Tony La Russa, Yermín Mercedes and White Sox taking it to Twins

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In one of the most unforgettable series in recent memory, the battle between the White Sox and Twins was also a dividing line between old-school and new-school baseball. Chuck Garfien, Ryan McGuffey and Vinnie Duber talk about everything from Yermín Mercedes launching a home run on a 3-0 pitch in a blowout to Tony La Russa sticking to the unwritten rules of baseball to the White Sox taking two of three from the Twins in a series that buried Minnesota even further into the basement of the AL Central.1:55 - Summing up a tense White Sox-Twins series7:00 - La Russa - Mercedes fall out16:48 - Throwing at batters for retaliation

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody's Chuck Arfine.
0:08.3	Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:10.7	Coming to you, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.
0:15.0	So what a crazy three days in Minnesota.
0:19.9	White Sox took two of three from the twins.
0:22.1	But what everybody's talking about from coast to coast
0:25.4	is Toinelusa, Yermine Mercedes,
0:29.8	and the unwritten rules of baseball.
0:32.1	That had White Sox fans and media in an uproar.
0:35.6	It was a battle between old school and new school baseball, and you had
0:39.6	sports talk radio, social media. And yeah, the pre and post game shows with me Ozzie and Frank
0:45.3	all weighing in. But in the end, the team on the field was just noise, because they went out and won the series with the Twins.
0:57.9	But looking back, what the heck happened?
1:02.0	What was that?
1:03.2	What is going on?
1:05.6	And more importantly, what does this all mean for the White Sox right now and going forward?
1:13.2	Ryan McGuffie and Vinnie Dober will join me.
1:16.2	It is LaRusa.
1:17.3	It is Mercedes.
1:18.9	And the Wild Series win over the Twins, or as Isaacian, is now calling them the Guppies.
1:26.8	It's coming your way. White white socks go go white sox
1:31.5	ball hit deep way back deep time field holy cow carlton first has put the white socks ahead
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