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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 70: White Sox top prospect tells story of horrific car crash that almost ended his life

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After starting the final game of the season for the Charlotte Knights (the White Sox Triple-A team), Tyler Danish was driving to his home in Tampa, Florida when he was hit by a semi-truck in a 23-car accident in Jacksonville. In his first interview since the accident, Danish explains to Chuck Garfien what happened that night, why he thinks he survived the crash and how the experience has changed his life. The White Sox second round pick in 2013 also talks about his baseball career, his struggles in the minor leagues, making his first major league start for the White Sox in 2017 and his hopes of being part of their future.

Transcript

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I'm looking at it thinking, how did somebody survive this?

0:05.0

Is that a question you ask yourself?

0:06.0

How did I survive this?

0:08.0

I think every person I've talked to about is asking that same question.

0:13.0

At that moment, I couldn't have any answer, but now that I've, you know,

0:17.0

I've given some thought, just don't think it was my time to go.

0:26.3

That's White Sox pitcher, Tyler Danish, who on this edition of the White Sox Talk podcast describes in very personal detail the car accident he was involved in last month

0:34.1

that nearly cost him his life.

0:37.2

Hey, everyone, I'm Chuck Arfine, and we didn't know much about the accident other than that he

0:41.7

suffered a dislocated left shoulder, his non-throwing shoulder.

0:45.7

And from the pictures he tweeted out after the accident, we saw that his car was completely

0:50.5

totaled.

0:51.7

But in this interview with Tyler, who was the White Sox's second round draft

0:56.1

pick in 2013, we learned a lot more about the accident. It turns out it was much bigger and

1:02.9

involved a lot of people. It's a pretty deep and really heartfelt conversation.

1:13.2

And Tyler is going to explain why he believes.

1:16.3

Why he believes he survived this accident.

1:21.1

He also talks about his career, his hopes of being a fixture with the big league club, and what it was like being AAA teammates with Yohan Moncada, Lucas Gialito, Michael Kopeck, and more.

1:29.9

But before we get to my conversation with Tyler, something a little lighter, have you seen

1:34.3

what Aloi Jimenez is doing in Dominican Winter League?

1:38.7

I mean, if you haven't seen it, have you heard it?

1:40.7

He's on fire.

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