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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 Being Hawk Harrelson

While some scoff at White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson's advert homerism, there's a certain realism to it. Hey, he likes his team and he's not going to act objectively about it. Good for him.This is no more apparent than in the above clip during what looked to be a Nick Swisher homer in a game earlier this week against...