Jermaine Dye Keeps it REAL: Moneyball A's, BEST White Sox Stories, Leaving Millions on Table from All The Smoke

Jermaine Dye Keeps it REAL: Moneyball A's, BEST White Sox Stories, Leaving Millions on Table

38 minutes Posted Oct 21, 2026 at 4:30 pm.

Intro

Turning down football and betting on himself

Getting called up by the Braves

Playing behind Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz

Rookie in the 1996 World Series vs. the Yankees

Getting traded to Kansas City

Coming home to the Oakland A's

Moneyball and analytics

Taking less money to sign with the White Sox

Playing for Ozzie Guillen

2005 World Series MVP

His best season and back-to-back 300th homers with Konerko

Locker mate Ken Griffey Jr. and Buehrle's perfect game

Choosing family over the game

The state of baseball today

Quick hitters

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World Series MVP and two-time All-Star Jermaine Dye joins All the Smoke Dugout to talk about betting on himself out of junior college, his rookie World Series with the Braves, coming home to the Moneyball A's, and the handshake deal on a golf course that led him to the White Sox and a 2005 title. He also opens up about why his career ended earlier than he expected, choosing family over the game, and what today's teams can learn from old-school baseball.

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