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Benetti is amazing. This thread is trash. Mainly because of your weird internal insecurities with "femininity" invading your sports world. You are definitely in the minority on Jason though. This year's Athletic Broadcast survey has Jason/Stone as 8th best in MLB.

Check in here. I can't stand this guy and he's just gotten worse. If he was a pure PBP guy it would be fine but of course he has to throw in all the nonsense. The laugh he makes is cringeworthy and the dropoff in voice on big calls from Hawk to him is like man to boy, really. If there is a PBP man then at least I would love to hear a true baseball broadcast where the only opinions on baseball are given by players, and any banter comes from players, etc. He's just a fan and I don't care about what he has to say. Also he follows the players wives on their social media accounts and then quotes them on air. I don't even follow my own wife's social media accounts. I don't know if it's more uncomfortably feminine than creepy or more creepy than uncomfortably feminine behavior, but it's a lot of both, and it's also cringe time for me when it happens. There's a lot more I can say but I will let some of the other Haters check in. I think there is way too much Bennetti love on this site just like there was way too much Hawk hate and Farmio hate. RIP Farmio also.

Benetti doesn’t make me “cringe” This thread does, though.

If they rush the process, I think you'd be a fool to take it. Scientists have determined the process takes a certain amount of time, and accelerating that process artificially doesn't make me feel real good.

Have you been having thoughts or dreams with homoerotic undertones that you're ashamed of? All jokes aside, this is one of the dumbest things that I've ever seen here. I can't decide if this post is more misogynist than homophobic or if its more homophobic than misogynist but its certainly completely stupid.

The 1950's called and they want their thread back.

I’m not a fan, but he’s better then Hawk.

Ignoring the latent sexism in the OP, Steve Stone is the problem in the broadcast booth, not Jason. If you listen to the guy with anyone else, he is 10 times better than he is with Stone. There is just zero chemistry between these two guys.

It's not that I'm skeptical that they'll get one - although I do agree since there has never been a COVID vaccine that expecting one as a guarantee seems odds - but I am skeptical about taking one if it's pushed out this year or even early next. The process for testing takes 18 months - that's what every doctor said before this and etc. If they push one out that means there wasn't adequate testing, and I'm not going to be this administrations guinea pig. It's sad that the lack of trust in the government has led to that thought, but I think you'd be batshit crazy to take anything that was pushed out in the next 6 months.

SUCK IT AGAIN CUBS

This is a weird way to tell everyone you don't like your wife.

It’s poop.

Horrible thread.

Kansas added to Chicago travel ban. Stay away, Greg.

Bingo.

He’s always going to have at bats like that. He’ll lead the league in piddly grounders to the pitcher. But he’s also going to have a lot of hits. He’ll make every play, and be very reliable.

I’ll give another example. 90% of Thais were surveyed recently and answered they prefer foreign tourists (majority are Chinese) to enter their country. Keep in mind, Thailand’s tourism sector is roughly 20% of their economy, and they have super-close (some would say incestuous) ties with China over the last five years, not to mention Belt & Road projects like a railway. Yet they are still afraid of the consequences of another shutdown. Right now, it’s not even certain we will be able to leave for October (national) holidays, and arguably many simply won’t want to deal with the increased hassles. You’ve got major airlines (Quantas) not expecting anything like normalcy before next summer, and Australia and NZ have come out of this extremely well so far. HK/Cathay have been decimated, and that’s one of the biggest Asian hubs, along with Bangkok, Seoul and Tokyo. More and more, outside of European cooperation, it feels like every country is pretty much on its own, and that’s truly unfortunate consequence for our children and grandchildren, to essentially be cut off from discovering the world for themselves . IMO, we are headed towards increasing isolation (because of our Covid response and general belligerence)...fortunately, China has overplayed its hand (and too early), so the pushback is already coming from around the world. It’s hard to imagine two such diametrically opposed superpowers being able to tolerate with each other for more than the next 10-15 years. On top of all that, international efforts to cooperate and collaborate through entities like the WHO, UN, NATO and the World Bank are at risk...not to mention key areas like climate change and global trade that are increasingly veering towards an “every an country for itself/survival of the fittest mindset”. No matter what happens in November, you’ll still have an American society increasingly at odds with itself unless bold, transformative leadership emerges to meet the challenge.

