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I'm going to both games that weekend, so I don't really have a preference, I'll see whatever they do either way.
If White Sox fans, and Paul Konerko fans, can't be bothered to show up on a Sunday afternoon just because the Bears are playing the Packers, which they do twice a year every year, then the heck with 'em. If they have tickets to the Bears game that's one thing, and that's fine, I get it. I wouldn't expect them to throw away money. And I certainly understand that the NFL trumps all, usually. To me this is rare enough to ignore the Bears for one day. I'll catch the highlights. It's Paul Freaking Konerko. It's the last time we'll see him play in Sox pinstripes.
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And really, they'll probably do something both games that weekend, so there is likely nothing to worry about in that regard. |
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I just don't miss Bears games, so I would be watching the Bears game 100% on Sunday. There are only 16 of them (plus 4 preseason, and hopefully playoffs), and they are my 2nd favorite team behind the Blackhawks. The only bit of a Bears game I will miss this season will be the first quarter of the game in Green Bay, because I have a ticket to the Blackhawks game that night.
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If stubborness is a good enough reason in your mind to have Konerko's ceremony in front of 13000 distracted fans, then so be it. I think he deserves better than that.
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I'm beginning to wonder if the White Sox are going to do anything for Konerko this year. Maybe they'll wait until 2015. They might retire Konerkos number next year and have that ceremony with a Konerko statue day. I would think if the White Sox were going to do something for Konerko this year, they would of already announced it by now.
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There's sting in that?
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That said, I think the Sox would be smart to do something for Konerko on Saturday instead of Sunday. Even if the Bears are winless going into that game against the Packers, it will still be treated as more important than Konerko's retirement in Chicago. Nothing will change that no matter what I say. College football? It's worth noting that neither Northwestern nor Illinois has a home game on Sept. 27. I think I'll take going to a Sox game over staying home and watching Illinois get pounded by Nebraska. And, I think I'll take going to a Sox game over staying home and watching other football games in which I have no rooting interest. Really, Konerko probably won't get his proper due until whenever the Sox decide to retire his number. It's unfortunate, but it is what it is.
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I usually go to the last home game of every season. It's frequently on a Sunday afternoon -- head-to-head with a Bears game. My recollection is that the Sunday afternoon game usually draws much better than the other games of the series (normally, it is Fan Appreciation Day).
I don't think holding Konerko Day on Friday or Saturday will increase attendance significantly. Whatever day of the week the Sox choose to honor Paulie, the game will likely draw between 17000 and 20,000 fans -- maybe fewer if the weather is bad. By late September, when their team is out of contention, the casual fan has turned the page on baseball season. The die-hards will attend regardless of the day of the week. Selfishly, I hope they honor Paulie on Sunday --I have tickets to that game, will attend to say good-bye and then watch the Bears highlights that night. |
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I think they should announce it right after the deadline to take some of the sting out of not finding a sucker to take Danks!
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Looks like September will have a lot of Konerko themed stuff going on.
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/...ng/konerko.jsp
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The lack of announcement on a number retirement though makes me wonder if they're going to push it off until early next season to try and get asses in the seats for an April game though (and be able to plan having former teammates/coaches in attendance). Then again, maybe they're just having internal debate about whether or not they'll do it on the the final Sunday of the year or some day prior (with the NFL being king on Sundays; and that specific Sunday being Bears/Packers).
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The month-long celebration includes the creation of "Club Konerko" in Sections 158 and 159 (total of 1,176 seats). "Club Konerko" includes the blue seat (Section 159, Row 7, Seat 4) where Konerko's grand slam landed during Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.
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