For a man starting the ultimate assured 12 months of his contract, White Sox TV voice John Schriffen isn’t serving to his trigger to stay round.
The third-year play-by-play man despatched shockwaves by way of the Sox’ places of work this week after he bestowed a doubtlessly racist nickname on Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami in the course of the sport Tuesday in Miami, the Sun-Times has realized. The Sox didn’t instantly present a remark.
In the third inning, Schriffen teased a nickname for Murakami throughout his second at-bat.
“A lot of fans are coming up with potential names for Munetaka Murakami,” Schriffen started on the Chicago Sports Network broadcast. “I floated a few by him, and if he does something good, something big here tonight, [I] might just break it out. He has agreed to one of them that I think is going to be a real hit with a lot of people.”
Murakami linked on the subsequent pitch.
“That one is crushed into center field,” Schriffen mentioned. “Here comes [Edgar] Quero, he will score easily. An RBI single for the ‘South Side Samurai.’ ”
Schriffen emphasised these final three phrases, of which analyst Gordon Beckham appeared to approve, following excitedly with, “Whoa! Oh, baby!”
Sox officials weren’t as enthusiastic about the potential for offending viewers. Fans shouldn’t count on to listen to the nickname once more.
