Ozzie Guillen talks keys to early-season turnaround and Opening Day memories

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien is joined by World Series champion manager and longtime TV partner Ozzie Guillen for a wide-ranging conversation on the White Sox’s early-season struggles and what it will take to turn things around. Ozzie shares why patience may be key with a roster full of new faces still learning to mesh, while also weighing in on Lenyn Sosa’s playing time and what he needs to do to earn a bigger role—even if it means getting creative defensively. The conversation goes beyond the field, with stories from Ozzie’s playing and managing days, including the scrutiny he faced taking over as manager and how he handled being a clubhouse leader while hitting ninth. Chuck and Ozzie also reflect on memorable Opening Day moments, Roger Bossard’s remarkable 60-year run as the “Sodfather,” and even a few unexpected topics—like Pope Leo XIV and Ozzie’s childhood adventures as an altar boy.

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0:00.0	The White Sox podcast with Chuck Garfine is brought to you by Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland.
0:05.0	Are you ready for your winning moment? Find it at Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland, where the action
0:09.9	never stops.
0:18.4	Hey, everybody, welcome to the latest edition of the White Sox podcast.
0:22.2	Brought you by Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland.
0:24.4	Who's on the podcast today?
0:26.6	My TV partner.
0:27.9	My TV, Compadre, Oswaldo Guillen, and inside the podcast studio.
0:33.3	What do you think?
0:34.1	It's unbelievable.
0:35.2	Yeah.
0:35.7	You know, me, this is a...
0:37.0	I never... You know, every, this is a... I never...
0:37.7	You know, every time I do a podcast, I don't do much of this.
0:40.8	I'm in my...
0:42.0	Try to figure out, it takes me like half an hour to figure out how to do it with my phone. Yeah. That's why I... I... I... Everybody says, can we do a podcast? Nope. Because it takes me too long to get ready.
0:51.9	But this is amazing.
0:53.4	You know the bad thing about all this?
0:55.2	The guy behind the scenes. The scenes who's doing it? It's not, it's kind of new in this. Saul Rodriguez? Yeah, he takes a long time to get everything set up. Well, coming up here on the podcast, as long as Sewell doesn't mess things up, we're going to be talking about
1:11.5	the rough start for the Sox. What it's going to take for them to play 500 baseball from here
1:17.3	on out. Is it possible? We're going to talk Munitaka Murakami. Home opener memories for the White Sox
1:24.2	because the home opener is coming up on Friday and a whole lot more. It is me. It is Ozzy. It is the White Sox podcast. And it starts right now.
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