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This is the Socks Machine Podcast with 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:57.440 your hosts Jim Margolis, James Vegan, and Josh Nelson. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:01.120 Hello and welcome to a new episode of this machine podcast, 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.720 part of the Foul Territory Network. I'm your host, Josh Nelson, 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.080 and in this episode you're going to hear from a 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:12.640 lot of White Sox personnel as we will be recapping 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.959 what happened between the White Sox and Guardians, a huge 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.080 series in the American League Central. James Fige and Jim 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.280 Margolis will join me in an upcoming episode of The 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.360 Sox Machine podcast. But we did so many interviews, we 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:31.600 have so much video from Chris Gatz, Will Venable, Coles Montgomery, Munatakamurakami, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.520 White Sox pitching coach Zach Bove. We even have Mark 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:39.320 Burley also doing a quick interview with us about all 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.199 the festivities that happened this weekend with of course Azy 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:48.040 Gehan having his number thirteen retired and joining like Mark 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.440 Burley and Paul Konerko from the two thousand and five 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:55.440 World Championship squad up in the rafters. I also want 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.560 to give a quick shout out to everyone that joined 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.120 us this weekend for Sox Machines to twentieth anniversary. 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.480 Pretty special moment for us. 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.720 We had our Veterans Committee members, which that is part 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.160 one of the tiers if you are a Sox Machine subscriber. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.840 We always have a Sweet Night every year, so that 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.160 was a lot of fun. That was on Friday Night, 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:19.080 which unfortunately White Sox didn't win, and of course hilarity 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:24.080 ensued as job Rule canceled his concert. And then on Saturday, 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:28.040 so many of you stopped by and lot e as 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.720 we had our tailgate as well, so we had the 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.680 hot dogs and Polar sausages. We had the Sox Machine 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.600 cupcakes as well, so it meant a lot to us 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:41.360 for everyone that said thank you and congratulations as we 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:46.000 celebrated our twentieth anniversary this weekend. Of course, on Saturday, 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.639 the day belonged to Ozzie Gean having his number thirteen 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:54.600 retired and joining in the rafters at Rate Field, and 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.679 for Ozzie the nineteen eighty five American League Rooki of 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.240 the Year, but of course most well known for being 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.120 the Chicago White Sox manager when they won the World 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:07.000 Series in two thousand and five a pack stadium. It 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.079 was a very emotional speech. You can easily tell this 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.080 honor meant a lot to Ozzie and to seeing so 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:18.880 many former players in White Sox personnel being seated on 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.079 the field while Ozzie was given his speech. It was 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.519 a great moment for Ozzi and the Chicago White Sox. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.280 Ozzi was asked about what was his biggest thrill of 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:33.080 receiving this honor, and Ozzi Gian said, quote, to me, 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.320 the biggest thrill when I see the number, the name 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.000 out there is what it means to my grandkids to 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.880 walk this field and see that last name up there. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:43.440 That's the biggest thrill. 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.080 We also got a chance to hear from Chris Getz, 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.640 former player under Ozzi Gian his first manager, and of 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.920 course Mark Burley two thousand and five world champion, what 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:55.920 it was like to play under Ozzi Gian. 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.720 I think he was nervous and he was a little 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:58.400 more emotionally. 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.360 They came over, He's like, I didn't get a moment small. 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.080 Yeah, there's a few times literally going. 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.960 But yeah, I don't know if you've got nervous story 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:07.760 baseball stuff, but I think he's a lot more nervous. 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.720 Yeah, he's given so much of his career, his playing career, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.320 coaching career, broadcasting career. 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.080 Half his life he's been with the White Sox on 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:16.880 how much do you think this means to him? 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:18.800 I think it means a lot. You can you can 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:22.080 see obviously talking about it. I mean, he's again, he's 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:23.760 a family guy. He spent a lot of time talking 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.960 about his family. He loves family guys, the kids, you know, 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.600 the kids on the team. He brings everybody together. So 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.040 I think it meant a lot for him. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.320 In my office and I've got at home in my 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.279 first opening day was hitting the second second, you know, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:42.160 they call everyone out to the to the line and 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.840 I've got a picture of you know where he's acknowledging me. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:50.800 We're giving each other knuckles and yeah, I mean, I 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.120 think everyone reflects back on the first manager that they've 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.840 ever had, and in my case, you know, a memorable 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.839 one for for a lot of different reasons. You know, 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.000 had a story playing career and managing. You know, I 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.720 still believe that in terms of instincts for the game. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.880 You know, one of the best I've been around, if 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.440 not the best. I mean I it's you know, really 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:17.320 special and and also one of the funniest people that 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:18.839 that I've ever been around as well. 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.560 He was always very supportive of me when I was 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.599 in the minor leagues to be a big leaguer, and 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.120 even when I was playing with other clubs as well. 