Steve9347

Finally, I know what Jim Souhan is thinking.

Fangraphs: Hawk the Worst GQ Magazine: Hawk the Worst

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) The color of the ink on that lineup card. Yes. This.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:47 PM) The original poster mentioned that he did not want the pbp man to be a homer. Hawk is a homer. So would we be fine with a "professional" pbp guy and Hawk as the color man, since that person is for some reason allowed to be a homer? Tell us all what makes an announcer competent... This post is ridiculous and blatantly ignores what "the original poster" posted. You are keying on one word in there and ignoring everything around it. Plenty of substance. Hawk would be a terrible color guy because he still doesn't work well with anyone.

Back on topic - Hawk is bad.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:41 PM) I said thank you for explaining basketball and baseball to me. I honestly didnt know how they were played 2 seconds before you posted that. I see what you are trying to do. I commend you, you are trying really really hard, but for the good of everyone you can stop now.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:39 PM) Wow thank you for telling me what I already know and write on constantly. What in the f***? this reply makes negative sense given your position just a few posts ago. Get a grip!

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:38 PM) For those who "can't imagine a game without Hawk," you must be scared to leave the house in the morning for fear of the unpredictable.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:31 PM) I was actually comparing their homerism towards their teams.Sorry you didnt understand that. No, I get it, I totally get it. I Just have a different idea of what a quality play by play guy should bring, and it should be more than catch phrases. Also, Stacey at least references players who played the last two decades. I also grew a bit tired of Stacey's schtick this year because it was clear he was piling on the catch phrases ad nauseum right around when he was launching his new t-shirt line. Oh yeah, did I mention Hawk is the play by play guy? Because that was the point that you have missed here. Sorry you didn't understand that. Also, NBA Basketball is inherently faster moving and more entertaining in a moment by moment basis. Baseball requires analysis and conversation that is engaging, and Hawk rarely if ever provides anything other than catch phrases and references to dinosaurs. I apologize for offending your inner meatball, however.

QUOTE (Baron @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:23 PM) I couldnt imagine anyone else but Hawk in there....you must think Stacey King is unbearable if you dont like Hawk. Interesting you compare a color guy to a pbp guy - thank you for supporting my point.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:07 PM) Lol, that'll work out great. Surprisingly he has started 5 games in his MLB career in RF already.

QUOTE (SI1020 @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:15 PM) I would have to say my favorite announcing team was Rooney and Farmer. Agree 100%. I cue up Cardinals games with their radio team just to listen to Rooney. He's amazing. Note - professional broadcaster, not hack ex-player.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:07 PM) I guess the question is, who would you replace him with? Lawrence Holmes

With MLB.TV on the PS3, I get to hear a lot of announcers. It's like a breath of fresh air, listening to people who are younger than 100 years old talk about the game and reference players from the 90s, and have conversations that engage me that I haven't heard a million times before - Hawk doesn't do this. Hawk's schtick - I am finally tired of it. You could just have a Hawkbot at this point and really have no idea he wasn't actually there. Cue up his catch phrases and have someone record player names in his voice. As for Stone, I think he's brilliant, and with the right sportscaster he can be great, but with Hawk it just doesn't work. The reason is simple - no one with Hawk will work. He always turns it into a dick measuring contest, cuts the other broadcaster off, and winds up telling me about some garbage player from the Red Sox in the late 60s. The tv feed needs a breath of fresh air, and someone who went to broadcasting school, a real broadcaster, doing the play by play, and then save the homerism and the baseball references for a guy like Frank Thomas to be the color analyst. I have spent my entire lifetime listening to Hawk. I have laughed at his calls for years. I have yelled "HE GAWN" "STRETCH" "HEEYEEESSS" "DAT GUMMIT" "YOU GOTTA BE BLEEPIN' ME" - I have enjoyed it. (not so much the "HELL YEAH" though) I am so f***ing ready for it to end and to finally have an on screen duo that entertains me. Let the flaming begin.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) Hudson is at USCF. https://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/20503...9417216/photo/1 I don't see why he can't just start tonight.

I would, however, be happy to promote talkbulls.

Why exactly is people talking about the Bulls on Soxtalk a bad thing?

Adrian Gonzalez will start in RF today to try to solve the Red Sox's outfield woes, while getting Youkilis in the lineup (1B) and keeping Middlebrooks in the lineup (3B).

I love it. I hope they all have a great time and get s***faced for free. They earned it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:50 PM) That'd be the gamble. Ibaka is 22 and couldn't speak a word of english three years ago. He's already a game-changer defensively and his offensive game is improving. His offensive game is definitely improving. He's got a pretty sweet stroke on an 18 foot jump shot. Scotty Brooks had better unleash him fully next year.

The Sox list Orlando Hudson as #5 on the team website. Ozzie is safe.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:51 PM) Look at his post and then look at yours. He worked in a KW bash. Gotta love it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 22, 2012 -> 12:00 PM) Wouldn't you be after the untimely loss of your team's best hitter for the last decade? Yes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) They broke it into two pieces? Damn. I can't wait though. 2013 angers me, because that's a long ways away for a resolution, but essentially we're getting two seasons for the price of one. They'd call it two seasons if not for contracts.