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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 110: Trayce Thompson - “This is home”

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Drafted by the White Sox in 2009, Trayce Thompson never wanted to play for another team but the White Sox. All that changed in 2015 when he was dealt to the Dodgers in the Todd Frazier trade. Now back with the White Sox, Thompson talks with Chuck Garfien about the trials and tribulations of the last few years, the whirlwind of being on 4 teams in the last 4 weeks, how the White Sox threw him a lifeline bringing him back, how he wants to make the best of this new opportunity and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Keep your money local.

0:01.3

Bring it home to a WinTrust Community Bank, home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide.

0:06.3

Find out more at WinTrust.com slash SOX.

0:09.1

Members FDIC.

0:10.4

Hey, everyone, this is Chuck Garfine, and you are listening to the White Sox Talk podcast.

0:14.7

Brought to you by WinTrust Community Bank, Home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide.

0:19.7

For more, go to their special White Sox web page free ATMs nationwide. For more go to their special White Sox

0:22.1

web page. That's www.W.W.W.W.W.Wintress.com slash Sox. Trace Thompson might be from California,

0:29.5

but Chicago, and more specifically, the White Sox are his home. He's been given a second chance with the socks, one that could really

0:40.3

make or break his baseball career. He's 27 years old. He's out of options and now has a really good

0:45.8

opportunity to play, especially now with Avi Garcia on the disabled list. He's going to play

0:50.3

even more. So coming up on the podcast, I sit down with Trace, who says, among other things,

0:56.6

he was devastated when the White Sox traded him back in 2015 after that stellar month,

1:01.7

month and a half when he was called up and had that great stretch of about 44 games with the White

1:07.9

Sox. He's going to talk about what it was like to be on four different teams in a span of three weeks. And that was all here in the month of April. I'll tell you who on the White Sox is his baseball uncle? Who is his baseball uncle? Okay. He's going to tell you about that. As well as the phone call he received from Adrian Gonzalez about Rick Wentaria

1:29.4

and how the White Sox threw him a lifeline when he really needed one.

1:35.5

So here's my conversation with Trace Thompson here on the White Sox Talk Podcast.

1:52.0

Trace Thompson, right field, Redick back, warning track, and the wall, it's gone. Welcome back Trace Thompson as he splashes down in right field.

1:59.0

The Trace life doesn't go on a straight line.

2:02.6

There are zigs and zags.

2:04.6

A zag or two happened with you and now you're here with the white sacks.

2:08.6

How's it feel just being back with this team?

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