{"id":4396,"date":"2013-12-05T20:31:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T02:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2013-12-05T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T02:32:00","slug":"delaying-the-end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/delaying-the-end-of-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaying The End Of An Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/r301593300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-430\" alt=\"r301593300\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/r301593300.jpg\" width=\"303\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/r301593300.jpg 303w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/r301593300-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a>The White Sox announced yesterday that Paul Konerko, the last remaining member of the 2005 World Series champions, will return to the south side for one final season in 2014. \u00a0The slugger, who struggled through an injury plagued 2013 as the White Sox fell to last place in the AL Central, will take on a reduced role with Adam Dunn still on the roster and newly signed Cuban import Jose Abreu expected to take over the reigns at first base for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox, under the leadership of Jerry Reinsdorf, have not always been so accommodating of their aging stars. \u00a0Carlton Fisk, Frank Thomas, and Ozzie Guillen are just a few who left town angry after being set loose by the team. \u00a0Very few players get to leave the game on their own terms, but it seems that Paul Konerko may get just that chance.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to the signing has been mixed, to say the least. \u00a0A large contingent of fans have been happy to see one of the best players in White Sox history return for one last go around. \u00a0A smaller group disdains the fact that sentimentality seems to be taking the place of a sound baseball decision, even though the team is not expected to compete next season. \u00a0Breaking camp next spring with Konerko, Abreu, and Dunn will hamstring the roster somewhat, but thankfully rosters do not have to be set on December 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully a healthy Konerko can bounce back and become a productive member of the White Sox next season. \u00a0The longtime captain, and his fans, deserve to see his career come to a satisfying conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White Sox announced yesterday that Paul Konerko, the last remaining member of the 2005 World Series champions, will return to the south side for one final season in 2014. \u00a0The slugger, who struggled through an injury plagued 2013 as the White Sox fell to last place in the AL Central, will take on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[78,299,2789,84,1670,4187,893,127,49],"class_list":["post-4396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baseball","tag-2005-world-series","tag-adam-dunn","tag-carlton-fisk","tag-frank-thomas","tag-jerry-reinsdorf","tag-jose-abreu","tag-ozzie-guillen","tag-paul-konerko","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5029,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions\/5029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}