Former White Sox pitcher Cliff Politte on the dominance of the ’05 White Sox

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The 2005 White Sox pitching staff was a sight to behold, going to the World Series and sweeping the Houston Astros. Cliff Politte was on that staff and sits down with host Chuck Garfien as he details why the Sox were so good that season.(1:37) - What made 2005 so special?(6:40) - Could the 2005 Sox compete in today's game/Could he compete in today's game(12:19) - Cliff's 1st big league hit(16:13) - Cliff's 1st hit he ever gave up

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody listening to the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust, Chuck Arfine with you, and we're walking down memory lane here on the podcast. Cliff Polite, World Series Champion from 2005, joins me on the podcast.
0:24.0	Talk about a lot of stuff from 05.
0:25.9	Remember how dominant he was, Neil Kotz was, that bullpen from 05.
0:32.2	He goes deep on that as well as,
0:34.7	does he think he could actually pitch in the majors today?
0:38.3	Interesting thoughts coming from Cliff on that.
0:41.3	We also get into his connection with Mark Burley and Paul Kernerko.
0:47.3	And you've got to hear his story about the time he got a hit as a hiter,
1:00.1	as a pinch hitter in 2005 against the Colorado Rockies.
1:04.2	Great stories coming from Cliff Polite on the White Sox Talk Podcast.
1:07.6	White Sox, White Sox, Go, go. White Sox.
1:11.4	That ball hit deep way back.
1:13.5	Deep time, Fred.
1:15.3	Holy cow.
1:17.0	Carlton Fiss has put the White Sox ahead.
1:20.3	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
1:23.1	You can put it on the board.
1:26.0	Yes.
1:27.0	We got a chance to do something real special all right sit back relax and
1:30.8	strap it down it's time for the white socks talk podcast all right cliff polyte what made
1:38.8	what made 2005 so special well obviously, obviously the fact that winning was the biggest part of it, but, man, it was hard
1:52.1	to explain, but I tried to the best I can, but we really, we had some big names in that
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