{"id":960,"date":"2010-09-13T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T23:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=960"},"modified":"2010-09-13T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T23:41:15","slug":"the-hawk-harrelson-soundboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/960","title":{"rendered":"The Hawk Harrelson Soundboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There\u2019s not much to say about Chicago White Sox <\/strong>announcer Ken \u201cHawk\u201d Harrelson<\/strong> that hasn\u2019t already been said; you either love him or find his style of broadcasting utterly intolerable.\u00a0 In an age of broadcasting objectivity, Hawk rests in a league of his own as the epitome of the \u201chomer\u201d announcer.<\/p>\n

As a lifelong White Sox fan, Hawk has been the voice of the organization for my entire life and has called all of my most cherished White Sox memories.\u00a0 You can say what you want about the man\u2019s professional approach–or lack thereof–towards broadcasting, but Hawk\u2019s level of enthusiasm is contagious, and that\u2019s precisely why White Sox fans love him.<\/p>\n

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People don\u2019t tune into a game hoping that Hawk will provide in-depth, statistic driven analysis of any particular aspect of a game.\u00a0 Rather, listening to Hawk call a game is like sitting around with a friend who is rooting for the White Sox just as much as you.\u00a0 There\u2019s no doubt about it, the man absolutely loves his White Sox and I have always found that endless passion to be admirable.<\/p>\n

For those who have not been so privileged to take in a Hawk Harrelson called baseball game, even my best efforts to accurately describe his style and charisma would be futile.\u00a0 Luckily, CSN Chicago<\/a><\/strong> has compiled a running play-list containing all of the Hawk Harrelson vernacular oddities–commonly referred to as \u201cHawkisms\u201d<\/strong>–which the Chicago White Sox faithful have come to love.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief preview of some of the \u201cHawkisms\u201d you will soon hear:<\/p>\n

[hdplay id=19 ]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hawk Harrelson Soundboard<\/a><\/p>\n

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My personal favorites:<\/p>\n

#3 \u2013 Stay Fair, It Will<\/p>\n

#13 \u2013 Cookie<\/p>\n

#19 \u2013 Matt Abbatocola<\/p>\n

#22 \u2013 Dadgum It<\/p>\n

#39 \u2013 Greased Tee Out Of My Behind<\/p>\n

#42 \u2013 Ballgame is Ova!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s not much to say about Chicago White Sox announcer Ken \u201cHawk\u201d Harrelson that hasn\u2019t already been said; you either love him or find his style of broadcasting utterly intolerable.\u00a0 In an age of broadcasting objectivity, Hawk rests in a league of his own as the epitome of the \u201chomer\u201d announcer. As a lifelong White […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,14,775],"tags":[264,795,797,796,655],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}