Schuster: Justice Is Served, Konerko Going To All-Star game
It never should have come to an extra fan vote but Paul Konerko is going to the All Star game anyway. Konerko held off Detroit's Victor Martinez to win the vote.
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It never should have come to an extra fan vote but Paul Konerko is going to the All Star game anyway. Konerko held off Detroit's Victor Martinez to win the vote.
White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko is officially an All-Star after being voted in by fans in Major League Baseball's Final Vote.
Slumping outfielder Carlos Quentin is out of the White Sox lineup tonight against the Minnesota Twins. Mark Teahen is in.
Paul Konerko continues to hold onto the American League lead in MLB's All-Star Game Final Vote with less than 24 hours remaining.
Outside of Paul Konerko and his .324 batting average, 22 home runs, 64 RBI and 100 hits, the White Sox offense hasn't seen much success this season.
First baseman Paul Konerko had another big game in what is becoming another big season. But despite his home run, three hits and two RBI, the White Sox still fell 5-3 to the Kansas City Royals.
Felipe Paulino struck out nine in six innings for his first victory in more than a year and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.
White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko maintained a lead in the MLB All-Star Game Final Vote as of 3 p.m. CT.
Paul Konerko ranks in the top five in American League in batting average (fifth: .319), home runs (fourth: 21) and RBI (fourth: 62), but he wasn't initially selected to the AL All-Star roster. However, fans can get Konerko there by using their vote(s).
Today we celebrate Independence Day. On this day 235 years ago, a bunch of sweaty men got together in Philadelphia and formally ratified the document that gave birth to the United States.
Just about everything concerning the Major League All Star game is goofy and if you're a White Sox fan you can now add to the fact that Paul Konerko was not named (yet) to the team while Carlos Quentin was.
White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko was left off the All-Star roster on Sunday, but he's still in the running for the final spot, as one of the five American League players up for the All-Star Game Final Vote.
The boos are getting louder for Adam Dunn. Things are so bad that on Saturday when Dunn drew a walk, he got a standing ovation from the U.S. Cellular crowd. That's rough, but justified.
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The Chicago White Sox continue their long stretch against National League opponents with the Washington Nationals. The Nationals have won 11 of their last 12 games, but will face the White Sox without manager Jim Riggleman.
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Paul Konerko will pass Frank Thomas and become the White Sox's all-time home run leader. And that's just the beginning.
Paul Konerko is the sixth White Sox's player to homer in five straight games and the first since Carlos Lee in 2003.
The White Sox really missed an opportunity to pile on Carlos Zambrano. It's been a trend for the Sox lately that they're falling behind with first pitch fastballs.
The White Sox and Cubs played in front of a crowd of roughly 36,000 on Monday night as the North Siders got big games from Starlin Castro and Carlos Pena in a 6-3 victory in the first game of the 2011 series.
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White Sox slugger Adam Dunn has said that he only needs about 75 good swings a season to be valuable. He had one of those on Sunday afternoon.
Illinois' heavily Democratic tilt means statewide candidates and those in the Chicago area and its suburbs are favored to win in November.
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Democrats would have to convince at least four Republicans to join their discharge petition to force a floor vote.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
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Officials in the north Chicago suburb of Wilmette issued a warning Tuesday about scammers who are impersonating representatives of village departments.
The war with Iran is causing gas prices to surge, with motorists in Chicago and around the country guaranteed to feel the impact at the pump Monday morning.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
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The late Sister Jean has been honored with T-shirts, socks, and bobbleheads — and now her spirit lives on with a new documentary.
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"One Battle After Another" took home several big awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and the newly created Best Casting.
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The Senate started a marathon debate session over the SAVE America Act, an elections bill that President Trump has been pressing Republicans in Congress to pass, despite its dim prospects in the upper chamber.
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Surveillance cameras at a distillery captured the moment when a dog landed on the roof of a tent.
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