Inside Murakami-mania at White Sox Spring Training

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien’s Spring Training Podcast-pa-looza rolls on as Brooke Fletcher joins the show with the latest on Munetaka Murakami and his transition to the White Sox. Chuck shares a lighthearted English lesson with Murakami, while Brooke provides insight into his interpreter, Kenzo Yagi, and the dynamic helping him adjust on and off the field. Murakami also recounts witnessing a car accident on his way to the ballpark. The episode breaks down Murakami’s first couple of games in a Sox uniform and what early impressions are forming around his game. Plus, Chuck reacts to comments from Jordan Hicks about the 2026 White Sox and what they signal about the direction of the club.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ready for your winning moment?
0:02.6	Find it at Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland, where the action never stops.
0:07.6	Play the hottest table games.
0:09.3	Enjoy the newest slots and celebrate big jackpots.
0:12.9	At Win Creek, there's a win waiting for you around every corner.
0:17.7	...women. around every corner.
0:25.5	Hey, everyone.
0:26.5	It's Chuck Garfine.
0:30.8	From Camback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, White Sox Spring Training.
0:32.8	This is the White Sox podcast.
0:36.0	Brought to you by Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland.
0:37.6	On the podcast today,
0:40.4	we're going to talk about what it's been like to cover Monitaka Murakami.
0:44.3	Because when the White Sox signed him this offseason,
0:47.1	we knew that he was extremely popular in Japan.
0:51.2	And I can tell you that after covering him
0:52.9	for these first two weeks of spring training,
0:56.0	I am very quickly seeing why.
0:59.8	Not just for the player that he is on the field, but for the person he is off the field.
1:06.0	Mune is fun.
1:08.0	Mune is funny.
1:10.0	He's also got a ton of power as we know and it has been
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