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What are the initial thoughts on the White Sox playoff chances?
Cheers to the freaking weekend.
Yeah, we're here. It is the weekend for Team Rahimi Harris and Brody. Thanks to our producers, Ray Diaz, Tyler Bearderbaugh. Thanks to Tyler Ferengel, Baby T, for helping us out with audio as well today. And thanks to Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, Max Curtis, Cody Westerlin. Thanks to our guests, Bruce Levine, Brett Boone, Kevin Fishbane. And thanks to Ben Johnson for having Rookie Minicamp today. Does that count, Mark?
Yeah, absolutely. Thank you. Because that means we got to talk about the Bears, and it's always cool to talk about the Bears.
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They're here. It's the Spiegel at home show.
Is it the Matt Spiegel baseball corner? I know we have a feelings corner.
But this is the thing about Guff, though, is that Guff can talk about anything. He can. This is why I love working with Guff. I often request it because the man... You know, it's been around like, you know, what was that station? NBC Sports Chicago for a million years and a million shows and a lot of things that Guff has been a part of. So we can go everywhere and we will go everywhere today. It's a widespread show. Some Bryson Graham thoughts. I have not had a chance to really weigh in on that since that went down on Wednesday and lots of bears, as you say, as well.
Well, the best part about it is you said he could spray to all fields right before we turned on the mics. We were talking about Matt Latos, ladies and gentlemen, and the 5-0 start that he had with your Chicago White Sox after I know him as the Cincinnati Red. He may have had some stops in between.
How are the Bears impacting the White Sox discussions?
Longtime Cincinnati Red, former Padre.
What a tool. That guy was a tool. I was interviewing Carson Fulmer once. We had the lock. Oh, triple clutch. Carson Fulmer was like the hot prospect at that time. And I was like, hey, Carson, I just want to catch up on a feature. He literally stops the interview and goes, why the hell are you talking to him? What? And I just go, way to welcome in the new guy.
Yeah, great tools in White Sox history.
That year, I saw Matt Perk, who had had a very circuitous path to the big leagues. He was a former first-round pick, didn't end up signing with the Texas Rangers when he was drafted out of TCU. So I was like, hey, I followed your career. This is really cool to see. Congratulations. What has it been like? And then Latos just like... Basically scoffs. No, no. He was scoffing at me for like pointing out. They didn't do that with me, fortunately. So he just like scoffed at me instead. I just like stared at him and I was this close from going, throw strikes.
You want to go back and wait? I did not do that. Brett Boone, your guest. Yeah. I think he had two home runs in 2002 when Mike Cameron had a four-homer game. Jim Parquet pitched that day for the White Sox. He was in AAA, and he was complaining that he was sick of eating the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches down in Charlotte. He was complaining he had to keep doing starts down there. He comes up, serves up a four-homer game to Cameron and two to Brett Boone and some fan. There's about 5,000 at the cell at the time. They're like... Go back to eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. So when you had Brett Boone on, I was like the first, and I was at the game, and I was like, that's the first thing that popped into my head, the Brett Boone-Jim Parquet game.
Amazing. The former White Sox, Mike Cameron, too. I keep thinking about that game. Paul Canerico.
How deep do you want to go? Mike Cameron for Paul Canerico?
Oh, yeah. Jimmy Rollins. That's right. That was the connection.
Adam Eaton. Some of the stuff we can't go to area. Is Statue of Limitations past that team now?
I think it is. Well, apparently it did on Matt Latos for you. Yeah. He's a tool.
You know what? I jumped right off the bridge with you, Guff. Right off a bridge.
Not these days, though. White Sox are fun.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the initial thoughts on the White Sox playoff chances?
0:00–1:45
2
How are the Bears impacting the White Sox discussions?
1:45–3:44
3
What historical context is provided about White Sox players?
3:44–9:32
4
What factors contribute to the White Sox's potential playoff run?
9:32–10:10
5
How does the current American League landscape affect the White Sox?
10:10–15:51
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