Chapter 1: What exciting topics do Mike Vasil and the hosts discuss?
Yeah, there should be some passion.
This doesn't have to be boring. I can confirm it. Nobody I'd rather talk to more than Mike Vassell and Courtney Finnegan, two of the most important members of the Chicago White Sox world. Fact.
That is a fact. I would have to agree.
I agree. I agree.
I mean, I was very sad that I missed Mike Vassell at Sox Fest over the weekend. I have to give you a little bit of crap for that because I was very disappointed. You know, I've been trying to meet you in person for a long time.
Oh, you guys never met in person?
We've never met in person, no.
Not in person, no. Only over Zoom. Well, listen, Mike, if you were at the bar at 1 o'clock in the morning in Orlando during the winter meetings, you would have met Courtney. That sounded terrible, but whatever.
You know, Mike, I did close down the bar all three nights.
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Chapter 2: How does Mike Vasil feel about his role with the White Sox?
They have a bad Uber Lyft place. They don't have a lot around it, but they are trying. They are efforting to make it better. Courtney, please explain how are they making this better?
So, Mike, I'm sure you've seen the craziness on social media recently. Just as early as yesterday, Scott Merkin's MLB.com article about, because of Murakami, which is very exciting, of course, he had the White Sox install a bidet in the clubhouse. I'm sure you've seen all this.
I have received, yes, many texts. I have a Kyle Teal quote about having the cleanest butt in the league or something. Yeah.
So put that on a t-shirt, Rob, put that on a t-shirt.
I mean, the amount of, the amount of guys I've gotten jokes from about like, we're going to be the cleanest team in the league. That is just like, I mean, it's kind of funny. It's awesome. I'm excited. I don't know like what they're going to do. I,
Have you ever used one, Mike? Have you ever used a bidet?
I have never used one before, no.
Oh, Mike. Oh, I'm okay.
So I feel very passionate about it. Easy, easy.
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Chapter 3: What humorous stories does Mike share about his experiences?
I used to be a runner. So bring that back into my life.
So that's the way that you said it went from winning a race to like something or it was an eight minute mile for a 5k. That's what it was. That's what it was, yes. And so, Mike, we have a lot of Joe, CEO Joe Kelly. He's going to bench press 225 pounds once. Amir Garrett's going to do a windmill dunk. Brandon Gomes, the GM of the Dodgers, is going to do 50 push-ups.
Although now I don't even think that's that much because our guy Gordo in studio the other day did 45.
Oh, wow.
Yeah. Yeah. And Gomes is jacked, too.
He is.
Yeah. I mean – So what do you want to pick? And if you do it, you get the Best Shape of My Life Club t-shirt. And if you're in Boston, you can come to our party. All right. One thing is something that I could do. It doesn't have to. It can be. What was it? Oh, Ryan O'Hearn said he wants to throw 80 because he doesn't feel like he has a strong throwing arm. He wants to throw 80 pounds.
Ken Lee said he'll throw 96 on opening day. Ooh. I don't want you to do something where you're going to hurt yourself.
Yeah, don't do anything crazy.
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Chapter 4: How has Mike's performance changed since last season?
Oh, yeah.
Right? Yeah. And you come in for the, I think, what, the 10th inning, right?
Yeah.
In the 10th inning and, yeah.
That was the first time I legitimately felt the ground shake before. Like, I'd never experienced that because it was so loud. Like, it was crazy.
So, Mike, you mentioned, and I think we know this, obviously, from your season last year, that you were in a lot of roles, right? Yeah. Clubs games, you started, you spot started, you middle relieved. I mean, you were kind of all over the place.
Do you feel like with the new additions that the White Sox have made, and let's be honest, there's been some, some pubs surrounded by the White Sox, not just with Murakami, but some of the other moves as well. Do you anticipate your role being more streamlined now compared to last year or? Any feedback on that so far? I mean, I know it's not where we got us from training.
Yeah, yeah. So I talked to Will and Zach Bove, our new pitching coach. So I know I'm going to be going into camp as a starter competing for a starting role. Oh, wow. They had told me that. Um, you know, which I think is a great opportunity. Will let me know.
He said, you know, I think you, you've kind of earned the opportunity to do this and you, you know, you threw a lot of innings, but he said on the phone, you know, he's like, I want you to be a guy that just pitches a lot anyway, just a pitch a lot guy. So, you know, for me, it's like, I just want to pitch regardless and like help the team win.
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Chapter 5: What is the significance of the new bidet installation for the White Sox?
Okay.
Probably social media or something, but that's a long story of why I am, but I am a diehard Denver Bronco fan. So obviously as you can imagine, I was not happy with you a couple of weeks ago and the whole nonsense. So Sox Fest, I was interviewing Shane Smith and I'm going to ask you what I asked him and that's, I need you to be honest here. Okay. I know you can be honest. Um,
How badly would the Broncos have beaten the Patriots if Bo Nix were healthy? Be honest. Be honest.
So here's the thing is, I mean, I'm going to get crucified for this, but I don't know if they win that game if Bo Nix is, like, but at the same time, if Bo Nix is playing now, like, I don't understand football on that high level of the strategy, the play, everything. I know it enough. It's such a tough question because you never really know.
But if the Patriots' offense had done what they'd done and played the way they played, not whatever, it's going to be hard for them to win that game. It's going to be hard for the Patriots' defense to completely shut them down. Now... At the same time, it didn't happen.
Oh, I know it didn't happen. But the only touchdown they scored was – and I'm literally giving it to you guys in the red zone. But I digress.
To your point. Listen, Courtney, I think that Mike explained it perfectly when he said, it's a tough question because you never really know until you know.
And New England did play very conservatively.
Which is an expert way of saying I don't want to make anybody mad.
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