White Sox prospect Jake Burger raking in Triple-A

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After missing three full seasons due to injuries and the pandemic, Jake Burger is back in a big way. Chuck Garfien speaks with the White Sox 2017 first-round pick about his impressive start with the Charlotte Knights and what it means to be playing competitive baseball again. They talk about his first three hits in Triple-A (all home runs), how an unexpected fan found his first home run ball and gave it to him, getting called up to the majors one day, his impressions of prospect Yoelqui Cespedes, and more.(3:35) - Why Burger is surprised by the season he's having with the Charlotte Knights(10:55) - Hitting his first home run in Triple-A and the feeling after it(17:30) - How he's becoming a better third baseman(31:00) - The fan who found his first home run ball wasn't a White Sox fan...

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0:00.0	It's all here.
0:02.4	A no hitter, Grand Slam!
0:04.6	Have all the fun you want.
0:06.5	Every moment, every game.
0:08.6	Make sure you guys tune in.
0:10.2	Catch the White Sox only on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:18.1	How does it feel just to go to the park every day?
0:37.9	So cool. I mean, it's like, dude, I don't, I don't care if I'm dealing with, like, a sore or something or other. Like, I'm like, dude, I'm, I'm ready to play. Like, let's go. Like, every single day, I'm just, like, want to compete and just have fun and just play baseball.
0:40.7	You know, it's like I'm not taking anything for granted.
0:57.6	In a White Sox season that has already had its share of great stories, there's a big one happening right now in AAA with Jake Berger. And you're going to hear all about it from Jake himself right here on the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you
1:03.0	by Win Trust. Hey everyone, it's Chuck Arfine and here on the podcast, it's Jake, talking about where
1:09.6	he is right now. Out of the storm after missing three
1:14.0	full seasons. He tore his Achilles tendon. Twice. He lost another season with tendonitis in his
1:20.3	leg and didn't have a minor league season last year because of the pandemic. But here he is,
1:26.5	playing for the Charlotte Knights. and he's raking.
1:30.5	In fact, his first three hits were all homers.
1:34.5	And he's going to tell a great story about that first homer
1:36.9	and the person who found the baseball and gave it to him after the game.
1:42.5	Jake talks about what it meant to be assigned a AAA.
1:45.9	This surprised me.
1:47.5	After not playing above low A and four years ago,
1:52.5	he's assigned AAA.
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