He does seem like a nice guy, but I agree, time for him to go.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/09/18/white-sox-john-schriffen-steve-stone-gordon-beckham-chicago-sports-network-mike-mccarthy-marquee-sports-network

Not much to argue about with that review. We also need new guys when Stone is taking time off, Beckham is horrible and Plesac is a clown.

 

One can only hope

I missed the game in which Schriffen did the hot dog / “Lady and the Tramp” bit with Beckham referenced in the article…  wow.  😲  Schriffen also said it to the same guy who drew a sentence with his foot in the infield to make fun of his former teammate Getz during his playing days. Obviously Schriffen probably didn’t even know that bit of Sox history but what an awkward joke to make regardless.

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I agree with the article. Nice guy, wrong guy for the seat. I'd love an Adam Amin type.

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I have no idea if he is a good guy or a bad guy but he is a horrible fit for the White Sox!  I hope they make a change!  

Column is dead on correct.

he fits the product

I've been hoping he would get the Chris Vosters treatment after the season. Seems like he cares and is outgoing and all that, he's just simply not good at the job, no matter how much he buddies-up with Sox podcasters. 

The article says that Jon Sciambi is one of the best in the game. It couldn’t be more wrong. The rest of the article is worth about as much. He’s improved from being with Stone and I’m fine with him. 

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Schriff is better than last year, and I think he's put in a lot more work, but he's still pretty unlistenable.

But Agrest is wrong that "sac fly RBI" is redundant. There are sac flies that advance runners without scoring them. Also, his mention of Boog Sciambi as a gold standard doesn't resonate a whole lot with me. One's mileage may vary, of course, but I find Sciambi to be cookie-cutter boring. 

Someone in this thread mentioned Amin, and he's excellent. We had a guy kinda like that (yes, I know his humor was not appreciated by some on the board), and let him walk.

 

The hot dog bit would’ve been funny if Beckham wasn’t a homophobic douche. Why is that the focus of the article? That’s the least of Schriffen’s problems. His problems are a lack of baseball knowledge and preparation. His non-baseball bits are generally good. But 90% of his job is talking about baseball and he isn’t good at it. 
 

if they could combine Mcknights knowledge with Schriff’s personality and energy, you’d have a great announcer imo. To me this falls on his manager for not telling him he needs to beef up his ball acumen. It’s not hard. 

14 minutes ago, nrockway said:

The hot dog bit would’ve been funny if Beckham wasn’t a homophobic douche. Why is that the focus of the article? That’s the least of Schriffen’s problems. His problems are a lack of baseball knowledge and preparation. His non-baseball bits are generally good. But 90% of his job is talking about baseball and he isn’t good at it. 
 

if they could combine Mcknights knowledge with Schriff’s personality and energy, you’d have a great announcer imo. To me this falls on his manager for not telling him he needs to beef up his ball acumen. It’s not hard. 

He needs to leave and try to get an NBA gig somewhere.  It’s obvious that basketball is his true love.  When you are a true fan of a sport, you do your research on it.  I guarantee you he would have no problem spitting facts left and right about the Knicks or Bulls.  He just isn’t much of a baseball fan and has barely any Sox knowledge.

2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

He needs to leave and try to get an NBA gig somewhere.  It’s obvious that basketball is his true love.  When you are a true fan of a sport, you do your research on it.  I guarantee you he would have no problem spitting facts left and right about the Knicks or Bulls.  He just isn’t much of a baseball fan and has barely any Sox knowledge.

Exactly...or like competitive eating contests or dog shows.

31 minutes ago, nrockway said:

The hot dog bit would’ve been funny if Beckham wasn’t a homophobic douche. Why is that the focus of the article? That’s the least of Schriffen’s problems. His problems are a lack of baseball knowledge and preparation. His non-baseball bits are generally good. But 90% of his job is talking about baseball and he isn’t good at it. 
 

if they could combine Mcknights knowledge with Schriff’s personality and energy, you’d have a great announcer imo. To me this falls on his manager for not telling him he needs to beef up his ball acumen. It’s not hard. 

He has this lilt to his voice, where his tone curves up then down, like he's trying to force the excitement, brag about a solo HR to break up a shutout, 7-1. He brings nothing to the broadcast. The facts and insight, any of us could read off of a sheet. Benetti has the voice, knowledge, can speak to the moment. He's corny, but I found him very listenable. Schriffen is none of that. 

I think the problem with the hot dog bit is that he wouldn’t let it go when Beckham wasn’t gonna play along.  The more he forced it the worse it was 

5 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

He has this lilt to his voice, where his tone curves up then down, like he's trying to force the excitement, brag about a solo HR to break up a shutout, 7-1. He brings nothing to the broadcast. The facts and insight, any of us could read off of a sheet. Benetti has the voice, knowledge, can speak to the moment. He's corny, but I found him very listenable. Schriffen is none of that. 

Agreed on all accounts. Except Benetti still can't tell when a home run is being hit until it's in the stands. Depth perception issue or something. I think Schriff has "tools" but hasn't developed them at all. He makes me laugh sometimes in a cornball sort of way. I like some of his calls. 

I thought we were getting a guy with actual hands-on baseball knowledge though considering he was technically a pitcher on the Dartmouth team....but damn. 

"Schriffen is excessively positive and makes outlandish statements. It’s as though he’s trying to sell you something."

....and this is why I don't expect that he's going anywhere next season.  This is exactly what Jerry wants - a guy who tirelessly tries to polish the turd of a team the Sox are fielding.

He’s actually grown on me, i hope he stays!!

12 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

"Schriffen is excessively positive and makes outlandish statements. It’s as though he’s trying to sell you something."

....and this is why I don't expect that he's going anywhere next season.  This is exactly what Jerry wants - a guy who tirelessly tries to polish the turd of a team the Sox are fielding.

I agree. He didn’t deserve the job, but since he had no previous experience as a lead MLB announcer, he works for cheap, and does what he’s told no matter how obnoxious the request, like what was mentioned calling Vargas a star.

They aren't wrong...

I think the problem with Schiff is that if you asked ChatGPT to create a White Sox PBP guy, John is what it would spit out.  It's predictable,  flawed, and overemphasizes things it shouldn't. 

18 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I agree. He didn’t deserve the job, but since he had no previous experience, he works for cheap, and does what he’s told no matter how obnoxious the request

Wait, we talking Schriffin or Getz?

1 hour ago, Friend of Nordhagen said:

Schriff is better than last year, and I think he's put in a lot more work, but he's still pretty unlistenable.

But Agrest is wrong that "sac fly RBI" is redundant. There are sac flies that advance runners without scoring them. Also, his mention of Boog Sciambi as a gold standard doesn't resonate a whole lot with me. One's mileage may vary, of course, but I find Sciambi to be cookie-cutter boring. 

Someone in this thread mentioned Amin, and he's excellent. We had a guy kinda like that (yes, I know his humor was not appreciated by some on the board), and let him walk.

 

Coun't agree more. He's fine, but nothing special. Far from any sort of gold standard for baseball PBP thats for sure.

2 minutes ago, Tony said:

Wait, we talking Schriffin or Getz?

Both?