Ep. 284: GM Rick Hahn talks Luis Robert, Zack Collins and impact of social media

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

GM Rick Hahn joined the White Sox Talk Podcast crew at Reggie's Bar for an extensive interview and Q&A with White Sox fans.Among the many topics: what kind of step the White Sox have made in 2019 (3:30), what he learned about not getting Manny Machado (7:00), why they weren't more aggressive at the trade deadline (17:20), how about calling up Luis Robert in 2019 (19:40), how social media has impacted his job and doing business (26:00), the White Sox playing in the Field of Dreams game (37:00), why Zack Collins is in the minors (39:50), is Rick Renteria the long term answer as manager? (50:40), bringing back sleeveless jerseys, Jerry Reinsdorf seems to be in favor of it (59:00), Nick Hostetler's new role with the team (1:02:50), will the White Sox sign a free agent pitcher to a long term deal? (1:17:50) we give away an Al Alburquerque jersey (1:22:00) and more.

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0:00.0	Keep your money local.
0:01.4	Bring it home to a WinTrust Community Bank,
0:03.6	home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide.
0:06.5	Find out more at wintrust.com slash Sox.
0:09.3	Members FDIC.
0:10.5	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
0:14.3	A ball hit deep way back.
0:16.4	Deep to the fan.
0:18.2	Holy cow.
0:20.0	Charlton fans 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.
0:29.9	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.
0:52.5	Yeah. and strap it down. It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast. Welcome to Reggies.
0:53.8	It is the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:55.3	Brought you by Winters. How about a round of applause for Reggie's Bar here on the South Side.
1:04.0	All right. Chuck Arkinne here with Chris Campa, Vinnie Doober, Ryan McGuffie, and a guy who I think caught a foul ball in Detroit yesterday, Rick Hahn? I know how to play the angles. There's a one hopper off the back and I snagged it, yeah. And where is this ball? I threw it to a kid. Come on. Oh, that's nice. I know how to get a ball if I want a ball, so I threw it to a kid. Thanks everybody for coming out. We will be asking Rick questions that we have.
1:12.0	And then we'll open up to questions, whatever's on your mind, right, Rick? 100%. 100%. Whatever is on your mind you want to ask Rick, we'll bring the camera out with Ryan McGuffie and you can ask whatever you want. I hope you're all here. All you've been on Twitter, I hope you're all here. That is the one requirement to ask the question, correct?
1:48.0	Yes. I believe. Why don't you tell them right now?
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