Hawk Harrelson. Anti Sabermetrics

[Guest]

Sometimes it seems like he has.

[Sammy Sofa]

Sometimes it seems like he has.

 

It's like he's mocking us with every prolonged silence.

[SouthSideRyan]

Ken Harrelson was sitting in the television booth at U.S. Cellular Field last week before the Chicago White Sox hosted the Kansas City Royals when he broke into the story of how he would like to die. Harrelson, who goes by the nickname the Hawk, said he would be calling a White Sox game against the Yankees and Chicago first baseman Paul Konerko would step to the plate against C. C. Sabathia.

Bats

 

“Here’s the pitch,” Harrelson, 71, said, his voice rising. “That ball hit deep, way back. Curtis Granderson looks up, you can put it on the board — ”

 

Before he finished his signature call, Harrelson slumped in his chair and dropped his head, feigning his perfect ending.

 

“I want to die in the booth,” he said. “Just like that.”

 

interestingly enough, many viewers also fantasize about hawk dying during a broadcast.

 

Yankees are in town in less than a week. Just saying.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Ken Harrelson was sitting in the television booth at U.S. Cellular Field last week before the Chicago White Sox hosted the Kansas City Royals when he broke into the story of how he would like to die. Harrelson, who goes by the nickname the Hawk, said he would be calling a White Sox game against the Yankees and Chicago first baseman Paul Konerko would step to the plate against C. C. Sabathia.

Bats

 

“Here’s the pitch,” Harrelson, 71, said, his voice rising. “That ball hit deep, way back. Curtis Granderson looks up, you can put it on the board — ”

 

Before he finished his signature call, Harrelson slumped in his chair and dropped his head, feigning his perfect ending.

 

“I want to die in the booth,” he said. “Just like that.”

 

interestingly enough, many viewers also fantasize about hawk dying during a broadcast.

 

Yankees are in town in less than a week. Just saying.

 

*praying that his statement was prophetic*

[SouthSideRyan]

Need a place to crash wekse?

[Thed Hoyerstein]

this is great

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/not/ken-harrelson-on-the-banking-industry/

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/confused-hawk-harrelson-gives-his-best-home-run-call-1188134218

 

 

What is it? You can put it on the, nooooo, safe? You can put it on the board or what?

[Soul]

Hehe.

[Outshined_One]

http://deadspin.com/confused-hawk-harrelson-gives-his-best-home-run-call-1188134218

 

 

What is it? You can put it on the, nooooo, safe? You can put it on the board or what?

 

Someone on sports radio this morning compared that call to a bird repeatedly crashing into a window.

 

It was strangely apt.

[Clem Fandango]

It's pathetic how he can't allow himself to NOT say that phrase just for once in his useless existence.

[Pushfrog98]

I was at a restaurant last week that had ESPN playing on one of the TVs. They were discussing RGIII and how he had "The Will To Win". I think that was the title of the segment, even.

 

They gave no credit to Hawk, though.

[d_money]

Hawk is saying the green monster cost him 18 HR's one season (I missed the year bc I couldn't believe what I was hearing). What a blow hard

[biittner77]

this is great

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/not/ken-harrelson-on-the-banking-industry/

 

If you start distilling banking into dollars and cents, you’re making a huge mistake. The numbers are ruining banking, I’m telling you. Ruining it.

[MWV]

Flipping through channels, I paused on the Sox/Tigers game. It was a 6-0 Tigers rout in the 4th, and Porcello had just struck out Dunn. It was Porcello's 2nd K of the evening, or as Hawk put it, "Strikeout... number 2... fer... someone...".

 

He then went on to tell a story about playing hockey with Bobby Orr.

[Banedon]

Flipping through channels, I paused on the Sox/Tigers game. It was a 6-0 Tigers rout in the 4th, and Porcello had just struck out Dunn. It was Porcello's 2nd K of the evening, or as Hawk put it, "Strikeout... number 2... fer... someone...".

 

He then went on to tell a story about playing hockey with Bobby Orr.

 

Well....he wasn't wrong.

[Outshined_One]

2013's best Hawk Harrelson calls

 

We've already posted most of these in this thread, but now they're all in one place.