Miguel Vargas should have been All-Star Game MVP (Hour 1)

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How did the hosts introduce the All‑Star Game and White Sox presence?

Unknown 0:01

This hour is brought to you by Cars for Kids.

Rahimi Harrison 0:22

Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.

Vinny Rotino 0:28

The popularity is building and the respect for the White Sox nationally is coming with it right now. Let's listen to Pat McAfee, his appearance, talking about an inside joke that he let everybody else in on.

Marshall Harris 0:41

What type of music do you like? I like this kind of music.

Unknown 0:44

Not just anybody can walk onto that show and have that crew that quickly join in on this.

Marshall Harris 1:11

The man doesn't even speak English, but that was the international language of love. Stroking. As in for the love of the game? No, no, that doesn't hit quite the way that I intended it, maybe.

Vinny Rotino 1:21

You have a way with words, Marshall.

Marshall Harris 1:24

Come on, Marshall. Bring it home, baby. We're ready for you.

Vinny Rotino 1:26

Now, let's whiteboard this in case you don't know. Derek Shoman, credit to the White Sox hitting coach for appearing on the podcast with Chuck Garfine that they do at CHSN. to confess to now something that I think people like being in on the joke.

Derek Shoman 1:43

I heard the song played by Clarence Carter when we were in Sacramento. It's a song I had heard years ago. I'd completely forgotten about it until I heard it. I remember the next day in the cage in Sac, and I started blasting it. And the guys came in, and they loved it. This is kind of like our offense's song of the year, and we want this thing played at local bars after Sox wins. Well, after dinner, we're going to go back to the bar, and I have a special song prepared for you.

Vinny Rotino 2:09

I recall a little song taking shape in 2005, and it started off as an inside joke, and then the next thing you know, everybody's singing Don't Stop Believin'.

Rahimi Harrison 2:21

Don't stop stroking. Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody. Midday's 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3 The Score.

Vinny Rotino 2:37

It was an all-star game where we saw a lot of White Sox appearances. We had some adventures in even getting to the game. A little bit more on that later. But we had White Sox present. We had Cubs presence. PCA got mic'd up. We did not see a lot of hits, especially from the National League. That's a scenario we know well here. The National League All-Stars end up with just three hits. They get shut out. The American League ends up winning this one by a final 4-0. This is Rahimi Harrison-Brody on 104.3 The Score. And I'm left asking, I think, the appropriate question today. Miguel Vargas, responsible for the extra base hit in the game. I think that needs to be repeated. The extra base hit in the game with the home run that was the hit of consequence to help seal the deal for the American League isn't the MVP.

Vinny Rotino 3:31

Instead, it's former Cub Cody Bellinger.

Marshall Harris 3:34

Did that make you upset?

Vinny Rotino 3:36

Well, for a few different reasons, Marshall, because number one, I'm still of the belief that the Cubs could still have had Cody Bellinger. That was a salary decision that they made to trade him to the Yankees, making room for Kyle Tucker, who is ultimately also no longer on the team. There was a lot of Cubs offense in the past. Signing the lineup card yesterday for the respective teams. And then we also see at least Vargas come through like we have all season long. Here he is again, but he's not the MVP. Instead, it's Bellinger. And I think it should be Miguel Vargas. I'm still not quite sure why it's not. He had the home run. The home run.

Marshall Harris 4:17

If the National League had more than three hits, right? If they had runs on the board. I'm sorry. If they had a run on the board.

Vinny Rotino 4:25

Extra base hits.

Marshall Harris 4:26

I hear you. I hear you. I hear you. I understand why you believe that Miguel Vargas should be the MVP. Listen. As a lifelong White Sox fan, of course I want Miguel Vargas to be the MVP. That's fun. That's fun for the fan base. It's fun for the city of Chicago.

Vinny Rotino 4:45

It's appropriate to his dollars. He earned it.

Marshall Harris 4:49

Well, I would say this. Cody Bellinger had himself a moment. He's the only player in the game who had two RBI. And if you look at the way things happened, he had the game-winning runs. He had the first two runs driven in in this game, and They didn't give up any runs. Therefore, when you say hit of consequence, Cody Bellinger had a hit of consequence.