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.920 I always look forward to interacting with them. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:29.360 You know. 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:34.520 It's really cool to see so many people coming. Not 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.479 only are fans on tomorrow, uh for for his special day, 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.960 but players that have played for him, friends of his uh. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:44.640 You know, he's obviously got. 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.120 A special place in their hearts, and he doesn't mind 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:51.479 been like a five seconds, I think just reagree AJ 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.800 and p Se. My biggest thing is hot about was 0:05:56.480 --> 0:06:00.799 like that's obviously probably seventy five and said, whine. 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:01.400 We went to Mimi. 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.280 But because he was the manager, is because knowing. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.400 How much he loved It's like it didn't matter if 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.840 you want up losing game. The kids were allowing me 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.320 to love ost you guys said, I think the kids 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.400 fault you all four don't yell at down and obviously 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.400 having kids growing up at that time, I loved it. 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.680 And it's just it was like he is the biggest family. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.080 Guy known the man. So that was that's one of 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:22.560 the guys. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.240 Said, was off mon Brooklyn and great and remember how 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:25.800 much he was. 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.320 In pot with them. I remember coming to the clubs, 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.200 coming on the road and there. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.720 Was a great I think they remember the gator a 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.000 cup full of sweetest fish, and he'd always given them 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.880 an ends at ten thirty at night, whenever they're walking 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.120 out of a couple of candy and mans like it's 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.200 pretty enough the best idea. But I think over the 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.279 last few years of being up here on them, I 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.480 don't think when I was playing on the l I'm 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.640 not sure they really remember much of that, But I 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.120 think it's more of the last couple years been up here. 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:55.280 More certain every specifically you could tell them this you 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.160 haven't told before? 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.560 Yeah, like AJ said, there were talking about Ozzie and 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:04.120 tell the truth, but kind of keep it PG No, 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.000 I like I said, I just think it's mostly the 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:07.760 family thing. And that's what I took tard because I'm 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:09.960 a family guy. And like when I went to Toronto, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:11.840 it was like my family wasn't there. And every time 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.840 I opened my apartment door and they weren't there, I'm like, 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.320 what am I doing? I feel like a cow's kid. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.360 I actually have my family here and they can't be 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.280 so just the whole family aspect of it. 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.200 How big of a family guy he was. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:27.080 And yeah, me cared about baseball and performing well, but 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:28.760 it was family first. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.560 I was a family doing and are you doing? 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.520 Okay? You want to go longer? Like it's kind of 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:34.040 stuff like that. 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:37.600 Now, everybody who loves people who tell the truth, I'm farmers, well. 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.560 Yours you know what I mean? 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.800 When people like him even to the. 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.360 Truth, I think that's why, Like I mean, he he 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.920 literally told you what he was expecting out of you 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.240 or what he thought of you, whether it was good 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:52.800 or bad. You might not want to hear it, but 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.440 his door was always open. You can walk him anytime. 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.680 You might not might not want to hear what he's 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.440 gonna tell you, but he's gonna tell you the truth. 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.920 I can't tell any of those stories. Yeah, now, I've 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:04.520 got a lot. 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.720 Of those stories, you know. 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:12.320 I Yeah, no, I don't know what comfortable sharing those, 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:13.480 But I've got a lot of stories. 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.320 I love telling people. I just don't think I need 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:16.679 to make them pump cash. 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.000 There was one story I can say that was my 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.240 that's not with my daughter when she was young, but 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.280 she walked out of the cluboffs crying, bowling her eyes off, 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.720 and Ozzie came out behind her and he said, I 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.400 think she just saw Rebate naked and that's why. 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:31.760 She was trying. 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.040 So that's that's the Ozzy story in ours. I mean 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.360 eight million like that and lease of the ones that 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:40.520 you can actually talk about. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.800 You have to appreciate the bluntness from Mark Burley. But 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.719 congratulations again to Ozzie Gean and his family for his 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:49.720 jersey retirement. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.160 And we'll see who will be the. 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:55.559 Next number to be retired by the Chicago White Sox. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.240 Maybe Jose Brau. That could be a stretch. He did 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.680 win Rookie of the Year and the MVP. He probably 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.520 has the best chance of the more recent former White 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.679 Sox players to have his number retired, but it could 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:11.800 be a while before we see anybody's number retired for 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.680 the Chicago White Sox. 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Could 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.840 you want me personal that second law? 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.679 Welcome back to the Sox Machine podcast as we recap 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:09.200 what happened between the Guardians and the White Sox this weekend. 