H-F Alum Jason Benetti to Call Game for ESPN

Chicago White Sox television play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti will get his first chance to call a nationally televised Major League Baseball game Wednesday night.

He will call the Wednesday Night Baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles alongside Doug Glanville and Rick Sutcliffe for ESPN.

Benetti, an alum of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, was born 10 weeks premature and diagnosed with cerebral palsy at a young age.

He became involved with sports broadcasting in high school and continued the art in college at Syracuse University and Wake Forest University.

In 2011, Benetti was hired by ESPN as a broadcaster for college, high school and Little League sports and this year replaced Hawk Harrelson as the White Sox’ play-by-play announcer for home games.

Benetti told Glenview-based North Shore Pediatric Therapy that landing the White Sox gig was “living a dream.”

Harrelson remains the White Sox’ play-by-play television announcer for away games, and the team will play in Boston on Wednesday.