Another sign of the coming apocalypse. Titled “Replace Confederate statues in New Orleans with statues of Louisiana hero Britney Spears,” a Change.Org petition that has already amassed more than 22,000 signatures suggests taking over the Confederate monuments with tributes to the singer. Addressed to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and four other state officials, the petition, which was created by Louisiana resident Kassie Thibodeaux, suggests the state “Do the right thing: Replace the Confederate statues with an actual Louisiana hero and influential human being, Britney Spears.” “Before becoming one of the world's most important and influential pop legends, Britney Spears was living life in a small Southern town by the name of Kentwood, La.,” the petition reads. “Not only has Britney proven her talent, but she's proven her strength of character by not only overcoming highly publicized mental breakdown, but by continuously working towards improving herself. She's an inspiration to millions.” I’m thinking it might take more than Ja Morant to get the Robert E. Lee statue removed from Murray, KY, town square. I just hope that young people today are still being taught who Lee was...there’s the historian side of me that starts rebelling when we skip over all the great battles of the Civil War and the depth of analysis boils down simply to this or that historical figure was racist.

I’m not agreeing with the reasons of the OP but it’s such a sad culture in today’s world. If someone has their own reasoning for an opinion that differs from your own, then it’s time to label it with trendy PC language like homophobe, incel or misogynistic and pretend to be terribly offended. It is pretty pathetic.

This is some weird incel ish right here

It’s legit no matter what. In fact, this will be a year everybody remembers. Plus there are new rules and new regional competition. It’s cool AF. Somebody bats .700? Great!

Worst home run calls in all of baseball. Not a fan.

I asked me soon-to-be-wife about him and she loves him!

1) Not having any fans in the stands, I think having broadcast before....psychologically, you start feeling this subconscious need to be even more entertaining or interesting/funny to make up for that ambient background noise. It's like going from a regular classroom and talking to yourself (unless students have cams and microphones on) through an online classroom, you're just getting almost no feedback and it feels just "off." 2) Benetti is much better on college basketball and even the random college FB games from the Southeast he was assigned. He's still deferring way too much, and he just doesn't have a natural feel for the sport like he does with basketball or even football. Most would argue NCAABB is his best skill. 3) The "insider-ish" stuff about being around the team and being a fanboy needs to end. He needs to have a little more professional distance. It's like he admires them too much...like the young impressionable high schooler or university student granted access to the clubhouse when he didn't/couldn't make it as a player. That's fine, some of the best broadcasters in history weren't excellent athletes, but if you grew up with guys like Scully and Harwell, or Jack Buck....I'll just say he has a long ways to go in terms of telling the baseball stories and lore behind the game that Hawk excelled at. Benetti is from a different generation, he doesn't have that fondness or reference for the 1950's, 60's and 70's that the older generation carried forth until retirement. It's ironic, because we complain about too much "sabes" and analytics, but he's the broadcasting equivalent. I'm almost to the point where I would rather hear him simply do PBP and not so much schtick. Farmer and DJ had that same problem as well, but they genuinely likely each other and had the mutual respect across two generations of MLB. Benetti is still an outsider attempting to fit or belong in the insider's club.

Hes a terrific basketball announcer but yes, a pretty terrible baseball one. Long live the Hawk

100% legit. Every team is playing with the same deck. The deck is just different in the pandemic.

Legit if you win, fraud if you don't.

Captain fat orange still says that the virus goes away, which diminishes his credibility even after he says masks make an impact.

My issue is with the duo straining to be funny and getting way off base. They don't add much to my game experience.

Rays traded Covey to the BoSox

The big drop off is just not having Hawks calls. He gawn, or you can put it on the board, yes, etc. Without those type of things, anyone is going to seem drab in comparison. I don't mind Benetti, but man are is home run calls weak. It would be great if someone like AJ got in the booth and used Hawks old sayings. That I think is what is missing the most, to me.

