James McCann ”This is much bigger than the game”

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Host Chuck Garfien is joined by White Sox catcher James McCann as they discuss the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on McCann and his family, his thoughts on the proposal to start the season in Arizona, how he is maintaining his fitness, how the pandemic has changed him for the better and more.(2:30) - What it's like training for a season that doesn't have a start date(6:00) - McCann's thoughts on playing a season in Arizona without fans(11:20) - What are the chances there will be baseball in 2020?(14:10) - How the pandemic has changed him for the better

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:08.4	You're listening to The White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust.
0:14.9	And I'm sure you're like me.
0:18.4	You want baseball back.
0:20.1	Like now.
0:20.8	Like yesterday. This now. Like yesterday.
0:23.1	This sucks.
0:24.2	Totally sucks.
0:25.2	The 2020 baseball season has been taken away from us.
0:29.0	And we're all asking the same questions.
0:32.9	When is it going to be back?
0:34.8	Also how?
0:36.3	Where?
0:41.2	And even why? With so much that's unknown about the coronavirus, so I'm wondering, why should there be baseball with what we really don't know.
0:48.1	And as we sit here right now, we don't know the answers. But I did want to speak with a
0:53.5	White Sox player who is one of the most thoughtful guys
0:56.9	on the team, and that is catcher James McCann. And we spoke about how this has affected him,
1:03.1	how it's changed him, not only for the future, but for the better. And how much players that he talks to want to return to the field?
1:15.0	And what it would take for that to happen if you could see them playing during the summer in Arizona and a whole lot more?
1:23.8	So some great perspective from a guy who I really respect and whose opinions and thoughts
1:30.2	on things I always really admire.
1:33.1	So it's a conversation with James McCann on the White Sox Talk Podcast.
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