5 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

A good broadcaster enhances the viewing or listening experience and helps connect fans to the team.

A poor, bad, mediocre one does more damage in these areas than you might think.

A good announcer enhances the experience. A mediocre one is one you probably never notice or remember. A bad one is one that you audibly wonder WTAF is he doing?

32 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

A good announcer enhances the experience. A mediocre one is one you probably never notice or remember. A bad one is one that you audibly wonder WTAF is he doing?

“SOUTH SIDE SAMURAI!!!”

2 hours ago, Dick Allen said:

Stone tells everyone how great the food is, yet there is about 2 menu items he would eat. If the team didn't like how Jason ate, why didn't they stop the promo? The downgrade to Schriff is like firing Terry Francona and replacing him with Pedro Grifol.

From what I have heard from him over the years, Stone absolutely loves steak, hates all vegetables, and eats his hot dogs plain. Someone posted this before, but he literally has the palate of a child.

I also thought it was pretty obvious that Benetti was eating all the different food from the concourse as a marketing deal. It sure seemed to be planned.

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

A good broadcaster enhances the viewing or listening experience and helps connect fans to the team.

A poor, bad, mediocre one does more damage in these areas than you might think.

Cool. I don’t care who the announcer is. I’m not speaking to what other people care about.

55 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

A good broadcaster enhances the viewing or listening experience and helps connect fans to the team.

A poor, bad, mediocre one does more damage in these areas than you might think.

Look at how Harry Caray helped turn the Cubs from the slightly more popular team in Chicago into a totally dominant juggernaut in this market within a few years. Having a good PBP guy vs. a bad or forgettable one DOES matter.

To the Sox credit, they later had Hawk Harrelson as a very effective and extremely memorable voice of the Sox who definitely helped connect fans to the team.

Jason Benetti isn't in the same league as Harry and Hawk as far as larger-than-life personality goes, but he was shaping up to be a very solid (and hometown) voice of the Sox for decades to come. But, you know, look at how he eats! And some curmudgeonly Sox fans hated Sox Math!!! Good riddance and bring on someone who doesn't know the nuances of baseball and can't pronounce Bill Veeck's last name to be our next PBP! Loyalty over competence - it's a recurring theme with this organization.

It's very easy to see why the Sox are an afterthought in Chicago and #30, well below #29, in the league in revenue. But hey, at least a small segment of the Sox fan base is happy.

Edited Monday at 11:45 PM2 days by 77 Hitmen

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

A good broadcaster enhances the viewing or listening experience and helps connect fans to the team.

A poor, bad, mediocre one does more damage in these areas than you might think.

I don’t think that’s true anymore in today’s society. Too many other options to keep your attention instead of just watching an awful product.

The whole eating in the booth thing has become more message board lore than anything. Its probably been talked about here more than it ever was conveyed to him or in the front office. Being hung up on it is ridiculous at this point.

It's pretty clear the Sox didnt love his schedule but Jason wanted to do more national stuff so they let him out of his conteact early. It is what it is.

2 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Look at how Harry Caray helped turn the Cubs from the slightly more popular team in Chicago into a totally dominant juggernaut in this market within a few years. Having a good PBP guy vs. a bad or forgettable one DOES matter.

To the Sox credit, they later had Hawk Harrelson as a very effective and extremely memorable voice of the Sox who definitely helped connect fans to the team.

Jason Benetti isn't in the same league as Harry and Hawk as far as larger-than-life personality goes, but he was shaping up to be a very solid (and hometown) voice of the Sox for decades to come. But, you know, look at how he eats! And some curmudgeonly Sox fans hated Sox Math!!! Good riddance and bring on someone who doesn't know the nuances of baseball and can't pronounce Bill Veeck's last name to be our next PBP! Loyalty over competence - it's a recurring theme with this organization.

It's very easy to see why the Sox are an afterthought in Chicago and #30, well below #29, in the league in revenue. But hey, at least a small segment of the Sox fan base is happy.

