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Thome, Konerko give White Sox plenty of pop

By Phil Rogers
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

CHICAGO -- Standing pat wasn't an option for Ken Williams -- never has been -- and winning a World Series wasn't going to change that. "When we left the stadium the night we won [Game 4 in Houston], I was thinking how we could improve over the winter," Williams said. For anyone who has watched Williams trade minor-leaguers for established stars in his five-plus years as the White Sox' general manager, it was no shock he would go after Jim Thome, who only three years ago headed baseball's free- ...

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