The crazy journey of Gio Gonzalez

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Making it to the majors is a fantastic and rare feat in itself, but White Sox pitcher Gio Gonzalez's path to the White Sox, and from the White Sox, several times over is a journey baseball fans everywhere should listen to. Host Chuck Garfien is joined by Gio to discuss his pro career and what he sees in this young White Sox team.(1:40) - Surprised the White Sox wanted him to comeback(6:00) - Wanted to go a team that wanted to give me an opportunity(10:00) - Yasmani Grandal is a different kind of person(13:30) - Thoughts on the Sox young pitching core(16:20) - Thoughts on the expectations for this team

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0:00.0	I honestly, from the bottom of heart, I did not think that Chicago would have been,
0:07.6	I would have been on their radar, to be honest with you.
0:14.7	In an offseason that saw plenty of surprises, Gio Gonzalez coming back to the White Sox,
0:22.4	ranks right up there.
0:24.4	It's the White Sox Talk podcast,
0:25.7	brought to you by, Win Trust,
0:27.0	Chuck Arfine with you,
0:28.0	and the White Sox adventure with Gio Gonzalez
0:30.2	is one of the craziest in franchise history.
0:33.5	They drafted him, they traded him,
0:35.4	they acquired him,
0:36.5	they traded him again.
0:38.3	And 12 years later, they have brought him back.
0:40.8	And today on the podcast, I speak with Gio about this crazy journey.
0:46.2	Also, what he sees in this young white socks pitching staff, how Yuzmani Grundal played a big
0:52.8	part in his turnaround last season with the Brewers and more.
0:58.0	So it is Gio Gonzalez's The Reunion Tour.
1:02.3	On the White Sox Talk podcast, here we go.
1:04.9	White Sox, White Sox, go, White Sox.
1:08.7	The ball hit deep way back.
1:10.7	Deep time, Bill!
1:12.6	Holy cow!
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