Watching this disaster of a ballgame (thus far - you would’ve thought facing a righty would be good for the Sox), I’ve been contemplating the truly awful White Sox broadcasters. I’ll ignore that silly “He gone” strikeout call - I understand people sometimes feel they have to have a gimmick phrase - but if this is what Chicagoland gets to watch, I’m beginning to see why the White Sox have always been the poorer sister in terms of Chicagoland support.
It’s one thing for announcers to support the home team and have some bias. But I’ve never seen a broadcast done to this extreme: for one, the “we” term to refer to the team is kind of annoying (“We don’t have to score a lot of runs because of our pitching”), and then there’s the need to keep saying the equivalent of “WOO!!! WE’RE THE BEST!!!” (“If we’re going to compare our team this year to what the Twins have been doing, our team has been the best overall”, “we’re the best at not beating ourselves”). And the capper for me is how they refer to every White Sox player by their first names - it’s especially strange to hear Aaron Rowand referred to as “Aaron”. I keep looking in the stands to see if Hank’s watching.
That’s too bad, because I like the White Sox.