After eight seasons, beloved broadcaster Jason Benetti is leaving the Chicago White Sox and heading to Detroit as the Tigers’ play-by-play announcer. Here’s what you need to know:
The Athlete reports Benetti, 40, signed a multiyear contract with the Tigers, the team said Thursday. The club did not disclose the terms of the deal.
He will appear on Tigers broadcasts on Bally Sports Detroit and call at least 127 games each season.
One of the top voices in sports is coming to the 313!
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) November 9, 2023
Renowned broadcaster @jasonbenetti has inked a multi-year contract to be our television play-by-play announcer.
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Benetti will continue his national broadcast duties with Fox, and if they conflict with a Tigers game, longtime radio play-by-play voice Dan Dickerson will fill in for Benetti in the television booth.
It’s no secret that the relationship between the White Sox and Benetti, a lifelong Sox fan who got the call to ease Hall of Fame broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson into retirement before the 2016 season, got a little awkward in recent years.
The team, starting at the top, didn’t like that Benetti was always balancing his Sox schedule with national work covering college football and baseball, among other pursuits. So when he signed a two-year deal before last season, after negotiations Benetti described as “kind of a pain,” it clarified how many Sox games he could miss.
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