"From White Sox's captain to manager?

General manager Ken Williams confirmed Tuesday that he did consider Paul Konerko for that promotion.

"It was considered long enough for me to realize Paul is a very cerebral person and he probably would drive himself nuts right now playing and managing at the same time," Williams said in confirming a New York Daily News report.

"But that's the kind of respect I have for him that, yeah, I did consider it. Then I thought I would rather him focus more on hitting third or fourth in the lineup and driving in 100 runs than trying to worry about 25 other guys in addition to it. We are trying to win.""