You’d figure he’d pick up an instrument that was light and easy to carry, right? Wrong. So he tried out for the marching band at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. I mean I, in first grade at points, was at school in a wheelchair and then had, like, the 'Forrest Gump' leg braces.'īenetti had a passion for sports, but he wasn’t able to play in organized leagues. 'When people see it, they don't really know what to make of it at first. 'You can’t see me, but I walk with sort of a halting gait,' Benetti says. He grew up hearing other kids making comments about the way he struggled to make eye contact and the way he walked. Benetti was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler. When the games were on, Benetti was in his element - having fun like any other kid. 'And I would do play-by-play of the games while I was playing with my friends.' Baseball or whatever, NHL 94, like that sort of thing,' Benetti recalls. 'So I would play Madden or whatever baseball - Ken Griffey Jr. His announcing booth? Whatever living room he and his friends were playing video games in. Jason Benetti remembers practicing to be a sports broadcaster when he was 12 years old, doing voice impressions of Harrelson. The 'Yes' was a nod to Sox announcer Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson and one of his signature calls.īenetti had big dreams - and one big obstacle to overcome. 'And then at the end, I wrote in large letters, 'Yes.' ' 'I said, 'I want to be the White Sox announcer,' ' Benetti says. But the guy who grew up a baseball fan in Chicago’s south suburbs knows what he wrote. In the Benetti family treasure trove of keepsakes, there’s a letter Jason Benetti wrote in elementary school explaining what he wanted to be when he grew up.īenetti doesn’t quite remember which teacher gave him the assignment. (Ron Vesley) This article is more than 2 years old. That’s obvious after witnessing that triple play.As a kid, Jason Benetti practiced his play-by-play skills while playing video games. It certainly appears as if the Sox are “set-back” and not playing nearly as well as they should. Some people may not think that a play like that would do much beyond the game that it took place in but it could demoralize a team and set them back for a while. The whole thing really had to leave a bad taste in the mouths of the White Sox and could have sent them on the loss that they suffered in Tuesday’s game. Hopefully, they will not make a mistake like this again. What was Daryl Boston thinking? What about Joe McEwing? What was he thinking?Įither way, the play probably lost the game for the Sox and should have embarrassed them down to their core. It’s him and his coaching staff that have caused this. Tony La Russa stood there in shock during the play as he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.īut when he looks in the mirror, he will see the man who is at fault for all this poor baserunning. So who does the blame fall on for this? Well, Moncada and Engel need to take the brunt of the blame but the coaching staff also needs to take their shots. The Chicago White Sox ran themselves into an embarrassing triple play. He tagged Moncada out on the basepath and went with the ball back over to second base where he got Engel out because Engel had failed to tag up at second. The ball got to the infield when both runners were running to third base which was the first indication that something unusual was going on.īuxton’s throw to the infield didn’t make it to his cutoff men and it ended up in the glove of third baseman Gio Urshela who was in the best position to make the play. Following that bad awareness, they took off.

It would appear as if both Moncada and Engel had thought that by Buxton’s looking at the wall he did not have the ball. They didn’t think they needed to tag up which was huge in this play. Then, they took off barreling forward as if the ball had hit the ground and Buxton had not made the catch. It was a good catch by Buxton.Īs Buxton was throwing the ball both Moncada and Engel had stopped their movements and stood still for a moment. Twins’ outfielder Byron Buxton, who has great speed, ran quite a ways to snag the ball before it had a chance to hit the outfield wall. Pollock came up to bat and blasted a ball out to right-center field. The White Sox had both outfielder Adam Engel and third-baseman Yoan Moncada on base with Engel at second and Yoan at first. It wasn’t the skill of the Minnesota Twins players that earned this triple play but was rather the baserunning ignorance of the White Sox players. The play was an 8 – 5 triple play that was the first of its kind in Major League Baseball history. If you are a fan of the Chicago White Sox, you may have seen or already heard about the historical play that was made against them on Monday night. By Bryan Dietzler 1 month ago Follow Tweet

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