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Courtney Finnicum

👤 Speaker
2246 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Has your mindset changed with all the different roles that you've been put in?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Did you have a different mindset each time or did you go in with the same kind of thought process?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So we mentioned a little bit about some of the young core coming together within the White Sox team, which has been incredibly great to see, obviously.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

The White Sox this offseason already has made some coaching changes.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

One of the changes being your pitching coach, Ethan Katz, no longer with the organization.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Do you, as a pitcher, and again, as a young pitcher, is this a move that you're maybe sweating a little bit?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Is pitching coach, how important is a pitching coach to your success?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

I've actually kind of heard that a pitching coach is almost like your hype man, right?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like he goes out there just to kind of hype you up.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

And like you said, that father figure, you know, during the season, I think that's, and it seems like cats did a really nice job of that with the staff.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So, but you know, moving forward, like you said, you've had a lot of different pitching coaches.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So, you know, that's, that's really your focus is to continue doing what you're doing and continue building on your success.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Right.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

I mean, that's, that's your focus.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So that's a really good point.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

I mean, you mentioned again, and we talked about this back in April, you know, your story is well known now, bouncing around from the Mets to the Rays and now finally to the White Sox.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

What was it about the White Sox organization that has made you have success at their major league level rather than success at the minor league level?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

And I think we saw that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

I mean, you really did just kind of do your thing on the mound.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

And I mean, the fans really did embrace your personality.