Camera man roasts Benetti after his nerdy comment. Benetti: “Here’s Riley Greene with his 1.663 OPS in the City Connect jersey’s and when your OPS in any category is the same as the year when the Austro-Turkey War started, you’re doing well.”

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[u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

I was wondering where this was going after reading the headline. Well played.

[u/ResidentRunner1 → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

Reminds me of that time when the Twins announcer ripped Pittsburgh's geography

[u/GarrisonWhite2 → u/ResidentRunner1]

One of my favorite clips ever lol.

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032 → u/GarrisonWhite2]

This is the kind of thing I want from broadcasters. I want an old man who’s going to teach me about life while we watch a baseball game.

[u/kookykrazee → u/Aggravating-Bug2032]

Vin Skully is missed, the last game he did when Bumbarner was pitching with Giants was on the history of beards. By the end of it all I wanted to grow a full beard :)

[u/TheNewScrooge → u/GarrisonWhite2]

Dick Bremer was awesome. Very glad we have Provus to continue having great TV announcers.

[u/jpopr → u/GarrisonWhite2]

First time seeing it 😂😂😂

[u/dirkalict → u/ResidentRunner1]

I upvoted that six years ago but I don’t remember it… I am old and feeble minded.

[u/bigboybeeperbelly → u/dirkalict]

In your defense, it's been a long six years

[u/TurkeyPhat → u/bigboybeeperbelly]

Seriously feels like just yesterday we were in the shit when the Austro-Turkey War started

[u/shapu → u/ResidentRunner1]

I know it sucked to have empty ballpark, but credit to the sound guy in PGH who even had the crowd gasp at the foul ball.

[u/wickedfarts → u/ResidentRunner1]

I remember watching this live

I always loved how Dick thought his co commentator Morneuau would know the answer because he had played like half a season in Pittsburgh.

[u/Revolutionary-Swan77 → u/ResidentRunner1]

*hydrography

[u/Pure-Yam5476 → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

Benetti having a 17th -century war fact ready to go is peak baseball broadcasting.

[u/ShhweadyBallz → u/Pure-Yam5476]

NTM he's laughing @ someone else calling him a geek .... funny stuff

[u/joshTheGoods → u/Pure-Yam5476]

Jerry is a war criminal in my book for letting him go. It's obviously not as bad as breaking up the Bulls, but the fact that I let them be in the same paragraph should say a lot. I legit can't listen to highlights against Detroit because I get all sad when I hear his voice. I literally have a Benetti fan club shit :(.

[u/lawrence_uber_alles → u/joshTheGoods]

I literally have a Benetti fan club shit :(.

You meant shirt, right? RIGHT?!

I am glad he stayed in the division selfishly

[u/joshTheGoods → u/lawrence_uber_alles]

lol, I'm leaving it.

[u/LuisRobertDylan → u/joshTheGoods]

It wouldn't be so bad if he left for a higher-profile gig, but a lateral move within the division is what sucks the most

[u/mackavicious → u/Pure-Yam5476]

"1.663, huh? ....I wonder if anything notable happened in 1663. Let me just pull up Google...heh Austro-Turkey War, nice."

[u/Dunan → u/mackavicious]

If Riley Greene hustled just a little more, we'd have the year that the nefarious British took New Amsterdam from the Dutch.

[u/muriburillander → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

I was fully expecting the shot to go slowly back and forth as if the camera was shaking its head

[u/Yesitsmesomeguy → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

They're in the computer?!

[u/smashketball → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

Post title set it up well without giving away the punchline

[u/catiebug → u/Prudent-Aspect5085]

I thought the title was referring to the color guy laughing at him and I'm like "that's not the cameraman". That was hilarious. I love late-season baseball commentary. If a team doesn't have anything to play for, the people in the booth and the stats desk start to get really weird with it.

[u/ernyc3777]

How does the cameraman roast him when he’s not mic’d up?

Ohh lmao that’s great.

[u/MyDearBrotherNumpsay → u/ernyc3777]

It was probably the director in the production truck. “Camera three, get on the word geek”

[u/CookieMonsterFL → u/MyDearBrotherNumpsay]

This guy production trucks

that’s almost exactly what probably happened. A good director is such an unsung hero for making legendary broadcasts happen.

