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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

The improbable journey of 30-year-old rookie Tanner Banks

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

One of the best early stories of the baseball season is about White Sox pitcher Tanner Banks who finally made it to the major leagues at 30-years-old. Chuck Garfien speaks with Banks about his long journey to the majors and why he never gave up on his ultimate dream. Banks tells stories about how he learned he made the team, striking out the side against the Tigers in his debut, and more.(4:00) - Tanner on what kept him going after so many years in the minors(9:42) - Tanner describes how and when he found out he made the big leagues(15:30) - Making The Show, Tanner's first game in Detroit(21:48) - Has it settled in yet that he's finally in the majors

Transcript

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0:00.0

I get in a clubhouse and I reach for my phone and as I'm plugging my wife's number into the phone, I just break down in tears.

0:11.0

It's like, oh my gosh.

0:12.0

Like, for part of me, it's still not real in a sense.

0:15.0

Like, to be here, it's, I have this conversation literally every night with my wife.

0:19.0

Like, it's been such a long road, but it's also been such a, like, it's been in our imagination for so long.

0:26.7

And to be here and to see it and to experience, it is almost, like, not too good to be true, but you're like, oh my gosh, like, this is what we've been talking about for the better part of a decade.

0:42.3

If you want to hear a story about a White Sox player who never gave up, sacrificed for years and now, at 30 years old, is finally fulfilling his dream as a major league rookie, the story,

0:57.7

the words, and the emotion. You're going to hear from Tanner Banks is something really special.

1:03.4

Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine. Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by WinTrust.

1:09.2

So the White Sox drafted Banks in the 18th round in 2014.

1:13.8

Name the best White Sox prospects during the rebuild.

1:17.3

Makata, Robert, Kopeck, Jimenez.

1:20.0

Banks was their teammate in the minors at some point.

1:23.5

He pitched in 168 games in the minors, starting 115 of them.

1:28.4

But this year, at spring training, he came out of nowhere and broke camp with the White Sox.

1:35.2

And here in the podcast, he'll explain how he did it, why he kept believing in his ultimate dream with incredible stories about how he learned he was coming to the majors

1:45.5

and his unforgettable performance against the Tigers in his major league debut.

1:51.7

Why 30-year-old Tanner Banks never gave up on his dream and his journey to get to the White

1:59.2

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2:02.3

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2:07.0

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2:10.1

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