The Future of the White Sox TV Broadcast Team

[Sox guy]

On 11/7/2025 at 1:35 PM, greg775 said:

Not to be a jerk but how do some of us remain Sox fans?

Pathetic product with the only highlights the past few years the play of Colson and Robert maybe his first year. The staff of so many great names (Mark, Hoyt, Bobby, Peters, Horlen, Wilhelm, Sale, Wood, Garland, Pierce, Lyons, Walsh, Faber, Thiggy, McDowell, Cease de resistance, need I go on?) turns to a staff where I can't name one starter (I forget the name of the flamethrower who has looked good at times). ... And finally if u do watch a game, u have to suffer with poor Schiff and Gordo (don't like his accent sadly; love Stoney) or Stoney.

Ah for the days of the aforementioned pitchers and Harry. Our team certainly has been at its low ebb with Schiff at the mike. I know $$ rules all but how can Stoney keep signing to broadcast this wretched club.

Stone is a true Sox fan, he sincerely loves the team, that's why he's loyal.  He's in it for life, unconditionally.  Maybe you should try it too.

 

I don't mind us losing, as long as we have competent announcers, which Stone is, but shrif is not.  Jerry's an idiot for hiring him.  Just listen to Len instead, who definitely has his faults, but is still 100x better.

 

shrif is such a fool.  He pronounces panther correctly, yet Edgar's surname differently, when he already proved he can hack it if he tried.  Why the inconsistency.  Because he is dumb, that's why.  If you pronounce panther right in Spanish, then do it for other Sox names FFS.  

[Lip Man 1]

1 hour ago, Sox guy said:

Stone is a true Sox fan, he sincerely loves the team, that's why he's loyal.  He's in it for life, unconditionally.  Maybe you should try it too.

 

I don't mind us losing, as long as we have competent announcers, which Stone is, but shrif is not.  Jerry's an idiot for hiring him.  Just listen to Len instead, who definitely has his faults, but is still 100x better.

 

shrif is such a fool.  He pronounces panther correctly, yet Edgar's surname differently, when he already proved he can hack it if he tried.  Why the inconsistency.  Because he is dumb, that's why.  If you pronounce panther right in Spanish, then do it for other Sox names FFS.  

You know of course that Stone worked for the Cubs for a number of years and was "loyal" to them as well.

My sense is that Stone is loyal to two things, JR and his paycheck especially the way he rips the Sox fans on social media who dare question the organization.

He is still a top notch analyst but let's be honest and also acknowledge he's in it for the money. 

 

[Sox guy]

On 11/17/2025 at 5:07 PM, Lip Man 1 said:

You know of course that Stone worked for the Cubs for a number of years

Of course, I was a die hard cub fan back then.  Grew out of it in the 90s, was a slow burn.

 

Sure, he's loyal to Jerry, but you can tell he sincerely loves the team.  He'll be rooting for us in retirement, not for cubs or Indians.

[Stinky Stanky]

On 1/10/2026 at 12:46 PM, Sox guy said:

Of course, I was a die hard cub fan back then.  Grew out of it in the 90s, was a slow burn.

 

Sure, he's loyal to Jerry, but you can tell he sincerely loves the team.  He'll be rooting for us in retirement, not for cubs or Indians.

Or the Orioles where he got the Cy Young. If he needs the bucks at his age he did some dumb stuff along the way. 

[WhiteSox2023]

29 minutes ago, Stinky Stanky said:

Or the Orioles where he got the Cy Young. If he needs the bucks at his age he did some dumb stuff along the way. 

I don’t know how accurate Baseball Reference is but they have him earning $887,500 total in his entire MLB career from 1973 to 1982.  I’m sure he also made some money from incentives and bonuses as well.  He probably made some money from his Playgirl shoot too.  🤣

Obviously the value of a dollar was a lot higher back then so if he invested wisely, he should be fine.  I’m sure he has made more money in his second career as a sportscaster than his playing days.

Edited 1 hour ago by WhiteSox2023

[tray]

On 8/17/2025 at 8:36 PM, Lip Man 1 said:

Turns out when he came back to the Sox and said that he needs 40 days off so he can do the Fox work he was told, ‘no, that’s not happening.’

I understand what Benetti asked for and why the Sox were not in agreement. Benetti just became too valuable of a commodity to restrict his work to one team. Good for him. 

Schriff is a relative youngster in his profession. I give him a lot of credit for trying to fill the shoes of Benetti, one of the best in the country who built a local following here in his home town.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

[Lip Man 1]

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

I don’t know how accurate Baseball Reference is but they have him earning $887,500 total in his entire MLB career from 1973 to 1982.  I’m sure he also made some money from incentives and bonuses as well.  He probably made some money from his Playgirl shoot too.  🤣

Obviously the value of a dollar was a lot higher back then so if he invested wisely, he should be fine.  I’m sure he has made more money in his second career as a sportscaster than his playing days.

He's also owned some very successful restaurants from what I understand. I think in the Phoenix area if I remember right.