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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Why Scott Podsednik thinks stolen bases could be coming back in a big way

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Former White Sox speedster Scott Podsednik is licking his chops at the new rules coming to MLB next season. Chuck Garfien speaks with the 2005 World Series champion about why the pitch clock and larger bases will be a big advantage for base stealers. Should teams be adding speedsters to their rosters? Will the White Sox try to steal more? What kind of speed do they have in their minor league system? Chuck and Pods look into baseball’s future and see stolen bases coming back!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Chuck Garfine.

0:09.0

Welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by our great friends at WinTrust.

0:15.7

All right, new rules are coming to Major League Baseball next season.

0:19.6

It's going to be a pitch clock, larger bases,

0:22.5

and they're banning the shift for infielders. And while there's been a lot of attention paid

0:28.0

to how this is going to affect the sport, more action, more hits, quicker games, one aspect to these

0:34.9

new rules that hasn't really been talked about is this, how this might affect stolen bases.

0:44.7

Could these new rules bring back the stolen base, which has decreased dramatically in the last decade?

0:51.9

And is moneyball the reason for it? the podcast we have a guy who knows a

0:58.9

thing or two about baseball fevery scottetnik and he has some interesting thoughts about how

1:05.0

these new rules are going to affect the running game and if front offices should be adding speed to the rosters to prepare

1:14.0

for how the game might be changing starting next season. So it's Scotty Pods and the return

1:23.7

of the stolen base. This is a very interesting conversation.

1:29.1

It's coming your way.

1:33.4

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1:36.4

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1:39.9

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2:02.1

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2:04.0

White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.

2:07.8

And ball hit deep way back.

2:10.0

Deep time, Bail.

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