Michael Kopech takes us inside the best game of his career

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

After almost throwing a perfect game against the Royals, Michael Kopech sits down with Chuck Garfien to talk about his lights out performance, why he lost the perfect game and how manager Pedro Grifol helped him deal with his emotions following a rough start against the Astros. They also talk about Joe Kelly, Lance Lynn and if the White Sox have turned the corner after their rough start to the season.

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0:00.0	Crowd behind him, two and two.
0:07.0	Right there.
0:08.7	Locked him up fully.
0:10.7	And if that's the final act, what a night it was in the baseball theater.
0:19.0	On a spring night, on the south side it all came together for Michael Kopeck.
0:25.1	Facing the minimum batters over eight innings, he only gave up that broken bat single
0:30.0	to the Royals Michael Massey, which was followed by a double play.
0:33.8	No walks.
0:34.4	Ten strikeouts.
0:35.9	It's the kind of game a pitcher dreams about. Hey, everyone,
0:39.7	it's Chuck Arfine. And on this edition of the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust,
0:43.9	Michael joins me to talk about his near perfect game, why everything clicked and what didn't
0:51.0	click that day, plus controlling his emotions, and why he struggled doing this
0:56.1	against the Astros in his previous start. Could this be a turning point for him? We also talk
1:02.9	about the baseball magic of Joe Kelly, and if he thinks the White Sox are out of the woods
1:08.9	and onto bigger and better things.
1:12.7	Every time I speak with Kopeck, it's a great conversation.
1:16.8	He has a lot to say, and you're going to hear it.
1:19.4	On this edition of the White Sox Talk podcast, it's coming your way next.
1:26.0	Get your Win Trust exclusive debit card.
1:28.6	Get your socks card.
1:29.8	Ooh, I'll take one how much?
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