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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 129: Dylan Covey’s second chance at baseball...and life

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

White Sox pitcher Dylan Covey comes on the podcast and opens up to Chuck Garfien about his battle with diabetes, a disease that almost ended his life in 2010. He talks about his struggles last season, admitting "I wasn't ready for the major leagues," and explains why he's a better pitcher now because of it. Covey discusses what it was like being left unprotected by the Oakland A's, coming over to the White Sox in the Rule 5 draft, getting a second chance with the White Sox, beating Chris Sale at Fenway Park and much more.

Transcript

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0:27.7

Chuck Carfine, here with Ryan McGuffie.

0:30.0

And today on the podcast, it's an interview with Dylan Covey.

0:33.4

And Guff, this was 30 minutes or so with Dylan Covey,

0:36.8

and he opens up about a number of things.

0:39.7

Let's start with his diabetes that he was diagnosed with.

0:43.5

I don't think Fox fans realize his story and how close he came to potentially dying and being in a coma

0:50.7

before he was even diagnosed right after he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in

0:55.1

2010.

0:55.8

I'd say it's safe to say that you and I always are looking for a story that humanizes these

1:00.1

guys in ways that maybe fans aren't aware of.

1:03.8

And there's been little blurbs about Dylan Covey's diabetes diagnosis in the last year and a half, let's say. But Dylan was

1:13.8

very open, very honest about when he was diagnosed, what happened where he was, and how close he came

1:21.5

to dying. I mean, it's like it was a very honest question that you asked him. And I'll tell you what, you appreciate the journey of Dylan Covey last year.

1:31.3

I think no one really truly understood kind of why Covey was pitching here at the major

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