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Aug 2, 2012 8:59 AM
Anyone out there caught any of his telecasts? The absolute biggest homer ever. The best part of listening to him is NOT hearing him during very long periods of dead air. Wonder if he wears a cheerleaders outfit. MLB and ESPN mock him often. Makes one wonder why he has the job. And, he adds no insight or color to the game.
Aug 2, 2012 8:59am
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Aug 2, 2012 9:32 AM
assumption;1238914 wrote:Anyone out there caught any of his telecasts? The absolute biggest homer ever. The best part of listening to him is NOT hearing him during very long periods of dead air. Wonder if he wears a cheerleaders outfit. MLB and ESPN mock him often. Makes one wonder why he has the job. And, he adds no insight or color to the game.
Used to listen to him a lot back when the Braves(TBS), and Cubs/White Sox(WGN) were the only teams on TV on a regular basis. Didn't bother me back then, but I was young, and liked the White Sox.
Aug 2, 2012 9:32am
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Aug 2, 2012 10:45 AM
Hawk is the worst. The. Worst.
Aug 2, 2012 10:45am
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Aug 2, 2012 12:16 PM
Hate him. Mariners were playing at Chicago. After listening to him scream stretch on a routine flyball I realized he was the worst.
Aug 2, 2012 12:16pm
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Aug 2, 2012 12:30 PM
Most people can't stand him. To me, Hawk is very entertaining. He is a blatent homer but who cares? The White Sox sign his checks. I like listening to him.

HE GONE!
Aug 2, 2012 12:30pm
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Aug 2, 2012 12:39 PM
Have not been able to stand him since he first began broadcasting....what?.....30 years ago?

I think he's just bitter since the Red Sox traded him to the Indians.
Aug 2, 2012 12:39pm
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Aug 2, 2012 12:55 PM
A couple years ago, the Pirates were at Chicago and the game was on WGN. Buerle was pitching for them and just killing Pittsburgh. I heard "HE GONE" a lot of time and got more pissed off each time.

So when I saw a thread about that fuck, I figured he had a heart attack or died somehow. Which means I'm currently disappointed. Bastard's still standing... :(
Aug 2, 2012 12:55pm
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Aug 2, 2012 4:35 PM
gorocks99;1238976 wrote:Hawk is the worst. The. Worst.
truth. I had heard people talk about how terrible he is....then just recently heard him. He is god awful. He makes Matt Underwood look like the Howard Cosell
Aug 2, 2012 4:35pm
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Aug 2, 2012 5:58 PM
He's a jabrone
Aug 2, 2012 5:58pm
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Aug 2, 2012 6:19 PM
TBone14;1239034 wrote:Most people can't stand him. To me, Hawk is very entertaining. He is a blatent homer but who cares? The White Sox sign his checks. I like listening to him.

HE GONE!
We care. And it's not because he's a homer. It's because he's annoying as hell.
Aug 2, 2012 6:19pm
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Aug 2, 2012 7:37 PM
I like it.
Ya'll gone.
Aug 2, 2012 7:37pm
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Aug 2, 2012 9:35 PM
I like his calls.....also like that he cussed on the air.

Stretch
Aug 2, 2012 9:35pm
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Aug 3, 2012 8:11 PM
Hawk the worst? Come on. Sox fans love him. And who are we to chastise? We put up with the absolute worst ever....for 30 years...in Herb Score. My dog would have done better doing the bark the bark commentary.
Aug 3, 2012 8:11pm
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Aug 3, 2012 8:18 PM
Herb Score was a nice guy.

Harrelson is a d-i-c-k.
Aug 3, 2012 8:18pm
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Aug 5, 2012 10:00 AM
Footwedge;1239924 wrote:Hawk the worst? Come on. Sox fans love him. And who are we to chastise? We put up with the absolute worst ever....for 30 years...in Herb Score. My dog would have done better doing the bark the bark commentary.
Herb Score? No comparison! Score, besides being a nice guy, was more of an announcer than an out and out cheerleader. Living in Ohio but a Tiger fan, I often watched and/or listened to Indian broadcasts. Score showed much respect and love for the game. Hawk? Its all about "us". His partner Steve Stone, brings some civility to the Sox telecast. A strange side-note. The Cubs fired Stone because he told it like it was; often critisizing them.
Aug 5, 2012 10:00am
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Aug 5, 2012 10:15 AM
True, Herb was a nice guy. And the only reason why they hired Herbie was because he was a nice guy...well that and the fact they felt sorry for him for having his playing career cut short.

Most people that are commenting, do not remember Herb's first 5 years. He was beyond pathetic and the laughingstock of baseball. Grammar, inflection, pronounciation, actual play by play....a junior high kid would have done better.

Over the years, he finally relaxed and improved...a whole lot in fact. But even then he was subpar by industry standards.

People diss on Matt Underwood and rightfully so. Well Matt Underwood was better than Herb Score...by a wide margin.
Aug 5, 2012 10:15am
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Aug 5, 2012 10:52 AM
Hawk Harrelson is f***ing horrible. Honestly he is the worse. I was watching a Tigers-White Sox game earlier this season and Peralta hit a homer to take the lead and he got so upset that he stopped announcing. He literally just sat there silently all game
Aug 5, 2012 10:52am
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Aug 7, 2012 12:16 AM
Hawk is a homer, opinionated and grating to listen to.

That said, I really believe that if he were calling the games for the Reds or Indians we would be among his biggest supporters. I often watch the Sox games just to hear his reaction when the sox don't play well or lose. Unfortunately, that isn't very often. Ventura has done a great job with them this year and they seem to have the right mix of veterans and rookies on the South Side this year.

"He gone" and "Rack 'em up" are annoying, to be sure, but nothing compares to his histrionics when one of the Sox hits a home run or, God forbid, has a walk-off hit. He makes Tom Hamilton's home run calls seem subdued to say the least.

Bottom line, he is employed by the White Sox to make the games entertaining (he does) and to be a big cheerleader for the home team (he really does). As much as I dislike some of his craziness, he is definitely a drawing card and never dull.

And if you don't like his style you're probably jealous because your favorite team's TV announcer is as exciting as granola.
Aug 7, 2012 12:16am
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Aug 26, 2012 5:40 PM
Classyposter58;1240413 wrote:Hawk Harrelson is f***ing horrible. Honestly he is the worse. I was watching a Tigers-White Sox game earlier this season and Peralta hit a homer to take the lead and he got so upset that he stopped announcing. He literally just sat there silently all game
Give me Hawk Harrelson over Rod Allen any day of the week.
Aug 26, 2012 5:40pm
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Aug 26, 2012 10:45 PM
BRF;1239925 wrote:Herb Score was a nice guy.

Harrelson is a d-i-c-k.
This.
Aug 26, 2012 10:45pm