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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

How Emily Blady is making a difference in the White Sox front office | Women’s History Month

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

You might not know the name Emily Blady, but you should. She works as a baseball operations analyst in the White Sox front office and speaks with Chuck Garfien about her job building statistical models to help the team with in-game strategies and player personnel decisions. They discuss how she got the job with the White Sox, what needs to happen for more women to be hired across Major League Baseball, if she wants to become a general manager one day, why it's an exciting time on the South Side, and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

people used to always ask me, do you want to be the first female GM?

0:06.9

I'd say, no, I want to be the third or fourth because I'm rooting for my sisters.

0:10.7

So, you know, I want to see, you know, not just for me, hopefully that I'm able to get to

0:15.6

that circle of decision makers one day, but I want to see a whole lot of women around me.

0:24.1

That's Emily Blady, who works for the White Sox as a baseball operations analyst.

0:30.7

And someone who is blazing a trail as one of the few women working in the front office

0:36.7

for a major league baseball team.

0:39.1

And she joins me on this edition of the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by Win Trust.

0:46.0

So Emily's going to talk about her job with the White Sox, which includes building statistical models to help the White Sox make player personnel decisions, assisting with

0:56.6

trades, free agents, the amateur draft, and more. And she'll explain how Rick Hahn opened the door

1:05.2

for her. And what needs to happen for more women to be hired in Major League Baseball.

1:15.2

And does she want to become a GM one day herself?

1:21.5

And she'll explain why she's optimistic about the White Sox in 2021 and beyond.

1:30.9

It's Women's History Month here in March, and Emily Blady is a woman who's making a difference in the game and with the White Sox. Emily Blady, coming your way on the White Sox Talk podcast.

1:37.5

White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.

1:41.3

A ball hit deep way back. Deep time, fail.

1:45.4

Holy cow.

1:47.0

Carlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.

1:50.3

Jimenez leaves the ballpark.

1:53.2

You can put it on the board.

1:56.0

Yes.

1:57.1

We've got a chance to do something real special.

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