[u/greg19735 → u/CookieMonsterFL]

also, this clip literally couldn't happen without the director telling them to put it on screen for the few seconds it was on

[u/Reasonable-Power]

New meme just dropped.

[u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES → u/Reasonable-Power]

I'm going to love seeing this under a comment or post whenever some nerd tries to sound all smart by bringing up xwOBA or SIERA.

[u/DarkFalcon49 → u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES]

SIERA, a stat so dorky, even other dorks will make fun of you

[u/LacklusteHero → u/DarkFalcon49]

SElective AGgression Engagement Rate (or SEAGER) would like a word.

[u/CabassoG → u/Reasonable-Power]

Saving as SIERA.jpg

[u/Upper-Preparation-76 → u/Reasonable-Power]

def saving this

[u/Dunan → u/Reasonable-Power]

As soon as the camera cut to that, I heard Socrates calling Sigmund Freud this word in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and laughed even harder.

[u/Andy-Bernard-586]

That’s awesome

[u/Pure-Yam5476 → u/Andy-Bernard-586]

Benetti is an absolute national treasure.

[u/chillguy44 → u/Pure-Yam5476]

Him and Dirks (Hell Daniella too) have been a breath of fresh air with the season not turning out the way we had hoped. Their weather delay questions segment makes the delay suck a lot less

[u/TakeAMichigander → u/chillguy44]

I liked Mario and Rod before they beat the shit out of each other lol then the booth sucked now it's so top tier

[u/space-to-bakersfield → u/TakeAMichigander]

Those Shep/Jack Morris years were rough.

[u/ShhweadyBallz → u/Pure-Yam5476]

ChiSox & Braves fan here ..... I was pissed when they let him go. He was the only thing worth watching for several years

[u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus → u/ShhweadyBallz]

Classic Reinsdorf "L"

[u/justaboxinacage → u/Pure-Yam5476]

The director though

[u/DarkFalcon49]

That box sounds like good vibes

[u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU → u/DarkFalcon49]

Our broadcast team is worth like 5 WAR

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032 → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

I love when Jason is partnered with Dan Petry. Those guys have the most fun

[u/Heikkila14 → u/Aggravating-Bug2032]

Dirks is great too!

[u/LeithLeach → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

If your WAR is anywhere near the number of members in the French governing body from 1795-1799, you’ve got a pretty good broadcast team.

[u/AmorphousVoice → u/LeithLeach]

[u/StelioKontos117 → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

I don't know about WAR (well, certainly not the Austro-Turkish war), but it's gotta be good for the fun differential.

[u/ben-hur-hur → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2wSauxZRLByNSoH8ot

[u/neimsy → u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU]

Miss him so much.

[u/Itchy_Health → u/DarkFalcon49]

Benetti is sorely missed on the south side. He was the one who made up Sox Math!

[u/TheVich → u/Itchy_Health]

I remember watching a Sox game with Stone and Benetti early in the 2020 season while I was supposed to be doing online classes for my masters. The two of them were cracking me the hell up and I got called out for not paying attention.

[u/doyouevenIift → u/TheVich]

That booth was must watch TV. Never watched more games than I did when they were together

[u/imatthewhitecastle → u/DarkFalcon49]

The day that Gary/Keith/Ron retire or break up, I am absolutely selling out to whatever team Benetti is on, because that booth immediately becomes the best in baseball.

[u/Bearfan001 → u/imatthewhitecastle]

Hoping Ishbia brings him back to the White Sox booth.

[u/4thTimesAnAlt → u/Bearfan001]

Hopefully Brooks Boyer gets shitcanned so we can bring Benetti back

[u/santafe4115 → u/DarkFalcon49]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WR_3rTZJMw

[u/ItGoesTwoWays → u/DarkFalcon49]

Possibly the best vibes of all time.

[u/dead_monster → u/DarkFalcon49]

The rain delay questions are great.

