Paul Konerko
Paul Konerko
Paul Henry Konerkois an American former professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseballfor the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and, for most of his career, the Chicago White Sox. Konerko helped the White Sox win the 2005 World Series, the franchise's first since 1917. From 2006 to 2014 he served as the White Sox captain...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth5 March 1976
CityProvidence, RI
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I just hope it doesn't change either of their luck or our luck, because we were playing OK. You don't want to screw around with the baseball gods.
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Anytime you put a baseball player in a suit and take him out of his element its uncomfortable.
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You get what you earn.
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You have to know what you're doing and where you're going. For some guys, the answer is just keep doing what you're doing. For other guys, that might not be the case. It just depends on what kind you are.
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We know next year was suppose to be our year, but we didn't feel like waiting when we think we can win now.
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I knew we'd eventually bust out. You just never know when it's going to happen. We were taking good swings before that, there was good energy on the bench. We just stayed aggressive and kept swinging.
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I'm going to have a good view from the on-deck circle.
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That's been the pattern all year, ... No matter how many runs we have, whether it's one or eight or nine, we never have a run we didn't need. At this point of the season, it doesn't matter how we won, it just matters we did it.
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At this point of season in 2000, we had so many pitchers who were injured, so we had so many question marks going into the postseason, ... This year we've been lucky and haven't had too many injuries. Our pitching has been there all year. We have no reason to believe it won't be come playoff time. We do feel good about our pitching.
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You have to resist the urge to think that way. It's hard to do, block that stuff out, but it's something we have to do.
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There's no question we're a better team, I think, having gone through all the struggles.
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I don't know about wearing the 'C' thing and everything. It's a difference -- a difference in the uniform. And I don't know if I agree with that. So we'll have to sit down and talk about it because it is singling out one person on our team. I don't want to offend anybody, but I think this team operates best when everybody is uniformed the same way.
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On paper, it looks really good. But we still have to win our division, and then take out chances in the playoffs. If there's one thing I like, it's the pitching staff. I think that was the key for us last season. We have the potential to score more runs this year, especially with a proven guy like Jim (Thome) in the lineup. But with our pitching, they're not going to need a lot of help on most nights.
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Since halfway through last year this guy has probably been the best pitcher in the major leagues. I don't think anyone's been better. I'm just glad I don't have to face him. He's nasty. On a cold night, you give him some runs to work with and he's going to be tough.