He's never going to be able to please you and all the others who look at him like the boogeyman so why would he care? He's well aware of the quotes that are going to be all over Twitter. The media and a lot of the fans just love to hate owners and call them cheap when they really don't know the first thing about money or business. Should he lie to the media so his coverage is better? You saying he's a terrible businessman really undermines your point in any case. I don't like the guy personally and would be delighted by news of him potentially taking the team to bid. That said, the Sox are one of the most prepared teams for all of this craziness that occurred following COIVD shutdown. 1.) The Sox basically have a free stadium deal with the ISAFA (because Reinsdorf is a terrible businessman who can't negotiate I am sure). 2.) They are in a great cash/debt position relative to the rest of the league because when you were hammering him for being cheap, he was stockpiling cash and preparing his business for a sudden and unexpected downturn. As opposed to Ricketts on the North Side who was sweating bullets these last few months. 3.) Sox are a young, promising team with depth and very little long-term high risk obligations on the books because this "terrible" businessman was willing to sign-off and approve of a rebuild while he was in his 80's and he was willing to trust his baseball people with spending/trading for unproven (at the MLB level) talents. Again, I've never been a supporter of Reinsdorf and would welcome him moving on from the Sox, but the Sox are one of the best prepared teams in all of baseball for the next several years and Reinsdorf has a big part of that. Obviously he never knew that COVID was going to be created and change the landscape, but unlike most other businesses in our debt-based society, Reinsdorf and his ownership group prepared for a potential hardship in the business.

I think Bennetti really eggs Stoney into the puns. When he was with the Cubs or with Farmio or Hawk he wasn't like this at all. I don't mind the goofiness with Stone, but I don't like the "old man" gimmick that he has to play because it's obviously not him. Stoney used to be more of a sarcastic ass, but in a good way. I know his tell-it-like-it-is style got him thrown out of the Cubs booth but I loved listening to him back then when a Cubs game would be on, and when he came to the Sox I was thrilled about it. I would love to see Stoney stick with baseball constantly because he's really good at it. And I would like to see Bennetti use Stoney's baseball mind for better purposes. I mean if I had the luxury of being paid to watch Sox games and put forth questions to Steve Stone about baseball all game I bet I would do something more useful to the baseball fan sitting at home than try to make funny jokes or show off how witty I can be.

So don;t write off Mendick based on one bad night, but send Madrigal to AA based on three strikeouts in one week. Got it.

I posted the pick to click rules and included the standings list on that attachment. The opening game Friday is posted. Let's have some fun and support the team

Ozzie will never manage again cause of his mouth, but as some on here may remember I love him. Back in the day it didn't help Oz that Mariotti was in town. Those two were in a personal war it seems and Oz seemed to be even more outspoken those days. Of course his worst bit actually was in Miami over his statements on Castro. If Oz could master the English language a bit better ... he'd be the most outstanding/funny/controversial MLB announcer maybe in history. As it stands now it's kind of hard to understand him. I love him though.

McKeon edit: misread that as "which manager did as well or better in second stay" as in their second attempt in managing after retiring

Joe Torre has to top that list, right?

They got him for fan favorite Alex Rios.

You know what, Leury ended up being much more of a baseball player than I ever thought he'd be when we first got him

You mean the guy with the near 60% GB rate?

Gameday ended the inning with Abreu getting picked off of third base. Tough break for his Summer Camp stats.

LMFAO WE SLAUGHTER RULED THEM TO END THE INNING

Thanks, Cubs

50-10 feels right for this team

Luis Robert will account for 325 runs all on his own.

I actually do think Ozzie has matured a bit. But what he is doing right now, angling for an already filled role with the White Sox, is off the charts obnoxious. Sorry Ozzie, you quit because you were "disrespected" not having multiple years left on your contract. You also said it was a slap in the face when the organization "only" offered your son $75,000 to play baseball. Last I checked, that was $75k more than any other major league franchise. Let him to the pre and post game. Live off 2005. Nothing wrong with that. Ditka still lives off of 1985. But if he wants back in baseball, with the White Sox would be a huge mistake. Managing or coaching should be with a different organization.

Yes. They controlled a deadly virus and we didn’t. And the franchise clearly gets to decide what they’re called based on the “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim” precedent. They are the Torotno Blue Jays as long as Joe Carters jersey says that.

People want Ozzie back in today's climate? I've read it all now. Ozzie will always hold a place in Sox history for 2005, but wow have people forgot about his flaws quickly. He's not managing anymore for MANY reasons.

No one wants to hear you f'ing cry. If it's such a terrible awful business sell the team to one of the ten groups trying to buy the Mets.