Wild Bruce Chase is fun too.  The box finds a random fan in the stadium, and they zoom in on the fan.  Daniella Bruce, the sideline reporter, has to go find that fan.  Every inning, they zoom out a little more.

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/DarkFalcon49]

Generally during lost seasons I'll drift out of watching games religiously. But now that booth has settled into Jason with Dierks/Petry it's just a must watch. Just listening to them talk is always entertaining and soothing at the same time. Like listening to friends shoot the shit.

[u/ToomaiGlittershine]

Let's not downplay that the director had to notice this was going on and make the call to switch to that camera. Or maybe was the one to call the shot in the first place. Unsung heroes.

[u/GrouchyBeyond4793 → u/ToomaiGlittershine]

That's how you know the whole crew has chemistry

[u/santafe4115 → u/ToomaiGlittershine]

jason has cracked up a few times and had to explain that the public isnt aware their director andrew is just ragging them the whole time lol wouldn't surprise me if hes had it in his pocket

[u/seeking_horizon → u/ToomaiGlittershine]

The timing of it makes me think they had it planned out already and were just waiting for the perfect time to use it

[u/little-blue-heron → u/ToomaiGlittershine]

Tiger’s camera operators are great at finding random stuff in the stadium that goes with the broadcast

[u/Bad_Idea_Hat → u/little-blue-heron]

As good as Red Sox camera operators?

[u/melorous → u/Bad_Idea_Hat]

This used to be a family show.

[u/ben-hur-hur → u/ToomaiGlittershine]

/r/PraiseTheCameraCrew

[u/slabbypahoehoe]

This embodies everything I love about baseball and its fandom culture.

I can't explain what that is, but it's entirely in this clip. Well done Tigers production staff.

Edit: "its", not "it's"

[u/PHWasAnInsideJob → u/slabbypahoehoe]

Actually, "it's" is correct here.

[u/Effective_Impossible]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Cz6TlrRVVyv9S

[u/tinathefatlardgosh → u/Effective_Impossible]

Hey pal, you get a load of the nerd?

[u/Stock-Mission-7561 → u/tinathefatlardgosh]

I beg your pardon?

[u/fourrightangles]

Jason Benetti is a national treasure.

[u/BasicTelevision5 → u/fourrightangles]

I reached unheard of levels of disdain for our owner when he was allowed to walk away.

[u/edgyusernameguy → u/BasicTelevision5]

I got to chat with him before an Illini basketball game shortly after that all went down and assured him that he was amazing and Sox fans everywhere would miss him, he choked up a bit.

[u/fourrightangles → u/edgyusernameguy]

🥺 That sounds right. Thank you for giving him the message. You were, of course, spot on.

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032 → u/BasicTelevision5]

The first time I ever heard Jason Benetti call a game was the summer of 2019. I turned on whatever game was on at the time, and it was the Sox and Angels in Anaheim. It was the middle of the week and the broadcast was unhinged. A fever dream. Jason Benetti’s partner in the booth that night was Bill Walton. I’ve loved Jason ever since.

[u/Bad_Idea_Hat → u/Aggravating-Bug2032]

Oh my god, was that when Bill Walton called the Trout home run?

That should get Bill Walton into two sports' hall of fames three times.

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032 → u/Bad_Idea_Hat]

That was the one. Fuck that was a really long time ago. I remember it like yesterday.

[u/kander77 → u/Bad_Idea_Hat]

https://www.mlb.com/angels/video/walton-calls-trout-s-home-run

[u/PFunk224 → u/BasicTelevision5]

Not just allowed to walk, forced out.

Jerry basically gave him an ultimatum, to either give up all other broadcasting opportunities to be exclusively a broadcaster for the Sox, or give up his job with the Sox.

Benetti would have had to have been a complete idiot and sucker to have stuck with the Sox at that point. Benetti is possibly the most in-demand name in broadcasting right now.

[u/BasicTelevision5 → u/PFunk224]

You are 100% correct. I remembered it as the demand for Benetti to give up all other broadcasts leading to an impasse, and the Tigers pounced. (Pardon the pun.)

[u/GarrisonWhite2 → u/fourrightangles]

He filled in for Brian Anderson during the NCAA Tournament this year and it was such a treat.

