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The White Sox have not provided many positives as we enter the All-Star break, and the product on the field isn’t the only one making the wrong sort of headlines.
In a recent vote conducted by Awful Announcing, a site dedicated to news and commentary related to the sports media industry, fans were asked to grade their local MLB broadcast teams. To very little surprise, the duo of John Schriffen and Steve Stone came in ranked 30th after an extremely rocky start to the post-Jason Benetti era. Awful Announcing says over 13,000 votes were cast in their entire poll, with only the Mets (573) receiving more results than the White Sox (564).
As seen in the table below, 37.06% of those who participated handed Schriffen and Stone an “F” grade to go along with the lowest overall score of 1.15. This is quite the departure from last season where Benetti and Stone ranked 6th overall and captured an “A” grade with 46.84% of the votes. Oh, and speaking of Benetti, he has skyrocketed Detroit’s broadcast out of the cellar and into the top 10.
Are the results a little harsh for Schriffen in his first season calling major league action? Maybe. Being the top baseball announcer on a team in the third-largest media market is certainly no easy task, let alone doing so while following in the footsteps of Jason Benetti and Hawk Harrelson. Now add a historically bad team and a fan base pissed off to the extreme and you’re not in a great situation. All of that said, Schriffen still has had no shortage of self-inflicted flubs throughout the first half.
John Schriffen strikes again and this one is just pure gold
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Surely all of us can agree that it would be nice to have a quiet second half where the broadcast team doesn’t steal the show. Let’s see how Schriffen continues to navigate his first full season behind the mic.
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