ESPN’s John Schriffen Takes Over As White Sox’s TV Play-by-play Announcer – News18

CHICAGO: The Chicago White Sox agreed to a multiyear contract with ESPN’s John Schriffen to be their tv play-by-play announcer.

The 39-yr-outdated Schriffen replaces Jason Benetti, who took an analogous job with the Detroit Tigers in November. Schriffen will name video games with longtime analyst Steve Stone for NBC Sports Chicago.

“The White Sox, specifically, is very exciting for me just because of where the organization is,” he stated Thursday.

Schriffen stated it was thrilling to study of chairman Jerry Reinsdorf’s ardour for the staff and baseball’s historical past once they met in Arizona final weekend.

“The timing is right for me because I have done so many things in the course of my career in broadcasting, and the next step for me is to join a team, get to know the team better and really join a community and move to Chicago,” he stated.

Schriffen, who joined ESPN in 2020, has known as choose Saturday and Sunday video games for ESPN radio’s MLB broadcasts since 2022. He additionally works NCAA basketball, soccer, baseball and softball video games in addition to the NBA G-League and Summer League for the community.

Schriffen plans to name the vast majority of Chicago’s video games, although he didn’t have a precise quantity. He stated the White Sox are his prime precedence, however he hopes to maintain working for ESPN within the offseason.

“I am super excited about baseball, about learning Chicago, about this White Sox club that is forming together with all the young stars that are here,” he stated.

Schriffen, who’s biracial, joins Seattle’s Dave Sims as the one Black TV play-by-play announcers. His grandfather, Alphonso Deal, was president of the NAACP’s Philadelphia chapter.

Before becoming a member of ESPN, Schriffen was a studio host for the NFL Network, in addition to a play-by-play broadcaster and sideline reporter for CBS Sports from 2015 to 2020. He labored as a New York-based correspondent for ABC News from 2012 2014, contributing studies for Good Morning America and Nightline.

Schriffen graduated from Dartmouth, the place he pitched. ___

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