Konerko to the DL

[Little Slide Rooter]

Chicago White Sox

Placed 1B Paul Konerko on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 15) with a Grade 1 strain of his left oblique muscle; Purchased the contract of OF DeWayne Wise from Triple-A Charlotte.

 

Hes hardly been an assett to the Sox this season, but to my knowledge, hes given us trouble in the past(if anyone has stats to prove otherwise, I apologize), so we'll miss him for both series'.

[daske17]

I assumed Thome would be playing first this weekend at Wrigley. This just cements it. At the very least, we'll see how badly Thome's defense has regressed.

[RedIvyCub]

My poor Paulie. So sad to see him go on the DL but yes it IS very lucky for the Cubs with the way he performs in the crosstown series (even when he is in a cold spell). BTW, reason for his struggles are the injuries he has been plagued with...dealing with thumb injury for some time now. Kind of like in late 02 when he struggled and no one realized he had a hairline fracture in his left foot.

 

And as you requested...numbers for PK in the crosstown series for chicagosports.com:

 

PLAYER - (back to top)

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA

Paul Konerko 47 165 25 50 10 0 14 37 11 27 1 .303

[Little Slide Rooter]

White Sox placed 1B Paul Konerko on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 1 strain of his left oblique muscle.

 

The move was retroactive to June 15. He suffered the injury before Sunday's game, and this will be the 32-year-old's first career trip to the disabled list. Konerko was unsure he'd need to go on the disabled list at all, which is a decent sign he won't need much more than the minimum

 

Thats pretty impressive. However, I could have sworn he had some sort of back problem in the past.

[snoodmonger]

One of my worst wrigley memories was sitting in front of some mouth-breather during a Cubs/Sox game who yelled, "PAULLLLLLLLLLIE!" every 30 seconds for the entire game.

 

He was buddy was Donald Duckin' it too, which only made things worse.

[RedIvyCub]

White Sox placed 1B Paul Konerko on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 1 strain of his left oblique muscle.

 

The move was retroactive to June 15. He suffered the injury before Sunday's game, and this will be the 32-year-old's first career trip to the disabled list. Konerko was unsure he'd need to go on the disabled list at all, which is a decent sign he won't need much more than the minimum

 

Thats pretty impressive. However, I could have sworn he had some sort of back problem in the past.

 

Yes, he has had some back issues which he aggrivated working out. The big "bugaboo" is he has an arthritic hip problem which will sadly limit his playing days. I think that was part of why he switched from catcher to first base in the minors...that and Mike Piazza being the Dodgers catcher. LOL It's why the Dodgers tried to dump Karros ... to move PK to first because he couldn't play OF and he was awful at 3rd but he could hit.

 

I would be happily surprised to see him playing past 35...meaning not DH. PK cannot DH for long periods as he cannot handle it mentally. He is too hard on himself between at bats and needs to be on the field where he can think of other thigns.

[David]

Konerko has been pretty horrendous this year. This is a good thing for the Sox.

[RedIvyCub]

Konerko has been pretty horrendous this year. This is a good thing for the Sox.

 

He has been playing poorly because he has been dealing with a thumb injury most of the season. And in the past, even if he has been in a slump, he whomps on the Cubs. Go look up his numbers in this series on chicagosports.com.

[David]

Konerko has been pretty horrendous this year. This is a good thing for the Sox.

 

He has been playing poorly because he has been dealing with a thumb injury most of the season. And in the past, even if he has been in a slump, he whomps on the Cubs. Go look up his numbers in this series on chicagosports.com.

 

Yea, stats like that are pretty meaningless. I'd be happy to face 2008 Paul Konerko.

[RedIvyCub]

I assumed Thome would be playing first this weekend at Wrigley. This just cements it. At the very least, we'll see how badly Thome's defense has regressed.

 

For the most part, Swisher will be playing first.

[rawaction]

Thome hasn't played in the field this year.