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:14.200 In Game one, really weird starts as Noah Schultz didn't 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.520 even get out of the first inning because well documented 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.920 and we wrote about on soxmachine dot com, Will Vedible 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.800 made the mistake in the first inning of a second 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.640 mound visit that required him to replace Noah Schultz with 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.840 David Sandalin, as the Guardians did end up winning that 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.640 game in a big manner eight to two as they 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.160 hit a grand slam off David Sandlin. Sandlin did the 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.240 best that he could in those extreme circumstances, but the 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:42.679 White Sox did respond quite nicely on Saturday and on Sunday, 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:44.480 as in Game two, the White Sox were down two 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.640 to nothing as they finally got to Gevin Williams and 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.679 Cleveland's bullpen to pull together a rally. Mood of Takomurakami 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.480 sparked a rally with a home run as the White 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.000 Sox ended up winning six to three, and then on 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:01.840 Sunday a long rain as the White Sox and Guardians 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.040 entered a rain delay in the top of the second inning, again, 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.960 the White Sox had to burn another starting pitcher, Davis 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.480 Martin only lasted an inning, but thanks to a big 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.200 home run from Coles Montgomery, the White Sox beat the 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.920 Cleveland Guardians five to three and now when you take 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.840 a look at the American League Central standings, a lot 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.839 of adjustments here. Great weekend for the White Sox. They 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.480 extend their lead in the division. They are sixty one 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.080 and fifty six. They have already won more games than 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:34.080 they did last year, so that's always that's a great sign. 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:38.640 The Detroit Tigers are now in second place with a 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.720 fifty eight and sixty record. They're three and a half 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.920 games behind the White Sox. Meanwhile, the Guardians drop to 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.560 fourth place as they do not have the tiebreaker against 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.400 the Minnesota Twins. Both teams are fifty eight and sixty one. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.360 They are four games back. The Kansas City Royals are 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.200 forty nine and seventy They are thirteen games back. Here 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.360 is debo series interviews from White Sox man or jar 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:05.679 Will Vetable, Munataka Murakami, and colst to Montgomery. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.600 Last season's win total. What are your thoughts, if anything 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:07.800 on that. 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.160 Yeah, that's great, I mean it's signals progress for us. 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.720 Obviously, you know we have a long way to go here, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.520 but I'm certainly happy about where we're at now, knowing that, yeah, 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:22.000 we've gone through some stuff here and continue to push 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.720 through and just get better and better, and obviously getting 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.880 our sixty first one today and passing last year is 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:28.520 at this stuff. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.880 Seventeen walks in total, I think between the teams, do 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.480 you think like slickness or the money just in the mound, 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.959 like contributed at all or just kind of a wacky game. 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.640 Yeah, I don't have any explanation for that. It's just 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:47.920 one of those games. Yet put the money and places. 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.800 It's obviously a very important series. So I'm really glad 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.880 that you know, we got to We're just went. We 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.600 were in a bide and could say stringers get to 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:02.280 be set and then come back today with win. 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.120 You've been one of the most you know, successful hitters 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.679 in the league against you know, high velocity, you know, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:09.920 one hundred miles hour today, Like, what do you feel 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.199 like has made you successful against you know, the hardest 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:12.880 fast balls. 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:16.400 In the league. Hey, you chaps, we'll kick on. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:18.839 Eight months. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:27.840 Oh well, you've look at the good Colt stuffs totally 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.760 to feel the boys feel vehicle. 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.600 I don't really think it's something to be special. Honest, 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.760 you know some falls that you are coming to me. 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.200 I'm able to react on all of time and just 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:41.840 go through my all same routines every single. 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:42.800 Time in the lead in the division. 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:44.960 Can you just talk about the importance of today's will win. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.760 Yeah, I mean, I think our whole stretch, you know, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:50.840 how remain game stretch it was, you know with Tampa, 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.240 with Boston stuff, you know Boston. You know, that's one 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.040 of those situations where you kind of just like, all. 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.160 Right, well we'll see and you know postseason, we'll see 0:14:59.200 --> 0:14:59.480 you later. 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.880 You know, kind of take take those blows and you know, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.360 kind of take a step back and to do what 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:05.840 we see what we did good, and see what we 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.160 did and but uh, I don't know, I think you know, 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.800 it's it's always good, you know, play against you know division, 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.600 you know teams, it's playoff experience. You know, especially last night, 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.320 you know we were down, their guy was dealing, but 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:18.800 it was just you know, one of those things that 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.560 we've shown, you know, throughout the years is that we're 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:23.200 not going to back down. We're gonna try and find 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:23.720 a way to win. 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.920 Especially Yeah, big swing by Colson. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.280 I think you know, he needed that. You know, it's 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.160 been a tough stretch for for him here. And we'll 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.400 laughs a little bit, but that's that's what. