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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 125: Interview with Danny Farquhar

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar speaks with Chuck Garfien in a revealing interview about the brain hemorrhage that almost ended his life. Farquhar talks about what he remembers from the night of the incident, harrowing moments that happened while he was in surgery, and how his family and teammates have helped him in his recovery. Plus, how he hopes to pitch again, his fallback job if pitching doesn’t work out, why Rick Renteria was his favorite baseball player as a kid and much more.

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0:30.3

Chuck Arfand here at Guaranteed Ratefield and had a chance to sit down with Danny Farquhar today.

0:37.3

And this was a revealing, introspective

0:42.4

and light-hearted interview as well with Danny.

0:46.2

And as all of you know, he's recovering from the brain hemorrhage that he suffered on April

0:51.3

the 20th here at the ballpark in that game against the Houston Astros.

0:55.0

And he's been through a lot and we get into it.

1:00.0

All the things that have happened since then and he's, you know, very open and honest about how close he came to dying.

1:10.0

There was a decision that his wife had to make while he was in surgery

1:13.6

that could have changed his life forever. He talks about that. Also, how many letters he has received

1:23.6

from people, mainly White Sox fans.

1:28.3

This really, as a credit to you guys,

1:30.3

who have been there for him, prayed for him,

1:33.3

and sent him letters, he'll give you the number.

1:36.3

It's a big number of letters that have come his way

1:39.3

ever since this happened.

1:41.3

He talks about what he would like to do if he can't pitch again. That's a possibility that he may not be able to do it, but he'll tell you about the career he might want to do.

1:51.0

That's coming up.

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