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Sports Illustrated
Kristen Wong

White Sox Announcer Roasted for Painfully Cringe Call After Team Snaps Losing Streak

During warmups in the Chicago White Sox’s 5-1 win against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, the A’s apparently started playing Taylor Swift’s pop hit, “22,” through the stadium speakers. But that wasn’t even the most cringe moment of the night.

White Sox announcer John Schriffen was on the call as Chicago won its 28th game of its unbelievably sad season, and he decided to drop a goofy catchphrase that just didn’t fit the scene. It was more the manner in which Schriffen said it than the words themselves.

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