Can’t Stop the Bleeding: Beau Brummell Vs. The Hawk

Was there anything cooler than Ken Harrelson’s off-kilter Teddy Boy Ballgame look?

In the middle of today’s White Sox/Royals Cactus League thriller, KCSP’s Steve Stewart noted Ken Harrelson’s attendance and reminded listeners that back in the day, the Hawk was “something of a radical” with his “Beatle haircut”.

“Ken was one of the first major leaguers to sport a Nehru jacket,” declared Stewart.  “I’ll bet that thing is buried in a trunk somewhere in his house.”

“It oughta be in a trunk deep under the sea”, grumbled Denny Matthews. I guess Denny’s not a big Beatles fan.

“Harrelson wasn’t exactly the Beau Brummel type,” explained Stewart, to which Matthews replied, “Beau Brummel….would’ve had him shot.”