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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Mike Clevinger and the White Sox season of ’turmoil’

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger about the 2023 season. Why they couldn't meet expectations and didn't recover from an 8-21 start. He talks about his bounce back season on the mound, the allegations he faced in the offseason of domestic abuse, what makes Luis Robert Jr. a special talent, why Chris Getz is on a mission to improve the team and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:19.6

I wanted to come here because of this roster, because this coaching staff, because I felt like we had a way to get to the playoffs.

0:25.6

And I felt like we had a pretty clear route to be able to do so.

0:29.6

And, you know, that bad start in the beginning, I think, kind of ate us up.

0:33.6

Why did they eat you guys up?

0:35.6

It was like we never dug out of that hole. It was like once that hole happened, it was like, I don't know how we've been in the knee guys up it was like we never dug out of that hole it was like once that

0:38.1

hole happened it was like uh i don't say we've been in the knee but it was like it wasn't

0:42.1

it didn't seem like it was a way to get out of it it was just you know just stuck in turmoil

0:46.1

that's my cleveringer describing what happened to the White Sox in 2023.

0:58.0

You know, some teams have the ability, the foundation, the medal to come back from an 8-21 start,

1:05.3

but this team did not and thus caused massive change in the clubhouse, in the front office, and with more

1:12.8

changes to come in the offseason. Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Garfine. This is the White

1:17.5

Sox Talk podcast, brought to you, as always, by our great friends at Win Trust. And on the

1:22.7

podcast, I speak with Mike, who has arguably been the White Sox best pitcher.

1:28.6

This after signing with the team last offseason and then being in the middle of that ugly

1:34.6

controversy in his personal life with allegations of domestic abuse and child abuse from the mother

1:40.1

of one of his children.

1:42.0

Mike was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing by Major League Baseball,

1:45.6

and the woman never pressed charges, but the stain of those allegations remain. I speak with Mike

1:53.7

about that. Plus, more on why this season went so off track. His thoughts on possibly coming back next year,

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