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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Yasmani Grandal back to his best self, Adam Eaton on MLB injuries in 2021

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4612 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal who talks about his unicorn start to the season at the plate, drawing so many walks with so few hits. They also discuss the feud between Lucas Giolito and Josh Donaldson. Then, Chuck speaks with White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton about the rash of hamstring injuries that have spread throughout the game. Eaton is dealing with a hamstring injury himself. He explains how close he is to returning and why he believes there are so many soft tissue injuries in the game today.(3:30) - Yasmani Grandal says he wasn't "full ready" for the regular season(7:00) - He responds to the feud between Lucas Giolito and Josh Donaldson(11:55) - Adam Eaton on his hamstring injury and why there are so many soft tissue injuries in baseball(19:00) - How the White Sox have been able to stay in first place despite all of the injuries

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's all here.

0:02.0

A no hitter, Grand Slam!

0:04.0

Have all the fun you want!

0:06.0

Every moment, every game.

0:08.0

Make sure you guys tune in.

0:10.0

Catch the White Sox only on NBC Sports Chicago.

0:19.0

Hey everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.

0:23.9

Welcome to the White Sox talk podcast.

0:27.3

Coming to, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.

0:32.1

Okay, first off, I want to personally thank Josh Donaldson for waking up the White Sox this week.

0:39.9

He opened the series in Chicago with that sticky stuff home runoff Lucas Gialito,

0:45.0

and the White Sox proceeded to score 28 runs after that to sweep the Twins.

0:50.7

So a big time thanks to Josh for that. The twins are now 14 and a half games out of

0:56.5

first place as we tape this. Selling season could be next for them. As for the podcast today,

1:03.8

first off, it's a conversation I had during the Twins series with Yasmani Grandeau,

1:08.5

who really explains why he got off to such a bad start offensively,

1:13.8

and why that's all behind him now.

1:16.8

And while he wasn't hitting, he explains that he was quietly doing something to help out one of his teammates.

1:23.9

Yermine Mercedes, who went on to become the AIL rookie of the month in April.

1:28.3

He gets into the Donaldson saga and how the next man-up mentality has helped keep the White Sox in first place.

1:36.5

So it's Yasmani Grandal, then later, an interesting conversation with Adam Eaton.

1:42.0

But first, Grandal, coming your way on the White Sox Talk podcast.

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