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According to a story in today’s Sun-Times, ex-White Sox announcer Jason Benetti had a rather unpleasant conversation this past summer with Sox v.p. Brooks Boyer, who was Benetti’s boss in that indirect way of teams and broadcasters. What Boyer said motivated Benetti right out the door. Benetti related the story in a podcast this week. There was an exchange between the two that centered on the matter of respect. Benetti asked for more, to which Boyer reportedly answered, “Respect according to normal human beings, or respect according to Jason Benetti?” Keep in mind that the forty-year old Benetti suffers from cerebral palsy. So, how was he supposed to take that? This is the team that asks for my money and my loyalty, until and unless they decide to move to someplace like Nashville. Or maybe Oakland.