Best of SoxFest with Getz, Venable, Teel, Vargas and Montgomery

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien brings you the best moments from SoxFest 2026. The episode opens with highlights from a fan-packed panel including Senior Vice President and General Manager Chris Getz alongside manager Will Venable, as they share insight into the team’s direction and what they’re building toward this season. Chuck also goes one-on-one with several players making headlines. Catcher Kyle Teel discusses mixing baseball and music after playing guitar live in front of the SoxFest crowd and looks ahead to his sophomore season, while infielder Miguel Vargas brings up the texts he received from Luis Robert Jr. after the trade to the Mets. The episode wraps up with young star Colson Montgomery, who talks about building on his strong rookie year and what he’s focused on next.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:08.3	Welcome to the White Sox podcast with our new sponsor, Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland.
0:15.5	Are you ready for your winning moment?
0:17.6	Find it at Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland, where the action never stops.
0:21.6	Play the hottest table games. Enjoy the newest slots. Celebrate big jackpots at Win Creek. There's a
0:26.7	win waiting for you around every corner. All right, Sox Fest 2026 is in the books. It was a rollicking good time.
0:37.2	Sold out both nights, Friday night, Saturday night.
0:40.4	And if you could not make it over the weekend, I'm here to bring you Sox Fest to you here on the
0:47.9	podcast. I did a panel with Chris Gets and Will Venable where fans asked questions. We're going to
0:54.0	get Chris's reaction to the new signing of outfielder Austin Hayes,
0:58.7	even though we couldn't officially say his name on the podcast because it wasn't official at the time.
1:03.8	They'll give us their outlooks for the upcoming season and more.
1:07.3	Plus interviews with Kyle Teal, Miguel Vargas, and Colson Montgomery.
1:14.2	It is a jam-packed edition of the White Sox podcast from Sox Fest, starting with Chris Gets and Will Venable on stage.
1:25.1	Here we go.
1:28.3	The ball hit deep way back.
1:31.1	There's a blast.
1:32.3	Deep to left.
1:35.2	Holy cow.
1:37.0	Carl to press.
1:38.3	Let's put the white talk ahead.
1:40.3	Montgomery deep to right field.
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