Darrin Jackson on-the-job training?

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: I understand the concept of having Darrin Jackson do play-by-play for a couple innings of each White Sox radio broadcast. Ed Farmer, nor any broadcaster, should not have to call every inning of every game if he wants to sound fresh and enthusiastic night after night. : But after just over a week, things are no better as the audience has to suffer while Jackson practices on the air. : We can tell when a ball is in play and Darrin is stalling his words so that he can find which player it is chasing or catching the ball. Several times when he has given the player's name right away and then fails to give the position. : Last night (Tuesday) his call of the 3 run homer by Jacobs of the Royals to pull K.C. from down 5-1 to down 5-4 was one even for a White Sox announcer blooper reel. He started the call as though the ball was playable, and then after it went over the fence, he said "so it's a new ball game.............................. with the Sox leading it now 5-4." Ooops. : Considering how ridiculously few exhibition games The Score broadcast (especially for an all sports station), Jackson could and should have sat there and taped his call of every game he could. It is so obvious he is a novice at play-by-play on radio. : I'd like to think that being in a market the size of Chicago that we would never have to put up with this, but as a long-time White Sox fan my expectations of a game broadcast the caliber of most other teams went out the window when Reinsdorf and Einhorn took over the team in 1981. : I will say that Darrin Jackson, now that he is away from Horrible-son on the TV side, actually does have some intelligent observation and analysis and is adding to the radio broadcasts. : I see how inept Jackson's play-by-play is, at least so far, because I am watching with the TV sound on mute. Since I can see for myself what is going on, the Jackson training is tolerable. Here's hoping he gets better, even though it should be on HIS time, not the listeners'. : Plus, they should wake up some of the producers at the Score studios. Although it has been in sync the past couple of nights, there have been 3 or4 games where The Score left their 7 second delay on, and we don't hear the description of the play until after we have seen it on TV. One would think they would have a TV monitor on to help with cues and all, or at the very least, know to CHECK to be sure they are carrying a live feed. : The mute button doesn't do for radio what it does for White Sox TV games.

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