Apr 19 2020 43 mins 18
Alex Schmidt calls up Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti, to explore what it’s like simulating a sports season that may never happen outside of his PlayStation 4. They’ll also examine the weird way virtual sports can turn meaningful, discover how Taiwan resumed real baseball a week ago, and dig into sports’ role as a canary in the coal mine of modern American society.
Footnotes: https://www.cracked.com/podcast/sports-in-time-coronavirus-with-jason-benetti
