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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 147: White Sox call up Michael Kopech!

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

With the big news that Michael Kopech is coming to the majors, Chuck Garfien and Vinnie Duber talk about the decision by the Sox to bring up their top pitching prospect and the excitement that Kopech will bring to the team and the 2018 season. Kevan Smith discusses what kind of stuff Kopech has and what it was like catching him in the minor leagues. Plus, they talk about Paul Konerko’s unforgettable day in the booth with Hawk Harrelson.

Transcript

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Go to their special White Sox webpage www.w.wintrust.com slash socks. All right, Chuck Gardt

0:40.3

fine here with Vinnie Duber in a very quiet, guaranteed rate field, but come Tuesday,

0:45.8

ain't going to be quiet. Michael Kopeck making his major league debut, his White Sox debut. That's

0:52.6

the big news. Your thoughts? Vinnie Doober. Well, I was here, I was sitting in the stands,

0:57.3

actually, last summer when Yohan Moncada got called up. And quite the atmosphere then, I think it's

1:02.9

going to be cranked up to 11 for Kopec's debut on Tuesday. I mean, people have been waiting

1:06.9

all season for this to happen, and it's finally happened. Obviously, Aloi

1:11.4

Jimenez is still in the minor leagues, but the first piece of that puzzle, Michael Kopeck

1:15.7

getting called up. And I mean, it's just an exciting moment for the rebuild, right? And really,

1:21.1

it's a very tangible reason that this rebuild is moving in the right direction.

1:26.1

And now when Mankata got called up, yeah, there was a lot of excitement, but the difference between a pitcher, making his debut and a hitter is, well, the hitter is going to touch the ball a few times in the outfield or the infield. He's going to hit a few times. Kopeck holds onto that ball every time he takes the mound, and that is going to be very exciting. So here on the podcast, just to let

1:45.8

you know, we're going to hear from Kevin Smith, who caught him in the minor leagues and had some

1:50.6

interesting things to say about Kopeck. We also got to talk about the broadcast with Hawk and Paul

1:55.5

Canerico, which was epic if you haven't had a chance to listen to it. If you listen to this and you haven't, try to DVR the replay of the game. I think you'll have a chance to do that. If not, we'll be talking about what those guys were discussing because it was a lot of fun. But look, here's what I like. White Sox are down 6.0. The news comes out that Kopeck, I don't know if it was 6.0 at the time. It might have been 6-0. Yeah, it was 6-0. The news comes out that Kopeck, I don't know if it was 6-0 at the time.

2:18.0

It might have been 6-0. Yeah, it was 6-0. The news comes out that Kopeck is getting called up, and then all of a sudden, fourth inning, six runs, three home runs. It's almost as if the White Sox players got the word that Kopeck was coming up, but I get the feeling that was not the case. Since the news broke that Michael Kopeck was getting called up,

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