Two summers ago, Paul Konerko consented to a brief session with beat reporters to provide his thoughts on Ken Harrelson in advance of a game they were set to call together during Hawk’s farewell season.



Somewhere along the line, he faced a question about what a retired hitter like him thought of all the hullaballoo about launch angles. What did he think about the home runs and strikeouts that dominated today’s game?



Konerko’s answer was roughly 360 words long.



“The game to me is always right,” Konerko said, making the all-too-rare acknowledgment that the sea change came about for a reason. “It’s very entertaining but it doesn’t agree with my mind.”



Over five years after his last at-bat, Konerko’s hitting mind, and his fastidiousness about eliminating what didn’t agree with it from his game, remains as much of a fascination to his old teammates and colleagues as his 439 career home runs...