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[blandman]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Konerko's slide last year began in late May as well. His BA hit its season high on May 27 at .399 and his slide began pretty rapidly after that.

Yeah for all intents and purposes he was really bad for most of the year last year. And it wasn't from injuries. I love Paulie, but the logical assessment is he's done. At least this is the last year we have him under contract.

[kobo]

Originally Posted by blandman

Yeah for all intents and purposes he was really bad for most of the year last year. And it wasn't from injuries. I love Paulie, but the logical assessment is he's done. At least this is the last year we have him under contract.

And you know this how?

edit to add: He got hit in the head in the Cubs series and missed 2 games in the middle of May and then at the beginning of June missed 3 games due to the wrist, which was right around the time when his decline started to happen. So while publicly he may have said the wrist wasn't an issue, the stats say the opposite.

[dickallen15]

Originally Posted by blandman

Yeah for all intents and purposes he was really bad for most of the year last year. And it wasn't from injuries. I love Paulie, but the logical assessment is he's done. At least this is the last year we have him under contract.

Not from injuries? The guy had 2 procedures on his wrist, not to mention he was hitting almost .400 on Memorial Day.

[blandman]

Originally Posted by kobo

And you know this how?

edit to add: He got hit in the head in the Cubs series and missed 2 games in the middle of May and then at the beginning of June missed 3 games due to the wrist, which was right around the time when his decline started to happen. So while publicly he may have said the wrist wasn't an issue, the stats say the opposite.

Originally Posted by dickallen15

Not from injuries? The guy had 2 procedures on his wrist, not to mention he was hitting almost .400 on Memorial Day.

He publicly stated it wasn't bothering him guys.

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by blandman

He publicly stated it wasn't bothering him guys.

So?

[Noneck]

I dont know if Paul is done or not but I do know that one day everyone becomes old. Maybe his punch n judy style of hitting is because he is on his way out or because of injuries. We will find out early this year and its not a big deal, its the last year of his contract and the Sox have no other choice this year.

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by blandman

He publicly stated it wasn't bothering him guys.

And I didn't believe him. He's never been an excuse maker.

[blandman]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

So?

Well I never looked at it that way!

[blandman]

Originally Posted by Nellie_Fox

And I didn't believe him. He's never been an excuse maker.

Eh...he's never really had much to make excuses for before. After his first couple of seasons, he's been as consistent a player as there was in the league. If he never complained, part of it might be that there was never a reason to point fingers at him.

[blandman]

Originally Posted by Noneck

I dont know if Paul is done or not but I do know that one day everyone becomes old. Maybe his punch n judy style of hitting is because he is on his way out or because of injuries. We will find out early this year and its not a big deal, its the last year of his contract and the Sox have no other choice this year.

Yeah, the contract is the big thing. At least its not a Dunn situation where we have to play him because of his years left on contract (though that didn't hurt us last year, just an example).

[spawn]

Originally Posted by blandman

He publicly stated it wasn't bothering him guys.

Yeah, because athletes ALWAYS tell the truth about injuries affecting them...

[spawn]

Originally Posted by blandman

Yeah for all intents and purposes he was really bad for most of the year last year. And it wasn't from injuries. I love Paulie, but the logical assessment is he's done. At least this is the last year we have him under contract.

Yeah, your assessments generally ring true:

[blandman]

Originally Posted by spawn

Yeah, your assessments generally ring true:

He's still got a long way to go!

[amsteel]

A **** sandwich is still a **** sandwich no matter which way you stack it.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by blandman

Eh...he's never really had much to make excuses for before. After his first couple of seasons, he's been as consistent a player as there was in the league. If he never complained, part of it might be that there was never a reason to point fingers at him.

He had thumb and wrist injuries that nagged him throughout all of 2008 when everyone was saying he was washed up. The next year he hit 28 homers and then the year after that he was an MVP candidate.