Paul Konerko's grand slam helps Chicago White Sox to 10-6 victory

Power Konerko.....the young man was in a groove this evening.
Good win for the White Sox.

Great game by Paulie! Not to discount what he, or any of the other Sox hitters, did tonight but I think the Sox single-A Kannapolis team could get a few runs off of the Tribes' pathetic bullpen. Is that guy the Tribe picked up from St Louis in the DeRossa trade really a pitcher? I'm sure the Cards are laughing at how bad they took the Tribe.

If Carlos Quentin didn't get hurt, the Sox probably wouldn't have signed Scott Podsednik.
So, would the Sox have a better or worse record if Quentin never gets hurt ?

KW fan wrote:

If Carlos Quentin didn't get hurt, the Sox probably wouldn't have signed Scott Podsednik.
So, would the Sox have a better or worse record if Quentin never gets hurt ?

Who knows ? It was a wise decision by Ken Williams to get Scotty back home to Chicago. It payed off. The sweet problem that Ozzie will have is what to do when Carlos gets healthy.

"hey Paulie, Paulie, Paul, let's have a ball"

-Gigantic, by the Pixies...my favorite Paul Konerko song.

Paulie, unreal!! I never even considered the idea of hitting for the home run cycle...although thank god we didn't need a 3 run dinger in the 9th :-)

Paulie, Scottie and JD (AJ too) rest assured you are all all-stars and if you want to come over to have a few drinks during the wonk game, let me know what you're drinking.

assuming you have better things to do, rest up for the home stretch and rest assured there's a lot of space on the wall past the walgreen's sign and besides HoF consideration I'll personally hound Jerry until you all (+Mark) have your images out there after you retire!!

You 5 are amazing!

I think tonight moved up to #3 on my "I can't believe I saw it and I was there" after WS game #1; Mark's no hitter and now Paul's 3 dinger shy of the HR cycle!!

Paulie you are the best...way to go!!!

KW fan wrote:

If Carlos Quentin didn't get hurt, the Sox probably wouldn't have signed Scott Podsednik.
So, would the Sox have a better or worse record if Quentin never gets hurt ?

Unreal, Scottie was sitting around with nothing to do in April and now's he's batting .311 and terroeizing pitchers like a lead off hitter should. If he's not in contention for AL player of the year, then the fix is on.

I'm still a bit ticked Quentin can't control himself and smashes his hand on a bat last year...very selfish and this year has been a bust. so I'd keep him on a short leash until he has a groove, but whatever you do, let's keep the Scottie love rolling along Ozzie.

Pena should be a nice addition to pen.I still think a starter will be need to be added .Richard may be good one day but when your in contention no time for trainees.Great game for Paulie!

Paul, my hat's off to you. You are one of the class acts of baseball.

From the slam in the WS to being the leader on this team and sticking around after 2005... you are one of the diamonds in the rough that make us proud to be sox fans in this age of chasing the money and get ahead at any cost! It's great to see the seemingly reserved and humble guy that works hard have a nice payoff.

Nice job tonight and very nice way to remind your peers that you are the king of first baseman in the AL.

KW fan wrote:

If Carlos Quentin didn't get hurt, the Sox probably wouldn't have signed Scott Podsednik.
So, would the Sox have a better or worse record if Quentin never gets hurt ?

Better, dummy...
They'd have signed Pods anyway and put him in CF.

Chuck D of Valpo wrote:

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Who knows ? It was a wise decision by Ken Williams to get Scotty back home to Chicago. It payed off. The sweet problem that Ozzie will have is what to do when Carlos gets healthy.

Problem solved.
Pods moves to CF.
What's so hard about that?

59 Sox wrote:

Pena should be a nice addition to pen.I still think a starter will be need to be added .Richard may be good one day but when your in contention no time for trainees.Great game for Paulie!

The Sox have a starter ready to go...Poreda.

Soxfan wrote:

Paul, my hat's off to you. You are one of the class acts of baseball.
From the slam in the WS to being the leader on this team and sticking around after 2005... you are one of the diamonds in the rough that make us proud to be sox fans in this age of chasing the money and get ahead at any cost! It's great to see the seemingly reserved and humble guy that works hard have a nice payoff.
Nice job tonight and very nice way to remind your peers that you are the king of first baseman in the AL.

Do you actually think Konerko reads this?

One game at a time fella's.., Detroit is definitely feeling a little pressure. Overall we have the most balance and will be in first at the end of the season. Feels good to be a DIE HARD Sox fan...

P.S...., Paulie.., Paulie.., Paulie!

KW fan wrote:

If Carlos Quentin didn't get hurt, the Sox probably wouldn't have signed Scott Podsednik.
So, would the Sox have a better or worse record if Quentin never gets hurt ?

If Kenny Williams wouldn't have been born would you have less to ponder in the course of your day?

I know Ozzie was half kidding but I wish team management in general would just let Buehrle be and forget about this conditioning nonsense. Doing it his way he has almost a decade in the majors under his belt to go along with a World Series ring, 4 All Star games, 131 wins and is 42 games over .500. To top that off he has spent his entire career in the A.L. with the DH and has an ERA of 3.76. He never gets hurt always takes the mound, never gets in trouble and is about to finish off his 9th straight season with at least 30 starts, 200 innings and at least 10 wins. Talk about trying to fix what is not broken.

"He's not a good example for the kids because Mark Buehrle doesn't do anything in the off-season expect sit there and watch the kids, and he's an All-Star," Guillen said, only half in jest. "Sometimes I ask him,'How do you do this?' He's not a guy that's going to impress you, but all of a sudden he's in the top three in the game for the last 10 years."

I believe Ozzie said "except" and not "expect."

Great game for the White-Sox.

Looks like things are gelling nicely on the South Side....

Brandon Allen we hardly knew ye. I don't like this trade. Allen would have been the natural in house option to replace Konerko in a couple years and to trade him for a veteran middle reliever when your bullpen is already strong makes no sense to me. Unless of course Pena is going to be packaged in another deal. Whats next Arron Poreda and Jordan Danks for Kyle Farnswroth?

Hardliner wrote:

I know Ozzie was half kidding but I wish team management in general would just let Buehrle be and forget about this conditioning nonsense. Doing it his way he has almost a decade in the majors under his belt to go along with a World Series ring, 4 All Star games, 131 wins and is 42 games over .500. To top that off he has spent his entire career in the A.L. with the DH and has an ERA of 3.76. He never gets hurt always takes the mound, never gets in trouble and is about to finish off his 9th straight season with at least 30 starts, 200 innings and at least 10 wins. Talk about trying to fix what is not broken.

VERY well Put Hardliner.

Impressive win over the dangerous Indians. Amazing that they held that powerful lineup to only 6 runs to slip by with a win. Thank goodness that they only play the Indians every other series.....they are tough.

Schedule the rally downtown goirls.....IT'S GONNA HAPPEN!

There are traditions.....and there are White Sox traditions.....1919