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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

White Sox bench coach Doug Sisson: ”There are no excuses”

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with new White Sox bench coach Doug Sisson in a candid conversation about the team's struggles, his approach as a coach, what he expects out of players and what needs to happen for the White Sox to turn things around in the future.Sisson explains why Grady Sizemore is fit to be a manager and has connected with the players, why he doesn't believe in "flushing" things, being the manager of the 1999 Harrisburg Senators when Milton Bradley Jr. produced one of the greatest moments in the history of minor league baseball and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, we're having a special on-location edition of White Sox pregame live.

0:05.8

Join Ozzy Gien and me at Barakow's Pizza on 111 Street as we get you ready for the White Sox and Orioles.

0:12.9

That's Wednesday on NBC Sports Chicago.

0:19.5

There are no excuses.

0:21.6

The standard is the standard.

0:23.7

And if we're not meeting the standard, you know,

0:26.3

everyone in that room understands what the standard is.

0:30.0

And the intent coming out here every day is to prepare yourself to play to that standard.

0:35.9

And if you're a coach worth of salt, then you take the

0:38.7

bullet for that. I mean, that's just, you know, that's the job we chose. And if we're, if,

0:43.3

if we're not a reflection of that on the field every night for 27 outs for nine innings, then we've got

0:48.9

to do something better on the coaching side.

0:54.8

That is new White Sox interim bench coach, Doug Sisson, who speaks very candidly about

1:02.1

the White Sox season and what needs to happen on the field and in the clubhouse going forward.

1:08.5

Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.

1:09.9

This is the White Sox Talk podcast.

1:12.2

Doug Sisson is old school, to say the least, about how he wants to see, how they want to

1:18.9

see the White Sox play right now and going forward.

1:22.3

And the play, let's be honest, I mean, this is an all-timer times a thousand.

1:31.4

They are now 70 games under 500.

1:39.2

I'm running out of words to describe what's happening. So I needed to hear the healing words of Doug Sisson, who has a lot to say about the style of play, the attitude of play for the White Sox.

1:47.2

He speaks about Brady Seismore and his fit as manager.

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