He was broadcasting a football game at Auburn University two years ago, soon after the beloved Auburn radio announcer Rod Bramblett had died in a tragic car crash, as Jason well knew. Jason Benetti, who replaced Harrelson in the booth three years ago, and who at the age of 38 has already achieved the pinnacle of his chosen profession, decides to share a story of failure. Eventually, the subject of on-air mistakes comes up: mistakes in pronunciation or fact or attitude that, depending on the direction of the slip, can become either a funny viral video or a humiliating, even career-ending disaster. I’d be a Cubs (announcer),” Bishop said.īenetti will take over full-time in 2019 for Harrelson, who continues to broadcast most of the team's away games and will retire from the mic following a very abbreviated schedule in 2018.īishop and eight family members and friends, including his dad, Tom Bishop, Crowhurst and Owen Rennette attended the game on “Family Sunday.Almost an hour into a rain delay on what should have been a warm and pleasant May night, the infield at Guaranteed Rate Field is covered with a tarp, the White Sox and the Orioles players are in their clubhouses playing cards or video games, and the broadcasters up in the TV booth are telling stories.Īnalyst Steve Stone has a lot of them, mostly about Harry Caray, with whom he broadcast Cubs games on TV for many years before coming over to the Sox to partner with the equally legendary play-by-play man Ken “Hawk” Harrelson. That’s how Benetti started and carried it through high school by broadcasting Homewood-Flossmoor games and eventually for ESPN and the White Sox.īishop said he’d enjoy doing what Benetti does for the 81 home games, with one stipulation. He also loves playing sports video games so Benetti encouraged him to broadcast games on his own while he plays. “(He said) when you’re at your first game, you should be a White Sox fan,” Bishop said.īishop plans on being the manager for the Dunlap Middle School basketball team. Chicago starter and heralded pitching prospect Lucas Giolito earned his first career big league win after throwing seven shutout innings.īishop enjoyed his first major league game and is looking forward to the next, which he hopes is at Wrigley Field despite learning a valuable lesson from Benetti. “Just being able to do that by literally standing here to help in that way is a remarkable thing.”īishop watched the White Sox slug their way to a 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. “When I was growing up, there wasn’t somebody with a disability that I could say that I’m aiming to be that, or not even aiming to be because that sounds egotistical, but to say ‘oh, somebody could actually do this,’” Benetti said. Crowhurst took to Twitter to try and get the word out, and when Benetti saw the tweet he was on board. That first judgment can’t be everything because if it were, I wouldn’t be sitting here.”īishop loves all sports and his uncle, Eric Crowhurst, was determined to set up a meeting with Benetti. The best thing we can do is try to shatter them and be deeper than the first thing and then feel the same way about other people as well. “Even if they do, you can’t remember that. “First impressions don’t last forever, even if you think they might,” Benetti said. Benetti encouraged Bishop to go and do whatever he wants in life - you are not defined by CP. In a 15-minute meeting, Benetti, who is in the process of taking over for iconic announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, and broadcast partner Steve Stone joked about Bishop being a Cubs fan and offered him a White Sox-themed Rubik’s Cube. It’s incumbent upon both them in understanding, and me in trying to help them understand that I’m just another guy.” “Sometimes people will look at someone with a disability and think certain things. “Some of (my challenges) are internal in deciding that I’m going to be me, rather than trying to be some other version of that, but also its perception,” Benetti said of his experience living with CP. Approximately 34 million people have cerebral palsy worldwide. The conditions are caused by brain damage, which occurs before, during or after birth, according to. Benetti also has the neurological disorder widely known as CP, which affects body movement and muscle coordination. CHICAGO - Finley Bishop got some major motivation when he met Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.īishop, a 12-year-old from Peoria now living in Dunlap, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 6 months old.
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