- Joined
- May 8, 2002
- Posts
- 1,200,969
- Reaction score
- 59
Brooke Fletcher will become the Chicago White Sox’s first female color analyst on a television broadcast when she shares the CHSN booth with John Schriffen on June 23.
Fletcher is filling in for Steve Stone, who is under the weather, according to Scott Merkin of MLB.com
Fletcher is ordinarily the dugout reporter for Sox broadcasts on CHSN, the regional sports network for White Sox, Blackhawks and Bulls games in Chicago.
MORE: Bulls champion, broadcaster Stacey King cause of death revealed
When the White Sox face the Cleveland Guardians in an important American League Central matchup, Fletcher will join a select group of women who have worked an MLB game as a color analyst on television.
Jessica Mendoza is perhaps the most famous of the group from her national broadcasts on ESPN. Mendoza has also called games on SportsNet LA, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ regional network, alongside play-by-play broadcasters Joe Davis and Stephen Nelson.
Michele Smith became the first female analyst on a nationally televised MLB game in 2012 when she worked a TBS broadcast. Smith and Mendoza were both accomplished softball players before embarking on broadcasting careers.
MORE: ESPN announces retirement of SportsCenter legend
Fletcher is the daughter of Scott Fletcher, who played 15 seasons in MLB — including stints with the White Sox in 1983-85 and 1989-91. Her brother, Brian, spent the 2015 campaign as an outfielder for the White Sox Double-A Birmingham affiliate, while her husband, Jake Cronenworth, is an infielder for the San Diego Padres.
In 2018, Fletcher joined Bally Sports Detroit as a host and reporter on Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons broadcasts. She won a Michigan Emmy for her work in Detroit, and joined CHSN last year.
MORE: Giants broadcaster calls out team’s own pitchers for Pride Night hats
Stone, 78, is in his 18th season in the White Sox booth and his second with Schriffen as the team’s play-by-play voice.
The pairing of Schriffen and Fletcher will be historic in two regards. Schriffen, who is biracial, currently is the only Black television play-by-play announcer in Major League Baseball.
“I understand what goes on when the lights go out, when the guys go home. With baseball, that’s what makes it so unique,” she told MLB.com in 2025. “There’s the physical aspect, but [also] the mental aspect and it’s such a grind in that way. Given what I’ve seen with my dad, with my brothers, even with Jake, I understand what it’s like so I think it’s going to give me a different perspective, especially with a team going through a rebuild. I hopefully can share these guys’ stories in a different light.”
Continue reading...
Fletcher is filling in for Steve Stone, who is under the weather, according to Scott Merkin of MLB.com
Fletcher is ordinarily the dugout reporter for Sox broadcasts on CHSN, the regional sports network for White Sox, Blackhawks and Bulls games in Chicago.
MORE: Bulls champion, broadcaster Stacey King cause of death revealed
When the White Sox face the Cleveland Guardians in an important American League Central matchup, Fletcher will join a select group of women who have worked an MLB game as a color analyst on television.
Jessica Mendoza is perhaps the most famous of the group from her national broadcasts on ESPN. Mendoza has also called games on SportsNet LA, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ regional network, alongside play-by-play broadcasters Joe Davis and Stephen Nelson.
Michele Smith became the first female analyst on a nationally televised MLB game in 2012 when she worked a TBS broadcast. Smith and Mendoza were both accomplished softball players before embarking on broadcasting careers.
MORE: ESPN announces retirement of SportsCenter legend
Fletcher is the daughter of Scott Fletcher, who played 15 seasons in MLB — including stints with the White Sox in 1983-85 and 1989-91. Her brother, Brian, spent the 2015 campaign as an outfielder for the White Sox Double-A Birmingham affiliate, while her husband, Jake Cronenworth, is an infielder for the San Diego Padres.
In 2018, Fletcher joined Bally Sports Detroit as a host and reporter on Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons broadcasts. She won a Michigan Emmy for her work in Detroit, and joined CHSN last year.
MORE: Giants broadcaster calls out team’s own pitchers for Pride Night hats
Stone, 78, is in his 18th season in the White Sox booth and his second with Schriffen as the team’s play-by-play voice.
The pairing of Schriffen and Fletcher will be historic in two regards. Schriffen, who is biracial, currently is the only Black television play-by-play announcer in Major League Baseball.
“I understand what goes on when the lights go out, when the guys go home. With baseball, that’s what makes it so unique,” she told MLB.com in 2025. “There’s the physical aspect, but [also] the mental aspect and it’s such a grind in that way. Given what I’ve seen with my dad, with my brothers, even with Jake, I understand what it’s like so I think it’s going to give me a different perspective, especially with a team going through a rebuild. I hopefully can share these guys’ stories in a different light.”
Continue reading...
