They say no publicity is bad publicity and that is especially true in Jon Heyman's article on SI.com about Chicago White Sox GM Kenny Williams.

Heyman paints Kenny as a mad genius who lives under the radar in a city that is indifferent toward his team.  In other words, Heyman nailed it.

As frustrated as we Sox fans can get, Kenny is a hero to all of us.  He is a top flight evaluator of talent and comes to work everyday trying to find another piece to the puzzle.  He's tough minded, he determined and he's a little cocky.  Kenny Williams is pretty much what a Sox fan would be if he or she ran the franchise.

So, while Heyman's article may have shined the national spot light on Kenny, Sox fans saw no surprises.

It's nice to get some national love though and it's even sweeter considering Kenny Williams may be most undervalued GM in baseball.  He's sort of the Ron Gardenhire of GMs in that every year (save for 2007) he puts in a solid performance and his team is competitive.

Kenny's greatest talent is the ability to spin gold from other team's straw.  The long list of players he has acquired as his tenure as GM that have blown in under the radar and have been successful at the big league level is astounding.  Raise your hand if you screamed when the Sox traded Aaron Rowand to the Phillies.  But that got the Sox Gavin Floyd.  How about Carlos Quentin?  Who knew he'd have the kind of year he did last year?  Jeff Marquez?  Still to be seen, but looking good.  In 2005, the year of our destiny, many of the huge heroes were castoffs named Cliff Politte, Demasso Marte, Neil Cotts, El Duke, Bobby Jenks, Jose Contreras, Pablo Ozuna and Ross Gload.  Most teams wouldn't have even touched these guys, but Kenny knew better and because he did, the Sox brought home the big trophy.

Here's to you Kenny Williams.  Keep up the good work.