Hey everybody, it's Chuck Garfine. Welcome to the White Sox podcast. And yeah, this is a big one.

It is our 1,000th episode of the podcast. I've done 1,000 of these. 1,000! 8 and a half years ago,

we started this podcast, not knowing exactly where it was going or how long I'd be doing it, but here we are.

Almost a decade later, and this podcast has been a big part of my life, big part of my life.

And all of you who have set aside a little time of your life to listen over these years, I can't tell you how much it means to me.

1,000 episodes, 7 million downloads.

And from all over the globe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Greece, Portugal, Kenya, Israel, Brazil, Russia,

the Philippines, etc. It blows my mind that this podcast and this voice, this voice from

Fossamore, Illinois, has been heard all over the world in the last eight and a half years.

So today as we celebrate episode 1,000, I want to celebrate all of you, all of you who have

listened to this podcast and have given it life.

You have given it life.

I might host it, but I need people to listen to it.

And you have been there from the very, very beginning through good times and bad and so much in between.

We've had a lot of guests on the podcast over the years.

Name a White Sox player, big and small, or a coach or front office member or a legend from the past. And we've pretty much had them on the podcast over the years. Name a White Sox player, big and small, or a coach or front office member, or a legend from

the past, and we pretty much had them on the pod.

But today, our guest is someone who I've known for 20 years, but somehow, some way I've

never had him on the podcast until now.

2005 World Series MVP.

Germain Die, he's here at White Sox Camp, and he is here on the podcast to talk about

his White Sox career and answer your questions.

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