From Syracuse to Sunday Night Baseball with Jason Benetti of NBC Sports

About this episode

Jason Benetti discusses his role in NBC's Sunday Night Baseball and various MLB topics with Brent Axe.

Jason Benetti of NBC Sports joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports. Benetti discusses how he coordinates with having new color analysts every week on NBC's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast, becoming part of the club of notable Newhouse play-by-play broadcasters and if he still gets star struck working with Bob Costas. Brent and Jason also discuss some of the latest issues in MLB, including why there are so few teams in the AL with a winning record and the success of the new replay system. Music provided by Silverset Would you like your music featured on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find out how! Syracuse Sports Insiders get to text Brent anytime to get your SU sports questions answered, keep up on the latest news and SU opinions, get your takes heard on the "Syracuse Sports" podcast or just to talk Orange sports with Brent anytime! Sign up to become a Syracuse Sports Insider here https://joinsubtext.com/c/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brent Axe

Guest: Jason Benetti

Topics covered

• MLB
• broadcasting
• play-by-play
• color analysts
• replay system
• Syracuse sports

Keywords

• Jason Benetti
• Brent Axe
• Sunday Night Baseball
• MLB
• replay system
• color analysts
• Bob Costas
• Syracuse sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC Sports, Syracuse.com, Silverset

Places: Syracuse

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