Jerry. Jerry is the segment.

15 hours ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

The whole eating in the booth thing has become more message board lore than anything. Its probably been talked about here more than it ever was conveyed to him or in the front office. Being hung up on it is ridiculous at this point.

It's pretty clear the Sox didnt love his schedule but Jason wanted to do more national stuff so they let him out of his conteact early. It is what it is.

Yes and no. Sure, it was all about Jason's network commitments that they didn't like. If he had zero other announcing job scheduling conflicts, we'd have never heard about his eating in the booth.

But once the Sox brass soured on him, oh you better believe they let slip petty little pot shots like things about his eating habits. If you don't believe the Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf would do such a thing against someone who they've soured on, then you haven't been paying attention for the last 45 years. It's the White Sox way through and through - from Harry Caray and Bill Veeck down through Jason Benetti.

I guess the joke's on the Tigers. They're now "stuck" with a PBP guy who also does network broadcasts and is getting national recognition. Suckers. Does anyone think that the Tigers would switch Benetti for Schriffen......or that they wouldn't burst out laughing at such a suggested swap?

2 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Yes and no. Sure, it was all about Jason's network commitments that they didn't like. If he had zero other announcing job scheduling conflicts, we'd have never heard about his eating in the booth.

But once the Sox brass soured on him, oh you better believe they let slip petty little pot shots like things about his eating habits. If you don't believe the Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf would do such a thing against someone who they've soured on, then you haven't been paying attention for the last 45 years. It's the White Sox way through and through - from Harry Caray and Bill Veeck down through Jason Benetti.

I guess the joke's on the Tigers. They're now "stuck" with a PBP guy who also does network broadcasts and is getting national recognition. Suckers. Does anyone think that the Tigers would switch Benetti for Schriffen......or that they wouldn't burst out laughing at such a suggested swap?

Yep, the Sox couldn't just have an honest conversation about what they were looking for in an announcer, they had to piss in the well before he left like a jilted ex-girlfriend getting dumped on prom night.

I think Benetti's a great football announcer. Okay in baseball.

Sox would be fine with Knight.

20 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Yes and no. Sure, it was all about Jason's network commitments that they didn't like. If he had zero other announcing job scheduling conflicts, we'd have never heard about his eating in the booth.

But once the Sox brass soured on him, oh you better believe they let slip petty little pot shots like things about his eating habits. If you don't believe the Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf would do such a thing against someone who they've soured on, then you haven't been paying attention for the last 45 years. It's the White Sox way through and through - from Harry Caray and Bill Veeck down through Jason Benetti.

I guess the joke's on the Tigers. They're now "stuck" with a PBP guy who also does network broadcasts and is getting national recognition. Suckers. Does anyone think that the Tigers would switch Benetti for Schriffen......or that they wouldn't burst out laughing at such a suggested swap?

Last thing I want to do is defend Reinsdorf and the Sox here (which im not even doing) but it was Benetti who said all of this about the eating or whatever to his friends on 670 the score. This did not come from the Sox camp. And then the Internet blew it up. People need to realize 2 sides can play the PR game. We all saw the same game with Rick Hahn too.

3 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Yes and no. Sure, it was all about Jason's network commitments that they didn't like. If he had zero other announcing job scheduling conflicts, we'd have never heard about his eating in the booth.

But once the Sox brass soured on him, oh you better believe they let slip petty little pot shots like things about his eating habits. If you don't believe the Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf would do such a thing against someone who they've soured on, then you haven't been paying attention for the last 45 years. It's the White Sox way through and through - from Harry Caray and Bill Veeck down through Jason Benetti.

I guess the joke's on the Tigers. They're now "stuck" with a PBP guy who also does network broadcasts and is getting national recognition. Suckers. Does anyone think that the Tigers would switch Benetti for Schriffen......or that they wouldn't burst out laughing at such a suggested swap?

Both sides let little pot shots slip