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Yesterday, announcer Jason Benetti let it be known he was leaving for Detroit. White Sox Nation is less than happy. It’s another example, as if anymore were needed, of a tone-deaf organization. Benetti was popular as a hometown kid made good; that he quietly deals with the effects of cerebral palsy only adds to his stature. On top of that, he was articulate in a way Harry Caray and Hawk Harrelson never were. When an egghead can excel behind the mic, you know you have a rare talent. Unless you’re White Sox management. Their beef was that Benetti spent too much time away from the team doing national baseball or college football, in which case a message needed to be sent years ago that being a Sox broadcaster meant that and nothing else. Management has no one to blame but themselves for letting Benetti establish himself nationally. Once that happened, they should’ve lived with the consequences. The team being a Jerry Reinsdorf creation, they couldn’t. My guess is Reinsdorf will try to put Chip Caray in the booth to replace Benetti. Then maybe he’ll sell the team to Mike Veeck.