PLAYERS:
Paul Konerko,
Tommy Lasorda,
Frank Thomas,
Robin Ventura,
Jim Thome
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies
Dear Baseball Santa (I’d like to think he looks something like Tommy Lasorda with a beard),
Please give Paul Konerko the respect he deserves as a first baseman in Major League Baseball. If the phrase Most Valuable Player is looked up in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Paul Konerko accompanying it.
Konerko gets lost among the Pujols’, Teixeiras, and Fielders of the first baseman baseball universe. The fact Konerko was not automatically put into the All-Star game was a complete joke. It shows you what happens when you leave the voting in the hands of the fans as well, but that topic is for another article.
Konerko has averaged 147 games played, 30 home runs, and nearly 95 RBIs in thirteen seasons with the team. Konerko will go down in White Sox history alongside Frank Thomas as one of the most remembered White Sox players in recent history.
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