Benetti's new job...

[Lip Man 1]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/03/04/nbc-sports-former-white-sox-tv-voice-jason-benetti-sunday-night-baseball-brooks-boyer-tigers-fox

[bobbydanks]

I'm pretty lenient on this team but letting him go was worse than losing the most games in baseball history. 

[WhiteSox2023]

4 minutes ago, bobbydanks said:

I'm pretty lenient on this team but letting him go was worse than losing the most games in baseball history. 

What?  You don’t think the great Schriffdawg will ever be the voice of Sunday Night Baseball on NBC?

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

Another hot take.

Benetti is fine, but he wouldn't be as revered and acclaimed if he didn't have a disability. 

[Tony]

7 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Another hot take.

Benetti is fine, but he wouldn't be as revered and acclaimed if he didn't have a disability. 

[77 Hitmen]

1 hour ago, bobbydanks said:

I'm pretty lenient on this team but letting him go was worse than losing the most games in baseball history. 

 

I look forward to the day that Ishbia finally takes control of this franchise.  My hope is that a massive house cleaning of the organization quickly follows that day.

[ptatc]

1 hour ago, bobbydanks said:

I'm pretty lenient on this team but letting him go was worse than losing the most games in baseball history. 

This new de is part of the reason they let him go. His real goal is to do national broadcasts. He will do less and less local broadcasts. The Sox wanted him to do the local broadcasts and not really have a two team broadcast schedule with Bennetti only doing partial seasons.

[southsider2k5]

50 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Another hot take.

Benetti is fine, but he wouldn't be as revered and acclaimed if he didn't have a disability. 

I will be honest, it might have gotten him in the door at the beginning, but it is no where near why he is one of the best in the business.  I can't think of another person in sportscasting who has the versatility that he does.  He sits down in three different sports and sounds like he does any particular one of them all of the time.  He's sits down with different partners and sounds like he has been on the air with whoever it is, forever.  He has a light touch, and is perfectly willing to get his partner engaged as much as possible.  Dude is one of the best in the business.

[hogan873]

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will be honest, it might have gotten him in the door at the beginning, but it is no where near why he is one of the best in the business.  I can't think of another person in sportscasting who has the versatility that he does.  He sits down in three different sports and sounds like he does any particular one of them all of the time.  He's sits down with different partners and sounds like he has been on the air with whoever it is, forever.  He has a light touch, and is perfectly willing to get his partner engaged as much as possible.  Dude is one of the best in the business.

But he's never growled upon seeing a great play.

In all seriousness, though, you're absolutely right.  I watched a few NFL games with him calling the play-by-play, and he sounds like a natural.  He's just really freaking good at his job.

[77 Hitmen]

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will be honest, it might have gotten him in the door at the beginning, but it is no where near why he is one of the best in the business.  I can't think of another person in sportscasting who has the versatility that he does.  He sits down in three different sports and sounds like he does any particular one of them all of the time.  He's sits down with different partners and sounds like he has been on the air with whoever it is, forever.  He has a light touch, and is perfectly willing to get his partner engaged as much as possible.  Dude is one of the best in the business.

Yeah, but that's all negated by the way he eats!

[southsider2k5]

18 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

But he's never growled upon seeing a great play.

In all seriousness, though, you're absolutely right.  I watched a few NFL games with him calling the play-by-play, and he sounds like a natural.  He's just really freaking good at his job.

I will leave on an NCAA basketball game with two teams I have zero interest in, just because he is calling it.

[Quin]

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

What?  You don’t think the great Schriffdawg will ever be the voice of Sunday Night Baseball on NBC?

We've been robbed of Schriff yelling "[home city] staaaaaAAAAAAAND UP!" becoming a beloved, shared experience across baseball.

[soxrwhite]

1 hour ago, Tony said:

Would you prefer to go through life with or without a disability?..........Answer the question.

Edited 2 hours ago by soxrwhite

[BrittBurnsFan]

40 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will leave on an NCAA basketball game with two teams I have zero interest in, just because he is calling it.

AGREE!  Even my kids will pay attention to a game when they hear his voice!  Yes...they recognize him thru our love of the White Sox...but we know his voice and we enjoy his call...whatever sport he is calling!  Heck...we even tune into Tiger games to hear him!  He is great!

[caulfield12]

54 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I will leave on an NCAA basketball game with two teams I have zero interest in, just because he is calling it.

Whereas Sciambi blends in doing college bb and you hardly recognize his call unless they show him during breaks in the action...different style entirely.  Not nearly so many jokes or attempts at humor...which can be Benetti's undoing in bad baseball games at times...but doesn't intrude so much into college BB and football.

And he worked his way up from bottom too...remember when Benetti was calling an Appalachian State game once and I stopped to listen because his call is so distinctive.

Does well with Bill Rafferty and Brock Huard.

[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, soxrwhite said:

Would you prefer to go through life with or without a disability?..........Answer the question.

I’m not sure how your follow-up question even relates to the Simpsons gif Tony posted or why you are specifically calling him out.  This is from Jason Benetti’s Wikipedia page:

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Benetti was born ten weeks prematurely at the University of Chicago Hospital, where he remained for the first three months of his life. While in intensive care, Benetti developed a respiratory illness that deprived his blood of oxygen. He was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler. Benetti underwent years of physical therapy and two surgeries to improve his ability to walk.

While I’m sure Benetti would rather not have to live his life with cerebral palsy, it sure hasn’t stopped him from being more successful than many people without a disability.  Schriffen has no disabilities that I am aware of and he’s still a worse baseball announcer than Benetti.

Edited 1 minute ago by WhiteSox2023