#ken harrelson

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March 19, 1970

During a spring training game against Oakland, Indians first baseman Ken Harrelson fractures his leg and will not play until September, appearing in only 17 games. Next season, after losing his starting position to Chris Chambliss, the eventual AL Rookie of the Year, the 'Hawk' will retire in June to pursue a professional golf career.

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Ken Harrelson

[this-day-in-baseball]

March 19, 1970

During a spring training game against Oakland, Indians first baseman Ken Harrelson fractures his leg and will not play until September, appearing in only 17 games. Next season, after losing his starting position to Chris Chambliss, the eventual AL Rookie of the Year, ‘Hawk’ will retire in June to pursue a professional golf career.

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[kevinmason]

Showing Emotions (MM #2742) How people handle emotions has always interested me. Some people have no problem showing emotions while other are completely mute. Me, I've always been an emotional person....

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[cwsdjt]

You can put it on the boooooard, yes! This is probably the most unique saying you can find in baseball. It's up there with the nonsensical jargon of Yankee legend, Yogi Berra. These are the words of none other than Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson. After the 2018 season of primarily announcing Sunday home games, Hawk will retire.

Now, you've probably heard or seen me complaining about Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson plenty of times. I either rip on his views of sabermetrics or how he mentions Carl Yastrzemski every broadcast. There is something, however, about his voice on a broadcast that I, and I'm sure many other Sox fans, find comforting. It could be the fact that he has been announcing the White Sox for my entire life. It could just be nostalgia. Whatever it is, it's definitely the end of an era.

Hawk Harrelson loves the White Sox. You can get that from the first 30 seconds of listening to him. He may not be known as the best baseball announcer because of bias or some unusual choices of vocabulary, but he has been our guy on the South Side for years. He's a legitimate fan in the announcer's booth, which is sometimes not the case in this day and age with the Joe Bucks of the announcing world.

To be honest, it's a little bittersweet for me, as his reign of the White Sox broadcast booth is coming to an end. I do love hearing a refreshing, new take on baseball from Jason Benetti, but I'll definitely miss Hawk in my own way.

He was the voice of my childhood and the voice of the White Sox. His catchphrases are odd but unique. His demeanor is direct and exciting. You go through the exact same emotions as he experiences on that TV. We will never hear a guy like Hawk in a baseball booth ever again. Happy trails, Hawk! Your voice will be missed on the South Side.

Photo courtesy of The Chicago Tribune

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1986 - The Greatest Moment In Ken Harrelson's White Sox History

1986 – The Greatest Moment In Ken Harrelson’s White Sox History

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I love Chicago White Sox broadcaster Ken Harrelson about as much as toothaches and flat beer combined.  But what many people under the age of 40 don’t know is there was once a very special time in White Sux history when “The Hawk” was actually the team’s general manager. Now to be fair, most of his tenure at the helm was pretty unremarkable,…

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