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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Sun-Times: Ken Harrelson likely to cut back schedule even more after 2017

“I didn’t say I wanted to broadcast four more years,’’ Harrelson told the Sun-Times. “The main thing is I just want to be in baseball four more years, not necessarily broadcasting.”

Harrelson said he will do Sox broadcasts this season, “and if I decide to do some games next year … it’s up to them.’’

The Non-Catching Molina (sjs1959) Posted: March 16, 2017 at 01:48 PM | 25 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. PreservedFish Posted: March 16, 2017 at 03:59 PM (#5418505)

“The main thing is I just want to be in baseball four more years, not necessarily broadcasting.”

Make him GM again.

2. asinwreck Posted: March 16, 2017 at 04:26 PM (#5418523)

Make him GM again.

Of the A-ball team in Kannapolis, sure.

3. Tulo's Fishy Mullet (mrams) Posted: March 16, 2017 at 04:29 PM (#5418526)

So when will....he gone?

4. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: March 16, 2017 at 04:46 PM (#5418537)

I'm still looking to match up with that ############ on a pool table. When he played for the Senators he was a score, but I missed him every time he showed up.

5. Pat Rapper's Delight (as quoted on MLB Network) Posted: March 16, 2017 at 04:57 PM (#5418541)

You can puthimoutthedooooorrrrrreeeeYYYYESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

6. madvillain Posted: March 16, 2017 at 05:00 PM (#5418543)

Dadgumit!

Just retire man. Hawk is a boyhood hero but that was 20 years ago now. He has been brutal for at least 5 years now.

7. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: March 16, 2017 at 05:22 PM (#5418549)

The worst announcer in any sport by far. Makes Joe Morgan look like Vin Scully. Hell, he makes Dick Vitale seem like a Rhodes scholar.

8. Batman Posted: March 16, 2017 at 06:12 PM (#5418572)

He's cutting back from YES to an understated yep.

9. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: March 16, 2017 at 06:22 PM (#5418574)

The worst announcer in any sport by far.

Yes. And we are not just talking American sports. He is the worst I have ever heard from around the world.

10. Pat Rapper's Delight (as quoted on MLB Network) Posted: March 16, 2017 at 06:33 PM (#5418579)

The worst announcer in any sport by far.

Yeah but Angry Fuming Hawk makes for some great unintentional comedy.

11. Hank G. Posted: March 17, 2017 at 01:19 PM (#5418940)

He no longer has the will to broadcast?

12. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: March 17, 2017 at 01:40 PM (#5418951)

I very much enjoy listening to Hawk.

13. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: March 17, 2017 at 02:45 PM (#5418978)

I very much enjoy listening to Hawk.

You are objectively incorrect.

14. MikeTorrez Posted: March 17, 2017 at 02:54 PM (#5418984)

Mercy

15. Batman Posted: March 17, 2017 at 03:02 PM (#5418992)

I very much enjoy listening to Hawk.

Your what hurts?

16. frannyzoo Posted: March 17, 2017 at 03:14 PM (#5419001)

Not to make this OTP, but the overlap ratio of Hawk to Trump fans has gotta be damn close to 1:1. Like .99997 or something. Probably closer to .999999999.

17. PreservedFish Posted: March 17, 2017 at 03:20 PM (#5419004)

It's what I call a basket of deplorables.

18. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: March 17, 2017 at 03:42 PM (#5419021)

Maybe they're just blowhard enthusiasts in general.

19. Khrushin it bro Posted: March 17, 2017 at 03:47 PM (#5419027)

You've gotta be BLEEPIN ME!

20. BurlyBuehrle Posted: March 17, 2017 at 10:31 PM (#5419167)

Just retire man. Hawk is a boyhood hero but that was 20 years ago now. He has been brutal for at least 5 years now.

This.

Aside: the predictability of the Hawk hatred is tired.

1. Link a Hawk-related article.

2. Get out the fainting couches for the HE'S THE WORST EVER IN ANY SPORT AND HE KILLS PUPPIES AND HATES ICE CREAM" crowd.

We get it. You don't like him.

21. Howie Menckel Posted: March 17, 2017 at 11:05 PM (#5419170)

my naive parents got me Hawk Harrelson's biography when I was a little kid. I believe I still have it somewhere. I think he's wearing a Nehru jacket on the cover, and if there was any salty language it would have gone over my head.

my older sister got Ball Four maybe a year later. I stole the book but had no idea what they were talking about, mostly.

22. My name is Votto, and I love to get blotto Posted: March 18, 2017 at 10:13 AM (#5419215)

I stole the book but had no idea what they were talking about, mostly.

Beaver shooting = hunting small animals for their pelts.

23. Mellow Mouse, Benevolent Space Tyrant Posted: March 18, 2017 at 10:28 AM (#5419219)

We get it. You don't like him.

But we do enjoy the snark, so why piss on the parade?

24. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: March 18, 2017 at 10:33 AM (#5419223)

my naive parents got me Hawk Harrelson's biography when I was a little kid. I believe I still have it somewhere. I think he's wearing a Nehru jacket on the cover

You got it, Howie.

25. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: March 18, 2017 at 10:52 AM (#5419232)

my older sister got Ball Four maybe a year later. I stole the book but had no idea what they were talking about, mostly.

I was terrified by the horrific concept of a baseball squeezing a man, squeezing, squeezing so tightly that he could never hope to escape its inhuman grip. One of the most gruesome and bone-chilling twist endings in all of literature. Anyway, that's what I got out of the book.

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