rocky run as the play-by-play voice<\/a>. His defense of the Sox during their record 121-loss season in 2024 was outlandish, and his lack of baseball-broadcasting experience and knowledge of the franchise were apparent. Still, his excitement endeared him to a segment of Sox fans, particularly during the playoff run this season.<\/p>\n\u2018\u2018John has been a true professional throughout his three seasons with the White Sox, bringing energy, enthusiasm and a distinctive style to our broadcasts,\u2019\u2019 Brooks Boyer, the Sox\u2019 chief revenue and marketing officer, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018As his contract comes to an end, we believe this is the appropriate time to evaluate the direction of our broadcasts and determine what is best for the organization and our fans moving forward. We are appreciative of John\u2019s contributions and the connection he built with our fan base. We wish him continued success in his future endeavors.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018I\u2019m grateful to the Chicago White Sox organization for the opportunity to call games over the past three seasons,\u2019\u2019 Schriffen said. \u2018\u2018Being part of this team\u2019s turnaround and playoff run was truly special.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018I want to thank White Sox fans for welcoming me to Chicago and for their support throughout my time here. I\u2019ll always cherish the memories and look forward to what\u2019s next.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Perhaps Schriffen saw the writing on the wall when he chose to call a UFC event<\/a> rather than be available for the Sox\u2019 playoff clincher in September. He contractually was allowed a certain number of games off, but his decision to miss the Sox\u2019 first clinching game in five years couldn\u2019t have sat well with team brass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For John Schriffen, it\u2019s three seasons and you\u2019re out. The White Sox announced Monday that Schriffen won\u2019t return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-896146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}