Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Breaking down the war of words between Mike Vasil & Tarik Skubal
22 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. That sounds so crazy.
104.3 the score.
Wow. I like that. Middays 10-2 on 104.3 the score. Derek Scruble had some words for the White Sox dugout. That is the face of desperation right now. And Mike Vassell, he is not backing down the magic wand. He said, don't bring that in our house.
John Schreffer on CHSN. Yeah, let me take you back to Friday's White Sox game in Detroit, which was a Tigers 4-3 win over the White Sox.
Chapter 2: What sparked the war of words between Mike Vassell and Tariq Skubal?
There's Tariq Skubal. He's back, five and two-thirds, three runs on seven hits. White Sox got him a little bit there, squaring him up a little bit. But that's in the fifth inning as Tariq Skubal is walking off the mound and he is yelling in the general direction, of dugout fun guy Mike Vassell and the Vassell wand. Are you calling him a mushroom?
Oh, no, you mean fun guy. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Not fun guy. I would never refer to Mike Vassell as fun guy. A fun guy in the dugout. And we're all assuming that old Scooble doesn't like the antics.
going on in that dugout waving that wand around and i love man i gotta tell you i love though because it's very random it doesn't happen a lot throughout a baseball season just like throwing the baseball back in maybe it happens a lot more um where you get the you get the dugout guy yelling at the pitcher on the mound like this happens every once in a while so it's a it feels like a very significant especially because it's school ball
Does it matter that the dugout guy is not even playing baseball right now? It does matter.
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Chapter 3: How did Tariq Skubal react during the game against the White Sox?
I feel like that's a big... That's why I'm like, no, this isn't good.
I just like that he's committed himself to being that cheerleader. But... Let's see if we can get some clarity on this because that was the scene. Fifth inning, again, Scooble walking off the mound, yelling at Mike Vassell. Vassell yelling back, not backing down in any way, shape, or form, by the way. You could just see the expression on his face.
Will Venable, the manager of the White Sox, after Friday's game, disgust on the Mike Vassell and Scooble altercation.
I have no idea. I think that it was directed at Vassal there, and we really have to ask them. Everything that Mike does, everything that we do on our bench is inward, it's above board. My guess is that there's some thought that there's some sign stealing or something potentially. I don't know.
You have to ask them, but everything that we do is above board and really about our guys and supporting our guys and nothing more.
Did you say anything to him to settle things down, or how do you handle that situation to move on?
Just talking to the umpires at that point. We had two umpires coming over and talking to us, no one talking to their side when it was their guy on the mound that was yelling and causing a scene. And we were just trying to get through it, explain to them that there was nothing going on and didn't really know what the problem was. But, again, that's for them. That's their problem.
And, again, for us, we do everything the right way. Mike is a big part of this group and really just out there supporting us guys.
I love that Will Venable, the White Sox manager, right there. Saying that during Scoobles out here causing a scene. Don't steal our signs.
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Chapter 4: What did Mike Vassell say in response to Skubal's comments?
The next thing I know, I'm getting reamed out.
What did he say to you?
I think it was some pretty choice words. And then I shared back some choice words. It was good stuff. Yeah, look, you know, like I've always said, I'm going to help the team and do everything I can to do it. So, you know, I'm going to be with the guy in the box. And, you know, I think we've seen far worse things before in the game.
So if, you know, we're going to be that paranoid about it, it's just part of the game.
Any part of you, like, interpret him as, like, trying to fire up his side or maybe create something for momentum?
Was he trying to fire up your side? I don't know if he was trying to fire up their side. It seemed pretty targeted towards me. But, you know, look, I'm just a guy. Had he said anything before that inning or no? No, no, he hadn't. You know, we started getting on base, and like I said, people get paranoid, so...
It seemed like everybody else was kind of having their back.
Yeah, these guys are the best. They're my teammates, and they're always going to have my back.
I'd love to hear Mike Vassell in real language talking about that as opposed to the court-like language he was using there.
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Chapter 5: What role does the dugout play in player interactions during games?
It's just like, what's he mad about? What did I do?
Action, reaction. That's just how these things tend to go, right?
Right? Absolutely. I think he knew what he was doing, but hey, that's all right.
Maybe the words would have been different if he hadn't struck out Colson Montgomery with the bases loaded. Maybe that ends differently, but I felt like he had a reason to beat his chest a little bit because he struck out the big guy, Montgomery, in a big spot, and then he had words for Vassil that he might not have had if he hadn't have struck out
The best part, the whole kicker to the whole story was that in the White Sox sixth inning then, Junior Perez, a bomb off of Tariq Scooble to keep it going. Because everybody's like, okay, let's see how pissed he is when he comes out here. Well, he gave up a home run. So, yeah, you're right though, man. You nailed it. The next time, it's on, man. It's on.
But old school will even be on the Tigers the next Sunday. Oh, wow. You are just coming up with all sorts of good questions here. Hey, I'm just asking. Write all of this down. Coming up next, we are very excited that we are going to have the voice of the Bulls, Chuck Swirsky, join us. There's new paper between the Bulls and the score, which means more Chuck Swirsky in the years to come.
So we'll talk to him about the extension with the Bulls and the score and Odyssey. He's also going to be hosting our draft coverage, which goes down tomorrow.
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Chapter 6: How did the White Sox manager respond to the altercation?
So you know Chuck is all studied up and well-read on the prospects, and we'll see what he thinks about all things Bulls next on Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Bang!