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Let's focus on the good stuff from a frustrating weekend that saw the White Sox lose two out of three to the Yankees in New York:

Paul Konerko slugged home runs in the Friday (6-4) and Sunday losses (12-3).  Captain Crunch leads the Majors with 12 longballs.  He's also on top in slugging percentage, .790, and OPS (on base average + slugging percentage), 1.206.  Throw in his 24 RBI (second in the American League) and a .296 batting average and Paulie is having quite the season so far.

John Danks pitched well enough to win on Saturday, but wound up with a no-decision.  Danks threw five innings and gave up only two runs and six hits, but had to come out because he'd reached 118 pitches.  The Yanks are notorious for working the count and wearing out the opposition's pitching staff.  Danks left with a 5-2 lead that Scott Linebrink promptly relinquished, setting up the Sox  for a come-from-behind 7-6 win over the Bronx Bombers.  It was the Yankees first loss of the year when leading after six innings and the first win ever for the Sox in new Yankee Stadium.  Since it was a Sox win, you know that there must have been at least two homers, and there were, one each by Andruw Jones (his 8th) and Mark Kotsay (his 2nd).  A.J. Pierzynski had three hits, including a two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning off former Sox pitcher Damaso Marte that provided the winning margin.  The Sox had grabbed the early lead off old friend Javy Vazquez, who has a 9.78 ERA now that he's back in the American League.  Bobby Jenks picked up his fifth save in five chances.

Sergio Santos continued his pursuit of perfection, finishing the weekend with his 0.00 ERA intact.  The converted shortstop pitched 0.2 innings on Friday and 1.0 innings on Sunday without giving up a run.

That's about it for the good stuff.  Go Sox!