Talk about burying the lede! Feel like I'm channeling Beardown here but wonder if Spiegs is jealous for a guy parachuting in and getting a job he has always wanted (yes.)

https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/matt-sp ... e-sox.html

[ but especially the fact that he's replacing Jason Benetti, who was seen as One Of Us by the Twitter-addled media class in a way that Schriffen is not.

Professional jealousy might be a little of it, but why would Matt Spiegel think Jerry Reinsdorf would want a sappy Cubs/Boston fan to do Sox games? I think it's two things: Schriffen just honestly not being very good at calling Sox baseball and baseball in general (mispronouncing Bill Veeck, calling a field manager a head coach), but especially the fact that he's replacing Jason Benetti, who was seen as One Of Us by the Twitter-addled media class in a way that Schriffen is not.

I wonder if Schiffren knows who Zoilo Versalles is.

Once again, JORR had his finger on the pulse of the passing scene years ago with his litmus test on baseball fandom. Very few pass.

Once again, JORR had his finger on the pulse of the passing scene years ago with his litmus test on baseball fandom.

Very few pass.

Give a crap and do some research once you get the job.

Professional jealousy might be a little of it, but why would Matt Spiegel think Jerry Reinsdorf would want a sappy Cubs/Boston fan to do Sox games? I think it's two things: Schriffen just honestly not being very good at calling Sox baseball and baseball in general (mispronouncing Bill Veeck, calling a field manager a head coach), but especially the fact that he's replacing Jason Benetti, who was seen as One Of Us by the Twitter-addled media class in a way that Schriffen is not.

Didn't Benetti leave on his own?

Yes the Sox suck. The PBP guy might also suck. That said, there has to be some score directive making them have to shit on anything Sox. From Reinsdorf to stadium to LaRussa to broadcasting they trash them mercilessly.

The Sox deserve it. So do the Bulls. The Reinsdorfs are a self-parody at this point.

Yes, I started my post with as much. Seems to me a greater intensity the last couple years. Reinsdorf gets less abuse regarding the Bulls than Sox and LaRussa.

It's definitely greater intensity. They hate TLR because of views and that has colored the station's views on the White Sox. People like Bernstein, but others, judge everything through their political/social takes.

It's definitely greater intensity.

I don't know anyone that really liked Benetti as an announcer.

It absolutely is. You didn't hear these kind of stories or discontent with Ricky Renteria was running the club. And a lot of the guys who have trashed the Sox since they left were playing here under Ricky, TLR, and even a few with Grifol.

The best manager the Sox had during this 'rebuild' was Renteria. The young guys developed under him. Other than Robert, nobody else improved under the last two managers. Ricky wasn't winning a World Series and dug his own grave at the end of 2020, but the fact is that the Sox have not upgraded from him.

Benetti has an extremely short shelf life. I like him well enough for shitty college football games. An everyday listen becomes intolerable and compels the listener to carry around a shovel, just in case.

I haven't stopped to think about this until now, but I think you're right. I would go one step further and say he was the best since Ozzie.

Too bad Ozzie isn’t available.

Ozzie circa 2005 isn't available. His time in Miami tells me he might be closer to TLR than his old self.

It's definitely greater intensity. They hate TLR because of views and that has colored the station's views on the White Sox. People like Bernstein, but others, judge everything through their political/social takes.

The time to bring in Ozzie was right around Memorial Day 2022. He definitely would have a short shelf life, but I think he gets that 2022 club the five extra wins they would have needed to make the postseason.

Looking back, there is an argument to made that Robin Ventura may have been slightly better than TLR. Ventura never lost the lockerroom. The teams Robin had were often bad, but they played hard and never mailed it in. You cannot honestly say the same for 2022 LaRussa or Grifol.

For fuck sake, get a grip. He sucked. He locked himself in the manager's office and only unlocked it to roll the balls out and fill the bat rack.

People like Bernstein, but others, judge everything through their political/social takes.