Jason Benetti

So team baseball is just different than all the rest of them because you get to know guys like you really, really get to know guys. You get to know their tendencies. You get to know what makes them tick. You can walk up to them and just say kind of asides and just see where it goes because you have a sense of their sensibility.

So team baseball is just different than all the rest of them because you get to know guys like you really, really get to know guys. You get to know their tendencies. You get to know what makes them tick. You can walk up to them and just say kind of asides and just see where it goes because you have a sense of their sensibility.

like today i don't have the game in lakeland they're on the road but i was in the clubhouse and the tigers have uh tigers have this hot prospect named jackson job who very possibly could make their rotation this year as the four or five starter and i just went up to him and i like this was the only piece of the conversation but it lays the foundation for the future i go have you ever seen arrested development

like today i don't have the game in lakeland they're on the road but i was in the clubhouse and the tigers have uh tigers have this hot prospect named jackson job who very possibly could make their rotation this year as the four or five starter and i just went up to him and i like this was the only piece of the conversation but it lays the foundation for the future i go have you ever seen arrested development

He goes, no, what's that? I was like, it's a sitcom, but there's a character named Job on the show who's a magician. And like, you should probably just know that it exists. And then he started telling me about a nickname that he got from some other movie and all that stuff.

He goes, no, what's that? I was like, it's a sitcom, but there's a character named Job on the show who's a magician. And like, you should probably just know that it exists. And then he started telling me about a nickname that he got from some other movie and all that stuff.

And that's the only sport where I could I could veritably say to you, like, at some point, this might get into a show like this might actually be a portion of an inning at some point.

And that's the only sport where I could I could veritably say to you, like, at some point, this might get into a show like this might actually be a portion of an inning at some point.

He is. You take that, Dan, and all that he does on the left-hand side with the changeup that's so menacing and his willingness to add and subtract and then add pitches and be really into pitch design and that sort of thing, and you combine it with this level of just like... angry dominance of the other person. There was this moment in Cincinnati in July, right before the All-Star break.

He is. You take that, Dan, and all that he does on the left-hand side with the changeup that's so menacing and his willingness to add and subtract and then add pitches and be really into pitch design and that sort of thing, and you combine it with this level of just like... angry dominance of the other person. There was this moment in Cincinnati in July, right before the All-Star break.

And I've not asked Tarek this directly, but I get the feeling that part of it was, OK, we hear a lot about the other guy. Here's what I'm going to do. Elie Dela Cruz was up. who obviously is a rocket ship and a star in the game. But Scooble struck him out, and there was just this massive scream that came out of him.

And I've not asked Tarek this directly, but I get the feeling that part of it was, OK, we hear a lot about the other guy. Here's what I'm going to do. Elie Dela Cruz was up. who obviously is a rocket ship and a star in the game. But Scooble struck him out, and there was just this massive scream that came out of him.

And I cannot help but think there's a little, like, Michael Jordan last dance in there of, like, oh, yeah, like... I've heard a lot about you playing defense, Gary Payton. Like, here's the fastball. There you go. There's a changeup. See you later. It's been fun.

And I cannot help but think there's a little, like, Michael Jordan last dance in there of, like, oh, yeah, like... I've heard a lot about you playing defense, Gary Payton. Like, here's the fastball. There you go. There's a changeup. See you later. It's been fun.

And I really, the more I've done play-by-play, the more I really crave watching people who are just edge-of-the-bell-curve competitive because they tend to just be the most amazing feeder. And they do things just psychologically that are, you know, psychotic in the best way. Angry. Does he pitch angry? Oh, he pitches furious.

And I really, the more I've done play-by-play, the more I really crave watching people who are just edge-of-the-bell-curve competitive because they tend to just be the most amazing feeder. And they do things just psychologically that are, you know, psychotic in the best way. Angry. Does he pitch angry? Oh, he pitches furious.

Like, I don't know what the world did to him on days that he pitches, but it did something to him. And like his catcher, Jake Rogers, who caught literally every inning he threw last year, will go out to the mound. And he's basically like a comedian slash therapist.

Like, I don't know what the world did to him on days that he pitches, but it did something to him. And like his catcher, Jake Rogers, who caught literally every inning he threw last year, will go out to the mound. And he's basically like a comedian slash therapist.

because he was like trying to get Scooble to smile, trying to get him stopped from like stomping around and like yelling at the umpire. But then you talk to Tarek on days off and he's just like, he's a regular, like normal human being who has like gone from 15 to one. And I just, I'm always endlessly fascinated at where that switch is.

because he was like trying to get Scooble to smile, trying to get him stopped from like stomping around and like yelling at the umpire. But then you talk to Tarek on days off and he's just like, he's a regular, like normal human being who has like gone from 15 to one. And I just, I'm always endlessly fascinated at where that switch is.