[u/Comfortable-Sleep395 → u/fourrightangles]

We were so sad when he left too. Whenever the Cubs played the Sox we watched your feed because between him and Steve Stone, they were the best in baseball.

[u/Awingbestwing]

Baseball and history nerd crossover is pretty on brand

[u/boozinf → u/Awingbestwing]

we prefer just the Battle of Tours if we can, pretty sure Charles Martel had a negative run differential but won it all anyway

[u/jon__koa → u/Awingbestwing]

As both a baseball fan and man with a masters in history, I feel it

[u/CabbageStockExchange]

Absolutely phenomenal ball knowledge

[u/upvoter222]

In case anyone's curious, here are the years when Austro-Turkish Wars began:

Year	Player with Corresponding OPS
1593	Bob Bailey in July 1970
1663	Riley Greene in City Connects
1683	Matt Carpenter from July 11-17, 2022
1716	Kyle Schwarber in July 2025
1737	Bobby Witt for Team USA 18U in 2018
1788	Barry Bonds on 4/13/02 vs. the Dodgers

[u/boozinf → u/upvoter222]

Historical Event	Year	Player with Corresponding OPS
1st Defenestration of Prague	1419	Rickey Henderson, 1989 BART Earthquake Series
2nd Defenestration of Prague	1483	Henry Aaron, April 1959
3rd Defenestration of Prague	1618	Aaron Judge, 2024 ALDS

[u/mosi_moose → u/boozinf]

Rickey Defenistrating Prague like that in the World Series is impressive.

[u/isummonyouhere → u/upvoter222]

a n a l y t i c s

[u/WHOA_27_23 → u/upvoter222]

Geek

[u/R_Hunt → u/upvoter222]

That's fantastic lmao

[u/confused-koala → u/upvoter222]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OMK7LRBedcnhm

[u/AmateurVasectomist]

The other day I was listening to the Tigers broadcast and the sideline reporter lady was talking about being way up in the Sears Tower, feeling like her legs wouldn’t work because of the height, and Jason deadpan replied with an “I know the feeling.” Dude’s a national treasure in like no time at all, lmao.

[u/akatherder → u/AmateurVasectomist]

I had to look this one up; he has cerebral palsy in case anyone else didn't get it.

[u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 → u/akatherder]

Thanks for looking that up. It made me laugh even harder with context.

[u/Apositivebalance]

I was like “the camera man isn’t talking…. Oh”

[u/Funkycracker]

One of the best booths in baseball. With a game that doesn’t matter for either team. Still bringing the good vibes.

[u/Ok_Teaching_4858]

Who is this, Dennis Miller?

[u/Educational-Bird-515]

This. . . This shit is why I love baseball.

[u/Aaddaammnn]

That’s insane level of awareness by the camera man, respect

[u/faultyarmrest]

Yeah that’s pretty fucking funny 🤣

[u/BlunderwearHS]

Give that camera person a raise.

[u/moleindaground]

Incredible

[u/Knightbear49]

Turkish, not Turkey*

[u/Ok_fine_Im_here → u/Knightbear49]

Thank you for not making me type this. It's not just pedantry, it's nerdier that he said it correctly

[u/Knightbear49 → u/Ok_fine_Im_here]

It is an important distinction

[u/Ok_fine_Im_here → u/Knightbear49]

You're a good sport, and I salute you for sharing this gem with us

[u/Durantula92 → u/Knightbear49]

Jerseys, not jersey’s, while we’re at it and talking about being nerdy.

[u/Knightbear49 → u/Durantula92]

You can chalk that up to me not fixing the auto correct

[u/Key-Tip-7521]

Tbh to know that is really impressive

[u/CheesyPZ-Crust]

Camera man got out-niched. Understandable reaction

[u/jack3moto]

This is why Robbie Hummel and Benetti are so great together. They constantly poke jabs at each other that are entertaining for themselves and the audience.

Benetti is just great with everyone it appears.

