Quin Posted December 20, 2024 Share Posted December 20, 2024 3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: I think most of the problem is that Schiff's shtick would be much more acceptable if the team was winning. The whole energetic upbeat excited thing works when there is something to be excited about. When things are bad, you need to bring it down. When the team is as exciting as a bowl of lukewarm dog water with day old cat puke floating in it, people aren't going to respond to loud noises. As an announcer you have to match energy. Schriff is the 3rd place meme taken to the extreme: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 20, 2024 Share Posted December 20, 2024 3 minutes ago, Quin said: Schriff is the 3rd place meme taken to the extreme: That is honestly the best description of his style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted December 20, 2024 Share Posted December 20, 2024 38 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: How does a pronunciation guide help if one can't read the difference between Robertson and Robinson? What a crock of s%*#. It's funny watching somebody like you get angry over what is clearly a joke. You must ruin entire evenings over a children's knock knock joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted December 20, 2024 Share Posted December 20, 2024 Ugh. I forgot we also had a bad broadcast team. I won't be getting mlb.com again this year. No need since we project to lose almost every series again in 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 21, 2024 Author Share Posted December 21, 2024 4 hours ago, greg775 said: Ugh. I forgot we also had a bad broadcast team. I won't be getting mlb.com again this year. No need since we project to lose almost every series again in 2025. A very wise thing to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 7 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: A very wise thing to do. Even though Jerry is unbelievably cheap you'd think even he would be thoroughly embarrassed and actually ashamed of himself to put such a horrible product on the field. I guess his legacy with the Bulls six titles is so great he thinks his legacy is assured to be positive and he continues to let his baseball team be the laughingstock of all of sports. He fooled people in 05 thinking he wanted to win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 21, 2024 Author Share Posted December 21, 2024 10 hours ago, greg775 said: Even though Jerry is unbelievably cheap you'd think even he would be thoroughly embarrassed and actually ashamed of himself to put such a horrible product on the field. I guess his legacy with the Bulls six titles is so great he thinks his legacy is assured to be positive and he continues to let his baseball team be the laughingstock of all of sports. He fooled people in 05 thinking he wanted to win. I honestly don't think JR is that motivated by his "legacy" when you are as wealthy as he is, "legacy" has very little meaning. The bank account means a lot more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 On 12/17/2024 at 1:46 PM, southsider2k5 said: I will agree with you in that we aren't all older small market sports reporters who have guys like Big O in their memories. Schiff got brought into a rough situation, and then being asked to cover the Sox was automatically going to put him under a microscope. His problem was trying too hard to be accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 On 12/20/2024 at 5:29 PM, Lip Man 1 said: A very wise thing to do. Not me. It gives me an opportunity to watch baseball and anybody but the White Sox. I guess for 2205 is #mark safe from watching White Sox baseball. With MLB online I could watch the players in the farm system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 On 12/16/2024 at 1:29 AM, Dick Allen said: You would have thunk after the first time someone would have corrected him. Maybe these espn+ broadcasts don’t have a normal crew. For a guy the White Sox think is.a star, espn isn’t exactly giving him primo gigs. I still maintain , before the Sox hired him, he couldn’t name 3 players on the team. How many of us fans can actually name 3 players on the Sox roster? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 23, 2024 Author Share Posted December 23, 2024 17 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: Not me. It gives me an opportunity to watch baseball and anybody but the White Sox. I guess for 2205 is #mark safe from watching White Sox baseball. With MLB online I could watch the players in the farm system. With You Tube I can watch "highlights" (or more to the point "lowlights") from every Sox game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 1 hour ago, kitekrazy said: Not me. It gives me an opportunity to watch baseball and anybody but the White Sox. I guess for 2205 is #mark safe from watching White Sox baseball. With MLB online I could watch the players in the farm system. Are you going to cryogenically freeze yourself for the next Sox playoff team? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 8 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Are you going to cryogenically freeze yourself for the next Sox playoff team? Or he's wait for Chris Getz VI to create some new positions to fix everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 8 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Or he's wait for Chris Getz VI to create some new positions to fix everything. "The former American baseball player, Chris Getz, married his wife, Nicole Korinek, on January 28, 2012. They together share three kids- two daughters and a son." At least 10-12 years away from the first Sox female GM...Hahn's son won the 2008 coin flip guess and has pursued baseball as a passion, but carrying that last name is going to make things harder on him in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 On 12/20/2024 at 1:12 PM, WestEddy said: It's funny watching somebody like you get angry over what is clearly a joke. You must ruin entire evenings over a children's knock knock joke. Your stand up routine must be a hoot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 20 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Are you going to cryogenically freeze yourself for the next Sox playoff team? I'd be worried they do that with Reinsdorf and LaRussa so they can ruin a winning "culture". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 21 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: With You Tube I can watch "highlights" (or more to the point "lowlights") from every Sox game. For me it's a fear of never watching baseball. I'd hate to lose the love of the game. I don't watch the NFL anymore. Can't get into hockey anymore since it's not on TV anywhere. Ozzie was entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 25, 2024 Share Posted December 25, 2024 Jason Benetti reminds me a bit of voices like Nantz, Enberg and Al Michaels of the recent past that had the versatility to do at least three major sports. He's now got men's and women's major college basketball, college FB and baseball down pat. Meanwhile, we've got the Schiff Schtick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted December 25, 2024 Share Posted December 25, 2024 On 12/23/2024 at 4:50 PM, kitekrazy said: For me it's a fear of never watching baseball. I'd hate to lose the love of the game. I don't watch the NFL anymore. Can't get into hockey anymore since it's not on TV anywhere. Ozzie was entertaining. I definitely lost the love for the game but still love stadiums and being in them. The NFL is boring (to me). Too many short passes. At least the games are three hours, no longer unless OT. Once in a while it's worth watching the fourth quarter. Hockey is nonexistent to me. College sports have too many time outs. Volleyball had a chance til they went time out crazy. College football and bball have too many replays and time outs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 26, 2024 Author Share Posted December 26, 2024 15 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Jason Benetti reminds me a bit of voices like Nantz, Enberg and Al Michaels of the recent past that had the versatility to do at least three major sports. He's now got men's and women's major college basketball, college FB and baseball down pat. Meanwhile, we've got the Schiff Schtick Jason has also called some NFL games for Fox during the baseball playoffs when some of their regular NFL guys were doing those games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 26, 2024 Share Posted December 26, 2024 42 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Jason has also called some NFL games for Fox during the baseball playoffs when some of their regular NFL guys were doing those games. Fox is definitely getting their money's worth...and Jason likes to keep a really active schedule. Obviously that leads to inevitable conflicts when the seasons overlap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted December 26, 2024 Share Posted December 26, 2024 16 hours ago, caulfield12 said: He's now got men's and women's major college basketball, college FB and baseball down pat. Schriffen does/has done all of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 26, 2024 Share Posted December 26, 2024 8 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Schriffen does/has done all of those. On a consistent basis? Power 5 conference games? NFL games? He did the KBO (Korean League) games before... Early life and education Schriffen graduated from Dartmouth College, where he called baseball, basketball and hockey games for the school's radio station.[2] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted December 26, 2024 Share Posted December 26, 2024 13 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Schriffen does/has done all of those. And SlamBall. They save only the best of the best for SlamBall commentating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 26, 2024 Author Share Posted December 26, 2024 He made the list. coming in at #2: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2024/12/26/chicago-sports-network-comast-chsn-white-sox-john-schriffen-leila-rahimi-blackhawks-chris-vosters-bulls-stacey-king-bears-courtney-cronin-steve-mcmichael-jim-nantz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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