About this episode
Jimmy Traina interviews Jason Benetti about his role in Major League Baseball on NBC and discusses various sports topics with Sal Licata.
Episode 601 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with the new voice of Major League Baseball on NBC, Jason Benetti. Benetti talks about a highly unusual entry on his Wikipedia page, getting a last-minute call to fill in for Brian Anderson on the NCAA Tournament last week and his extremely busy schedule these days. In addition, Benetti talks about what he hopes Sunday Night Baseball on NBC will be, his philosophy on using analytics in a telecast, working with rotating analysts every week and much more. Following Benetti, Sal Licata, from SNY TV and “The Sal Licata Show,” joins Jimmy for their weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week’s segment opens with Jimmy interviewing a social media follower about a Larry David/sports bar story. Then, Jimmy and Sal discuss the NCAA Tournament and the start of the MLB season. Sal follows up on his new relationship with Jerry Seinfeld and Jimmy reads the latest Apple reviews. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
People in this episode
Host: Jimmy Traina
Guests: Jason Benetti, Sal Licata
Topics covered
- Major League Baseball
- NBC Sports
- NCAA Tournament
- analytics in sports
- Sunday Night Baseball
- social media
- sports commentary
Keywords
- Jason Benetti
- NBC
- MLB
- NCAA Tournament
- analytics
- Sunday Night Baseball
- sports commentary
- Larry David
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Apple reviews
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SNY TV, Apple
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