Jason Benetti
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How to remove Joe Buck from your life [UPDATED]
A few handy apps can save you a World Series of anger and misery.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Baseball Announcer Likely to Recall an Obscure Play From Ten Years Ago in Extraordinary Detail
Every big-league announcer has to develop a knack for creative filibustering.
Posted inNews & Politics
Some announcers’ pet phrases need to grab some bench
White Sox TV announcer Ken “Hawk” Harrelson has so many pet phrases, he can go entire innings without saying a single thing he hasn’t said exactly the same way before. “Duck snort,” “chopper two-hopper,” “right size, wrong shape,” “don’t stop now boys,” and, of course, “grab some bench”: it sometimes seems they could be programmed […]