Ep. 259: Evan Marshall’s incredible comeback story

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

White Sox reliever Evan Marshall tells Chuck Garfien about getting hit in the head by a line drive while pitching for Triple-A Reno in 2015 and the following few days during which his life hung in the balance.Marshall recounts his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks and early career struggles (1:11), the day he got hit in the head (5:23), the aftermath and the role his family, and particularly his dog Butters, played while he fought for his life (9:09), how he’s dealt with surviving a near-death experience both psychologically and on the mound (15:58). Marshall also talks his recent success with the White Sox (22:10) and being part of the first pitch fiasco that quickly went viral (23:00).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Keep your money local.
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0:09.3	Members FDIC.
0:10.5	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
0:14.2	A ball hit deep way back.
0:16.4	Deep to the Redwood!
0:18.2	Holy cow!
0:20.0	Charlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
0:23.2	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
0:26.1	You can't put it on board.
0:28.9	Yes.
0:30.0	We got a chance to do something real special.
0:32.2	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
0:34.6	It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:51.3	Thank you. and strap it down. It's time for the White Sox Talk Podcast. All right, this is the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by Win Trust.
0:56.0	Chuck Garfine here with Evan Marshall of the Chicago White Sox.
1:00.0	And Evan, we have a lot that I want to get to.
1:02.0	Let's just begin with your journey.
1:06.0	You have been on quite a journey to get to this point.
1:09.0	How would you just first describe what you've done to get to this point. How would you just first describe what you've done
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