May 24, 2025May 24 An excellent 'fill-in' choice in my opinion: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/dan-plesac-set-to-join-white-sox-tv-broadcast
May 24, 2025May 24 17 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: An excellent 'fill-in' choice in my opinion: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/dan-plesac-set-to-join-white-sox-tv-broadcast What a great guy. Good to everyone.
May 24, 2025May 24 Author 10 minutes ago, ptatc said: What a great guy. Good to everyone. And born and raised a White Sox fan.
May 24, 2025May 24 40 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: This could be telling Stone retiring? I figured he would continue to milk his easy gig of trolling his partner and collecting a paycheck for a few more years? Stone Pony likes dogs more than humans.
May 24, 2025May 24 9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Stone retiring? I figured he would continue to milk his easy gig of trolling his partner and collecting a paycheck for a few more years? Stone Pony likes dogs more than humans. Stone seems more robotic then ever this year he should just step away. He's been doing this what like over 30 years now between cubs and sox? Hang it up get some new blood in the booth.
May 24, 2025May 24 38 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: And born and raised a White Sox fan. Yep. Many a discussions about the 70/80s Sox.
May 24, 2025May 24 5 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said: Stone seems more robotic then ever this year he should just step away. He's been doing this what like over 30 years now between cubs and sox? Hang it up get some new blood in the booth. He seemed happy with Jason — granted, that was pre-catastrophic collapse. Now I think he's just gassed.
May 25, 2025May 25 That's actually awesome. I thought Beckham was getting better and that he would be the inevitable replacement and that it wouldn't be so bad...but this one's a little out of left field (out of the bullpen?) but not unwelcome -- I had no idea he was from Gary. Just now, chitownsportsfan said: Stone seems more robotic then ever this year he should just step away. He's been doing this what like over 30 years now between cubs and sox? Hang it up get some new blood in the booth. IMO he sounds better than he did last year, less outward negativity, but he's been a ghost for years. still occasionally funny.
May 25, 2025May 25 Plesac, the other big man from Gary, as a mlb pitcher, was a Sox killer. I did not look up the stats to verify that, but I would not be surprised if they bear my memories of him out. Too bad he didn't play for the Sox.
May 25, 2025May 25 Author 1 hour ago, tray said: Plesac, the other big man from Gary, as a mlb pitcher, was a Sox killer. I did not look up the stats to verify that, but I would not be surprised if they bear my memories of him out. Too bad he didn't play for the Sox. He wanted to, it just never happened. Don't know how he did in his career against the Sox but I remember an August game in 1990, the Game of the Week on CBS at Comiskey Park where he gave up the game winning hit to Ozzie.
May 25, 2025May 25 I don't know exactly how he'll be as a color guy, but I'm a big fan of Plesac's on MLB Network's studio shows. FWIW, contrary to some of the other comments, I've been thinking that Schriffen and Stone have had a pretty good rapport as of late. I don't necessarily mean that about the objective quality of their broadcast, but just in the "these guys like each other and are having a good time" way. It was especially apparent after Steve had that time off and came back. Steve's energy level has been dropping a bit since then so maybe this break is well-timed. He's getting old and the team isn't all that exciting, so he might need to be taking time off to be able to bring it. All the more reason to be trying out some legitimate options for his successor. Plesac is a Sox fan, has lots of MLB and TV experience, and is a high energy guy who probably can take the grind in stride if he ended up taking the role. Frankly, as good as Stone's reputation is, I've never enjoyed him all that much so I do have some bias. Jason brought out a good side of him and John doesn't do a bad job either. With Hawk was a toxic mix because they are both so very arrogant. Jason is more deferential and clearly has a similar sense of humor so it worked reasonably well. John is figuring Steve out but John is (IMO) overly deferential so there's nobody willing to contradict Steve on the broadcasts even when he is not infrequently wrong about something. While I wouldn't necessarily make the choice of Steve's successor based on what suits Schriffen best (which would imply Schriffen is some kind of franchise player to build around), a fellow high-energy guy like Plesac might work pretty well.
May 26, 2025May 26 Plesac is a great choice for color commentary. He will make you forget the Benetti / Stone broadcast team so fast it isn't funny.
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