what you earn, and we haven’t earned anything with our fans over the last couple of years.
‘‘Truth be told, there was that little glimmer at the end of ’08 where we got hot, the Twins got kind of cold and . . . we found ourselves in the playoffs. But the honest truth is since ’05, we’ve kind of slowly but surely just kind of given back everything we earned steadily. We’re kind of at this spot now where it’s like, ‘Here we are, back at square one again.’ ’’
...That’s the beauty of Konerko, who is entering his 14th season with the Sox: He’s not looking to bend over backward and say the right thing if he doesn’t believe it.
‘‘It’s our job to go out and put that in play, earn it back slowly,’’ Konerko said. “I mean, we hope people come out to watch the game . . . but most of the fans and everyone within reason — there can be some that are totally irrational — we’ve earned [their disappointment]. Sometimes you have to look in the mirror as a unit or a group and say, ‘Hey, man, we haven’t been doing what we should have been doing,’ and now it’s about trying to get it back piece by piece.’’
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1. Bob Evans Posted: January 29, 2012 at 09:07 AM (#4048627)Bart: Dad!
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Other than Ozzie Guillen's foibles and Adam Dunn's suckitude I would have no opinion about them as a team.
But 14 years into a career earns you the right to hold and voice opinions that might not be following a teams management line of palaver.
I remember the Sox won a WS about 8 or so years ago but not much else since then.
Yup. And if just got finished putting up the best two years of my career at 34-35, I'd be more than a little pissed at Dunn and Rios driving off a cliff at 30-31, especially if they weren't working really hard to fix it.
I still remember trading for him in roto after he came to Chi. Man I'm getting old.
As a Sox fan, since 2005 I've seen a World Series win, a no-hitter, a perfect game, Jim Thome's 500th home run, and a terrific game 163.
If that's dull then there's probably about 20 teams that have been completely unwatchable in this time frame.
It should be a heck of a battle between Cubs and Sox to see who can win more games.
And Ozzie. ####! You ####### forgot about that ############# ############. How can a team with ####### Ozzie Guillen on it be ####### boring. That's ##### ### a #### ####### ####### thing ##### and ###### ### ######!
It's Cowley. He's kissing Konerko's ass in order to take shots at management.
In that organization? isn't that a prerequisite for a job there?
Agree with post 10, how can any team with Ozzie as manager be considered dull and boring(heck I might for the first time in my life root for the Marlins, a team I despise)
I recall hearing Konerko remark (either during or soon after the World Series parade) that the 2005 team didn't necessarily have more talent than the other contenders, but they all got hot at the right time.
As long as Jerry Reinsdorf is alive, he won't have to worry.
Followed by six perfect innings in his next game. Two perfect games in a row would have been awful for poor Johnny Vandermeer's legacy.
Hell, he could be manager in 2-3 seasons.
Hell, he could be manager 2-3 months into the season.
Yeah. Paulie's revered in Chicago. it would be beyond stupid for management to reject him based on his comments. he's about to play his 14th consecutive season with the team. You can nearly count the number of Sox to play 14 consecutive seasons with the team on one hand: Appling, Lyons, Faber, Thomas, Fox, Schalk.
And how did Paulie score only 69 times with a .388 OBP and over 50 extra base hits?
Ever notice how Konerko has relatively low strikeout totals for a power hitter?
Fourth all time in GIDP
Hit more than one triple in a season once, when he hit four in 1999.
Has stolen more than one base in a season once, when he stole 2 in 2008.
I guess these things might explain how a guy only scores 69 runs in a season with Paulie's stats. Ha, ha.
Depending on whose WAR total you believe Konerko has a total less than 30 at age 35 and with counting stats that look good.
Though in terms of style of 1B Galarraga and Konerko have to be pretty far apart.
Wow! Really?
(checks)
Oh, not quite really. 4th among active players. 30th all-time, tied w/ Bill Buckner and Pete Rose.
You can nearly count the number of Sox to play 14 consecutive seasons with the team on one hand: Appling, Lyons, Faber, Thomas, Fox, Schalk.
On the CWS all-time franchise leaderboard, Konerko is:
- 4th in games played. Barring injury, he'll pass up Frank Thomas for 3rd this year.
- Also 4th in PA. Not likely to pass Thomas this year.
- 3rd in AB. (With exactly five more than Frank).
- 5th in runs scored
- 5th in hits.
- 3rd in total bases. Just nine behind Luke Appling for 2nd.
- 3rd in doubles
- 2nd in homers
- 2nd in RBIs
- 4th in walks
- 2nd in strikeouts - but barring injury he'll become #1 in franchise history this year, as he's just 24 behind Frank Thomas
- 7th in singles
- Tied for 157th in triples. Tied w/ Jermaine Dye & D'Angelo Jimenez, among others.
He played his first game for the White Sox the same week The Matrix hit the theaters, and shortly before Peter Griffin bribed Meg to take the blame for ruining the town's satellite dish.
and Jamie Moyer was a spry 36 years old.
The occasional exciting moment doesn't make up for all the ABs given to Beckhams and Ozunas and other assorted Schmendriks over that time frame.
Guillen was a brighter spot in his way, but he didn't exactly liven up what was going on on the field.
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