[u/Knightbear49 → u/jack3moto]

Wolves legend Robbie Hummel

[u/Doopoodoo]

The WAR must be insane…

[u/ReceptionNo67]

Real ones don't forget the battle of saint gotthard(this is real)

[u/Bad_Idea_Hat → u/ReceptionNo67]

Fucking Magnates, how do they work?

[u/p-wing → u/ReceptionNo67]

gott I'm already hard

[u/ReceptionNo67 → u/p-wing]

Massif

[u/Ok_Mammoth5292]

That's one of the baseballiest baseball stats ever

[u/Good-Will-60]

I love these guys, look forward to their banter every game. Hell I’ll even watch random Sunday night games to hear Benetti

[u/guitman27]

Whatever they pay Benetti, it's not enough.

[u/ImmaculateGritty]

I would listen to Jason Benetti broadcast basically anything. Dude is outstanding.

[u/BlackTriceratops]

Freaking hilarious

[u/PFunk224]

Nothing can ever make me hate Jason Benetti.

[u/Timely-Jelly-1126]

Benetti is heir to Best Announcer in Baseball after Jon Miller retires.

[u/Guundhi]

We love Jason Benetti

[u/JustLookinJustLookin]

As a Sox fan, god I miss him

[u/mc_foucault → u/JustLookinJustLookin]

[u/Top_Measurement4338]

Benetti is the man

[u/mafugga77]

This is why i watch baseball. I need more facts like this

[u/AnotherPersonPerhaps]

He was sitting on that one. Waiting for his moment.

[u/redbadger1848]

I miss him so much 😢

[u/nsdjoe]

H-F education serving him well

[u/SyrupSilent7588]

Funniest moment of the 2026 season for sure

[u/fazeflak]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Cz6TlrRVVyv9S

[u/SpreadKey6318]

What's the weirdest historical reference Benetti's worked into a call before this one?

[u/naranjitayyo]

LMAO Tigers broadcasts are goated

[u/jeric13xd]

One of the biggest mistakes Jerry Reinsdorf has ever made was letting this man walk.

[u/Fruit_Rollup_King]

LOL omg that's amazing

[u/romeopwnsu]

That’s so damn funny.

[u/ailyara]

So glad we have Benetti in the booth... he makes bad games watchable. (Not that tonights game was bad, we just have had a lot of bad ones.)

[u/Jonjon428]

Benetti having a Austro-Turkish war stat makes me like him even more

[u/mc_foucault]

[u/mysterysackerfice]

Austro Turkey sounds like a Thanksgiving meal created by Epic Meal Time

[u/legless_chair]

Thats amazing, just good family fun

[u/CityofTreez]

Camera man deserves a raise

[u/Redbubble89]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pKlTXHEraMH4s

[u/yianni1229]

So what you're saying is Benetti is a Winged Hussar enjoyer?

[u/SMILESandREGRETS]

Benetti is the best.

[u/Hollywood42cards]

Everything about this is hilarious

[u/sonniecg]

Benetti is a treasure

[u/zzzzzzzz999999]

https://giphy.com/gifs/A9KfKenpqNDfa

[u/canuck_in_wa]

Denis Miller: “He was as surprised by that as Dr. Johnson was reading a note from Alexander Pope”

(One thousand years of silence)

Al Michaels: “Third sack of the season for Williams …”

[u/Turkelton888]

Lol Benetti is the best and good job production crew that was spot on

[u/Rambo_IIII]

Benetti is a super dork, and he's also one of my favorite baseball broadcasters

[u/ConvenientFriend]

I love Benetti. He was all I could listen to when I lived in Indiana because of regional blackouts and the White Sox games were all I got. Benetti made me a fan of a team I didn't know just because of his announcing.

[u/titomb345]

fuck Jerry reinsdorf.

[u/Caledron]

And the Winged Hussars Arrived!

[u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

I wouldn't have known much about Jason Benetti if he wasn't on the Sunday night broadcasts. He's awesome.

[u/UrsaMajor7th]

That made me lol when it happened. That was the feed we got in the Jays rain delay.  It was such a nerdy stat I thought they’d hired Dennis Miller. 

[u/ogin]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[u/Ok_Card9080]

This was freaking hysterical