Mark Buehrle on White Sox number being retired: 'It doesn't make sense'

Mark Buehrle on Saturday will become the first player on his Sunday-night beer-league softball team to have a major-league team retire his number.

He also will become the 11th player in White Sox history to be honored in such a way, joining former teammates Paul Konerko and Frank Thomas, among others, during a ceremony at Guaranteed Rate Field.

The left-hander's pitching days are far behind him. He's a first baseman now, batting cleanup and trying to hit softballs for fun one day a week.

"Signed a contract," he joked Friday, a day before the Sox will retire his No. 56. "Just trying to stay active and have fun."

Buehrle did plenty of that during his 16 big-league seasons, 12 of which were spent…