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:36.880 He's got in there. You know, you know that that 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.440 he's dangerous every time he's out there. Obviously, that was 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.760 a really big swing for us. And it's the. 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.800 Difference in the game, don't you talking about just focusing 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.000 on the process. And is that what you try to 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:47.680 do when you when you go through these stretches that 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:48.320 are perfect. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.240 Yeah, I mean it's you got to be willing to 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.560 take a step back and kind of you know, self 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.560 evaluate what you need to do and like what you 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:00.800 are doing. So, you know, the past two days or whatever, 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.400 a couple I don't know how long, however long it's been, 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.160 but I kind of just took a step back, you know, 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.840 talk to Joel, talk to a show. We're like, okay, 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.960 let's let's look at you know, you know, success, it 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.400 leaves you know, clues, so let's just go out there 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.080 and let's check it out. Let's look and see what 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:21.080 it is. And it really wasn't anything to too crazy, 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.200 you know, it was just kind of getting myself, you know, 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.920 up early, you know, ready to you know, kind of 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:27.960 let myself, you know, let my swing and. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.880 My body develop and and then just be committed to fastball. 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:33.800 Yeah. 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:40.320 I mean, yeah, I guess I mean more just helped 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.400 the team. You know, it was able to you know, 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.440 put us up and put us ahead, especially after a 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:45.200 long you. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:45.920 Know, rain delays. 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.880 You never know how teams can come out, you know, 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.280 after rain delay. But I think it was kind of 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:51.960 a statement, you know, we came. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.040 Out of the delay and was it right out of 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:54.320 the day. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:58.640 We can put up four months something like that, something 0:16:58.680 --> 0:16:58.840 like that. 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.280 So on, I thought that said a lot about us. 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:06.200 On Sunday because of the rain delay, and Davis Martin 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.960 only lasted an inning because he just got ended up 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:12.800 being burnt out. He couldn't restart him. So because against 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:17.640 a very heavy left handed hitting lineup from the Cleveland Guardians, 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.919 White Sox manager Will Vennible decided to make Sunday Hagen 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:27.240 Smith's major league baseball debut. And what a unique spot 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:31.760 for Smith to make his MLB debut, and in very 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:35.400 Hagen Smith's way if you've been paying attention to how 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.320 he's been throwing in the minor leagues. Hagen Smith did 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.080 throw two scoreless innings. Cleveland didn't register a hit against him, 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:45.880 but he walked four batters, he did strike out three, 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:49.440 and he did this all on forty eight pitches, so 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:53.800 again a very Hagen Smith outing, but his MLB debut 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.280 is in the books. He earned the win thanks to 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:01.639 Coleson Montgomery's big home run. Here's Will Vettibul explaining that 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.639 decision why he went to Hagen Smith, and then Hagen 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.320 Smith talking about the experience of making his MLB debut. 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.639 Yeah, I mean, you know, you have these plans to 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.600 you know, get these young guys a nice soft landing spot, 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.920 and you know, second inning after rain delay is not 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.359 something that I don't think he's done before, and so 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:20.400 challenging situation. 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.040 And then as his outing unfolded and he. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.280 Was challenged there in his second inning with the bases loaded, 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.200 it was a really good test for him and obviously 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:28.639 came through. 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.480 What made you pick him to go to replace Davis 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:33.520 in the second You know what kind of the thought 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.119 process was with their lineup being so left handed that 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:38.880 you know left he was going to be the first out. 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:40.120 Hagen was kind of the guy. 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.000 Yeah, I was definitely different. I didn't really know I 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:48.840 was going until a few hours an hour into delay, 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.879 and so yeah, that's gonna sounded with me. So I 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:52.680 was just good from there. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:54.919 What were you doing here in the plumphouse. Just make 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:56.000 sure you're ready. 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.520 During I was kind of just waiting around, kind of 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:00.800 seeing what we're going to start, moving around a little 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:03.000 bit in the weight room, just kind of stay loose 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.280 and whatnot, and you know we got to start time, 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:06.720 went out there and play catch. 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:07.400 And got on them out. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.480 You had three punch outs in your first inning, but 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:11.639 then you know you got to baseloaded. Just how were 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:13.119 you able to slow things down just to. 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:14.360 Get out of that with that gym there. 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:17.600 Yeah, the first inning obviously was good and then second 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:19.639 you kind of fell off a little bit, but you know, 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.240 glad we got the win, and that's all it really matters. 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:23.879 What do you feel like being out there for the 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.760 first time and striking out Ryan Bokyo problems with the 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:28.280 soccers too. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.280 Yeah, it was really cool obviously, you know, going out there, 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.359