The start of a legend, the story of THE Luis Robert home run

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In Durham, North Carolina in August of last year, White Sox youngster Luis Robert hit one of the most jaw dropping home runs anyone has ever seen or heard. Host Chuck Garfien relives that legend starting home run with Ryan McGuffey, Vinnie Duber, and White Sox players Zack Collins, Danny Mendick, and Nick Madrigal. The link to the homer is below. INDULGE!https://twitter.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1163618280646553600(2:45) - Luis Robert is a specimen(4:15) - Robert does everything well, literally everything(7:32) - Zack Collins on what he thought of the Luis Robert home run(9:34) - Danny Mendick remembers what that home run looked like(11:46) - Nick Madrigal on what the dugout was thinking after the home run(14:00) - How far can Luis Robert hit a ball in Chicago?

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0:00.0	And that one...
0:05.0	Oh, this ball is absolutely blistered.
0:08.0	High, far into the darkness.
0:10.0	I don't know if it's landed yet.
0:12.0	That might be in the orchestra pit of the D-Pack.
0:15.0	Louis Robert, a two-run homer.
0:19.0	That is his twelfth. And even ooze and ah is buzzing from this debap crowd on how far and how loud that home run was.
0:29.4	Oh my God. Okay. It's happening. Everybody stay calm. What's the procedure, everyone? What's a procedure?
0:34.3	Stay fucking calm.
0:35.6	Wait, wait, wait, bye,! Everybody to get a fucking calm down!
0:40.3	That homer by Luis Robert, last August in North Carolina, might still be going.
0:46.9	And those who were there say they've never seen anything like it before,
0:50.5	and they're still talking about it six months later.
0:53.2	Over the left field fence, over the concession stand, over a giant bull,
0:57.9	and over an office building after that.
1:00.8	That right there is a podcast.
1:03.5	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast.
1:05.0	Brought you by Win Trust.
1:05.9	Chuck Ard Fine here.
1:07.3	Luis Robert is still in the infancy of his baseball career, but he's already writing a special
1:13.3	mythical story that will soon be coming to Chicago. And today on the podcast, you're going to hear
1:18.0	from Zach Collins, Nick Mavergall, and Danny Mendick, who were there that day and watched
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