Yasmani Grandal HATES to lose

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

During Soxfest, host Chuck Garfien sat down with White Sox newcomer Yasmani Grandal who made it absolutely clear that he didn't come to the South Side to lose. Chuck and Yasmani discuss how he became so competitive, how he can help a young pitching staff, and his intentions with the White Sox.(2:10) - How do you win?(4:40) - How he learned to not accept losing(7:24) - What was it like catching for Kershaw(8:15) - Helping Dylan Cease(9:45) - When he finally got comfortable at the big league level(11:10) - Sensing the excitement from this team

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0:00.0	You're listening to the White Sox Talk podcast. It's brought to you. As always, by WinTrust. Chuck Arfine here, and today on the podcast, we're going inside the mind of new white socks catcher Yasmani Grandal.
0:22.5	I sat down with Yasmani at Sox Fest, and here's the biggest takeaway.
0:27.3	He hates to lose.
0:30.4	I mean, more than anything.
0:32.7	Fortunately for him, he's been to the playoffs the last five years, but during the podcast,
0:37.4	he describes that
0:38.5	burning desire to win and where it comes from, how his mind works, how he stores information
0:45.8	in his brain and then shares it with his coaches and teammates, what he sees coming from the
0:54.0	White Sox in 2020 and more. It's Yasmani
0:57.4	Grandal on the White Sox talk podcast. White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox. And ball hit deep way back.
1:07.0	Deep time, man. Holy cow, Carlton saysiss has put the White Sox ahead.
1:13.6	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
1:16.6	You can put it on the board!
1:19.6	Yes!
1:20.6	We got to change to something real special.
1:22.6	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
1:24.6	It's time for the White Sox Talk podcast.
1:35.1	Well, Yasmani, you've been with the team for a couple of months now.
1:35.8	You've been talking to guys.
1:38.9	What are you learning about the players on this team?
1:42.9	I mean, one thing is everybody's super excited. Everybody's kind of buying into what we're trying to do.
1:50.0	And that's always exciting for me, just to kind of break that barrier and get through them a little bit.
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