A FTER A DISMAL 101- loss season and the defection to Detroit of beloved announcer Jason Benetti, the White Sox could use a little positivity these days. And they may have found it in their unabashedly enthused new TV play-by-play man, John Schriffen. It’s the first gig as a full-time MLB announcer for this 39-year-old, who climbed the ranks by calling everything from G League basketball and (from his home) Korean baseball during the pandemic to big-time college football.
Q: How did you reach this point, doing play-by-play in one of baseball’s top markets?
The biggest thing it takes is belief. Because there’s only 30 jobs in Major League Baseball,] at ESPN. It just snowballed from there.
