{"id":2250,"date":"2010-12-14T08:24:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2010-12-14T08:29:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T14:29:40","slug":"white-sox-news-paul-konerko-fixing-the-bullpen-trade-rumors-buehrle-rescues-dog-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2250","title":{"rendered":"White Sox News: Paul Konerko, Fixing the Bullpen, Trade Rumors, Buehrle Rescues Dog and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WhiteSoxWereAllIn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2251\" title=\"WhiteSoxWe'reAllIn\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WhiteSoxWereAllIn-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WhiteSoxWereAllIn-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WhiteSoxWereAllIn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beckhgo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Gordon  Beckham<\/a><\/strong> is ecstatic that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/konerpa01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Paul  Konerko<\/a><\/strong> will be retuning to the South Side next season.\u00a0 Apparently it was Konerko who <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20101208&amp;content_id=16283334&amp;vkey=news_cws&amp;c_id=cws&amp;partnerId=rss_cws\">helped the White Sox second baseman<\/a> through his toughest times in 2010,\u00a0 &#8220;He helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. He helped me get perspective on the game.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>About a week and a half ago I posted a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/soxmachine.com\/2010\/11\/30\/rate-kenny-williams-10-years-of-trades\/\">Sox Machine\u2019s survey<\/a> on all of Kenny Williams\u2019 trades in his 10-years as the Chicago White Sox GM.\u00a0 Readers were asked to vote from 1 to 10 on his 50+ trades, with 1 being awful and 10 being a miracle.\u00a0 Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/soxmachine.com\/2010\/12\/13\/results-kenny-williams-trade-grades\/\">the results are in\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With all of the offensive pieces in place for the 2011 season, the White Sox are now addressing their only glaring weakness, <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20101208&amp;content_id=16282766&amp;vkey=news_cws&amp;c_id=cws\">the bullpen<\/a>.\u00a0 However, after shelling out the big bucks for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dunnad01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Adam  Dunn<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Paul  Konerko<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pierza.01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">A.J.  Pierzynski<\/a><\/strong>, they will most likely have to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/baseball\/whitesox\/ct-spt-1209-white-sox-paul-konerko-ch20101208,0,872309.story\">make a trade<\/a> to add a reputable arm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagonow.com\/blogs\/white-sox-observer\/2010\/12\/carlos-lee-carlos-quentin---brothers-in-trade-rumors.html\">White Sox Observer<\/a> has identified the four players who would most likely be traded, if the White Sox choose that route- <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vicieda01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Dayan  Viciedo<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/teahema01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Mark  Teahen<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buehrma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Mark  Buehrle<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quentca01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Carlos  Quentin<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Quentin\u2019s name has appeared in several trade rumors over the last couple of weeks, although Kenny Williams has vehemently denied such rumors and even went as far as to assert that Quentin \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20101211&amp;content_id=16306602&amp;vkey=news_cws&amp;c_id=cws&amp;partnerId=rss_cws\">is going to have a big year<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the weekend, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buehrma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Mark  Buehrle<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/illinois\/article_8b11bb9a-2fb8-5a6c-a5df-048cffded8ea.html\">rescued a wounded dog<\/a> that he found while hunting in Southern Illinois.\u00a0 Apparently the dog had been shot in the abdomen with an arrow and would have died had the White Sox southpaw not saved the day.\u00a0 He\u2019s even offered to pay for any additional medical attention that the dog may need\u2026try to top that, Tony La Russa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kenny Williams appears to already be scrounging through the reliever bargain bin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2010\/12\/white-sox-sign-brian-bruney.html\">as he signed<\/a> former New York Yankees relief pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunebr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Brian  Bruney<\/a><\/strong> to a Minor League deal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccarbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Brandon  McCarthy<\/a><\/strong> has had very little success since being traded from the White Sox to the Texas Rangers for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/danksjo01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">John  Danks<\/a><\/strong> and a few others in 2006.\u00a0 After being released by the Rangers last month, McCarthy drew interest from a handful of teams before ultimately <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2010\/12\/as-agree-to-sign-brandon-mccarthy.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29\">signing a one-year contract<\/a> with the Oakland A\u2019s on Monday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*This article was also published on <a href=\"http:\/\/312sports.com\/pro-teams\/white-sox\/53-latest-news\/2241-white-sox-news-paul-konerko-fixing-the-bullpen-trade-rumors-buehrle-rescues-dog-and-more\" target=\"_blank\">312sports.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Beckham is ecstatic that Paul Konerko will be retuning to the South Side next season.\u00a0 Apparently it was Konerko who helped the White Sox second baseman through his toughest times in 2010,\u00a0 &#8220;He helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. He helped me get perspective on the game.&#8221; About a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,11,13,10,14],"tags":[1494,1272,155,1500,1499,694,264,1271,263,396,468,1498,560,539,1497,1495,1496,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250\/revisions\/2254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}