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Larry Rothschild Thinks the White Sox Have Been Snitching

The "Battle For The Best Third Place Team in Chicago," also known as the Crosstown Rivalry, will come to an end for the 2009 season on Sunday, but that doesn't mean there won't be any lingering issues between the two teams. Though the Windy City rivals have split the first two games of this series, which has been pretty...

Naturally, Hawk Harrelson Prefers the White Sox's Preseason Position

Baseball knowledge is a constantly changing thing. It's like any other form of information: some of it is uniform, and some of it is constantly fluid, changing based on era, culture, and shared experiences. There is, though, one piece of baseball knowledge that pretty much spans the masses. It is this: having better talent...

The L.A. Times Does Not Appreciate Kevin Kennedy's Bottle Service

Local sports media markets are always a fun ride. Why, here in Chicago, we have quite possibly the most gloriously insane homer in all of broadcasting, Hawk Harrelson. In Hawk's mind, there has never been a strike zone that was favorable to the Chicago White Sox, never a close slide play called correctly, never a fair...

The White Sox Aren't Sad to See Mariotti Go

While most of the blogging world has been celebrating the resignation/firing of Jay Mariotti at the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday, it's not just those of us who read him that are happy to see him go. The Chicago White Sox have long been one of Jay's favorite targets. Whether he's ripping on team owner Jerry Reinsdorf,...

Braves' Announcers Are Un-Homeriffic

Awful Announcing (who else, right?) put it best when stating that the "the completely professional way that Jon Sciambi and Joe Simpson handled the worst call by an umpire well......ever" is pretty amazing, especially when you consider that these guys are the local Braves broadcast crew. You really would get more of a...

Hawk Harrelson News From the Web

04/28/11 The Hawk Source: Inside the White Sox We are going to honor "The Hawk," Ken Harrelson before tomorrow night's game when we unveil a plaque naming the broadcast level at U.S. Cellular Field the "Hawk Harrelson Broadcast Level" of the ballpark.
01/28/11 Harrelson squads drop two to Houston County Source: The Paris Post-Intelligencer - Paris TN The Harrelson Hawks wrapped up the regular season with a pair of losses to the Houston County Irish Thursday night at Harrelson.
10/20/10 Harrelson basketball teams fall at Bradford Source: The Paris Post-Intelligencer - Paris TN Both the girls' and boys' basketball teams at Harrelson School saw fierce fourth-quarter rally attempts come up short in games played at Bradford Tuesday.

Background on Hawk Harrelson

Kenneth Smith Harrelson (born September 4, 1941 in Woodruff, South Carolina), nicknamed "The Hawk" due to his distinctive profile, and also nicknamed "Yox" because of his facial expressions, is a former All-Star first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball.

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