Ep. 217: Why new White Sox catcher James McCann is thankful for life

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

New White Sox catcher James McCann speaks with Chuck Garfien in Arizona about the young talented pitchers on the staff (2:50) and why he compares Dylan Cease to Justin Verlander (3:45), then goes in-depth about his wife giving birth to premature twin boys last winter (5:50), why doctors gave James a 1-in-4 chance to survive when he was born 28 years ago (8:30), how the McCanns chose the names of their twin boys (11:50), how they’re doing now (13:00), the lowest and highest points from the last year (14:05), the difference between this spring training and last spring training for McCann (16:10) and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ricky's boys don't quit, and neither does NBC Sports Chicago's coverage.
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0:22.4	Members FDIC.
0:23.5	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
0:27.2	The ball hit deep way back.
0:29.5	Deep to get back.
0:31.3	Holy cow.
0:33.0	Charlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
0:36.3	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
0:39.2	You can't put it on the board.
0:42.0	Yes.
0:43.1	We got chance to do something real special.
0:45.2	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
0:47.7	It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast. Hey, everybody.
1:04.5	You're listening to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought you by WinTrust Community Bank.
1:09.1	I'm Chuck Arfine here in Arizona.
1:21.8	And today in the podcast, it is a special conversation with new White Sox catcher James McCann who signed with the Sox this winter after spending his first four seasons with the Tigers.
1:27.4	As a catcher, he's got a firsthand look at what's going on with the White Sox pitching staff.
1:30.1	He's going to talk about Lucas G. Alito and Ronald Lopez.
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