Ep. 171: Bryce Harper: Dream, reality….or both?!

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It’s all Bryce Harper, all the time! The White Sox seem to be aggressive in pursuing Bryce Harper, but does it make sense for the White Sox? What would it mean for the outlook of the organization if he signed? How should the White Sox pitch the team to Harper? Ryan McGuffey, Slavko Bekovic & Chris Kamka discuss. Plus, Vinnie Duber chimes in from the GM Meetings in San Diego to break down what Rick Hahn and Scott Boras have said about the situation.0:30 – Bryce Harper-mania!1:55 – The White Sox have the money to spend3:40 – How did focus go from Machado to Harper?5:00 – The “marketability” of Bryce Harper6:25 – Does the window and timing make sense to sign Harper?10:53 – Vinnie Duber joins podcast from GM Meetings in San Diego11:45 – Are the Sox willing to spend what it takes to land Harper?13:30 – How does Scott Boras play into this?15:30 – What does it mean if the Sox sign Harper?18:30 – Are there more moves on top of a potential Harper signing?21:20 – What would Rick Hahn’s pitch be?22:30 – Is this the White Sox version of Jon Lester signing?23:40 – Why would Harper leave Nationals?25:30 – Do the Indians play into the timing of a move?27:00 – Chances Harper signs with the White Sox?

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0:00.0	White Sox, White Sox.
0:02.0	Go, go, white Sox.
0:03.7	A ball hit deep way back.
0:06.0	Deep to the Red.
0:07.8	Holy cow.
0:09.5	Carlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
0:12.8	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
0:15.6	You can't put it on the board.
0:18.5	Yes.
0:19.5	We got a chance for do something real special.
0:21.7	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
0:24.2	It's time for the White Sox Talk Podcast.
0:35.3	Hey, everyone, it is the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:38.6	Brought to you by WinTrust Community Bank, home of White Sox checking, where you get free ATMs nationwide.
0:44.3	Go to their White Sox webpage at www.wintrust.com slash socks.
0:50.4	I am Ryan McGuffey, the vacationing, and Chuck Garfine.
0:53.1	He'll be back in this seat next week. Pleasure to be joined alongside Slavko Becovich and Chris Kamka and guys, Bryce Harper. It's Bryce Harper Mania. Is it? It's Bryce Harper. It's, oh, it's, it's Bryce Harper Mania. And it's Bryce Harper Mania here in Chicago. And it's time to actually start thinking that way and making this a reality.
1:13.7	I mean, let that sink in for a second.
1:16.0	The White Sox and Bryce Harper.
1:17.8	The link, you know, it started with John Morosi on Monday at the GM meetings in San Diego.
1:22.6	And we had John on the podcast on Tuesday talking about the White Sox interest in Bryce Harper and Mani Machado.
1:29.5	Then the other guys started piling on.
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