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For the the simpletons, Baez chose Detroit over New York, not Chicago. The Cubs wanted nothing to do with him.

I can forgive the White Sox for wanting a full time PBP guy. And I understand Jason wanting to further his career nationally.

I don't see it as the black eye people think it is.

He most certainly did. I do not recall the specifics, but it has been talked about on the board here many times.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

The Tigers' press release says that Jason is going to do "at least" 127 games per season, and their radio guy Dan Dickerson will slide over to TV for the other 35.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

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Didn't see this one coming. This franchise has some intense issues.

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Agreed.

I really didn't like the guy's work on Sox games. But the Sox need all the publicity they can get, and Benetti gave them a lot of that.

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No doubt, but his advantage is he's ruggedly handsome.

I saw it somewhere else, but part of the issue is that he wasn't good on baseball as a whole. Too much down time to be goofy. Basketball and football are his definite wheelhouse.

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I think most of the backlash, mine included, is an overall reaction to the current state of the entire franchise. Combine that with no hope for the future, and fans are tired. They are cutting salary, and I have no doubt that everyone they sign this winter will be cheap and past their prime (if they ever had a "prime"). I would love to be wrong, but I doubt they sign a single player that we all look at and think "this guy will be a big part of the team when they're good" (if they ever become good...)

Specifically regarding Benetti leaving, my fear is the Sox will replace him with Beckham, because he'll be super cheap. Even with 100 losses last season, I watched a lot of games on TV. I turned them off when he was working.

I don't find that acceptable just like I don't find Stoney's monthly vacations acceptable.

If the Sox want a guy for 155+ games, thats fine. I agree there.

Its just everything with the organization. This move doesn't pass the eye test. The Sox deserve zero benefit of the doubt. This was Benetti's dream job, and even he can't deal with this circus any longer. Its not like he went to a marquee team like the Yankees, or Red Sox. Or a really good NL team like the Braves or Phillies. He's going to another AL Central team that hasn't won a playoff series in ten years. And he'll be calling April baseball in 30 degree weather in front of a few thousand fans at times just like he was here.

And if the Tigers gave Jason a big raise, then the Sox were probably lowballing him anyway.

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I agree. I thought he got too worked up over mundane plays. I found him and Stone to be almost silly in some of their attempts at humor. But it is weird to leave for Detroit.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Personally, I don't think he is a very good announcer. I admire his going through life successfully battling his ailment. I just think that he is pretty annoying in a lot of his broadcasts.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Perhaps this is a possible indication that Reinny is possibly going to sell the team or move it out of Chicago? They are sure to continue shaving overhead and pay-roll.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

I think it's more likely a way to ease Stone out without having to fail to renew his contract.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

How much time does Stoney miss in a year ?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

It is sort of odd that someone hasnt signed him by now . You’d think every general manager in the league would be salivating at the prospect of him having a return to .300 season for their team. I guess there’s just not that big of a market for Jackie Robinson these days. Might as well be the 1930s again.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

this explains a lot about Dan Bernstein.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Games?....83

Depends on where Passover, Sukkot, and Yom Kippur falls.

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Not this time, but he did praise Mitch for letting Score talent take side gigs. Mitch understands that letting Laurence host the Football Aftershow or do weekend sports on channel 5 is excellent promotion for the Score.

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Jason Benetti: "The Sox baserunning has been so anti-intellectual that it makes look Ron Swanson like Hal Incandenza!"
Dan Bernstein: "That is almost...[sigh]...almost rabbinical in its pseudo-neo-Wittgensteinian wordplay."
Jerry Reinsdorf:

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OK, let's get objective. if the guy who signs the checks doesn't think he's funny, then he ain't funny.

What's not funny about trying to talk after shoveling a bunch of food in your mouth?

Why not go full White Sox crazy and attempt to trade Yoan Moncada to the Dodgers for Charlie Steiner?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I may be in the minority but I like Benetti. I think a team of Vin Scully and Mel Allen would have trouble making many of the Sox teams in recent years sound better than a Patriot League broadcast. Reinsdorf might as well just go ahead and hire McKnight, one of the dullest and least funny but cheap guys around. Just add on to the steaming pile of dog shit the organization has become.

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Mulli is Howard Stern in his prime compared to Haugh.