CHICAGO – It’s a question White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko will have to answer throughout the season.

Will he be back with the Sox after his contract expires this year? At this point, even Konerko is unsure about his future on the South Side, but the emotions he will experience in what could be his 15th and final year with the Sox are very familiar.

“I was prepared two years ago that this could be the last time I play,” Konerko said Friday during SoxFest at the Palmer House Hilton. “I’ve kind of gone through the whole exercise of the preparation for that, so it’s just a matter of kind of rekindling that.