I have absolutely zero problems with this and am happy to tell anyone who does have a problem with it to leave me alone.

Agreed. Well said.

Might be in the minority, but I enjoy the Hawk. People will miss him when he is no longer broadcasting.

 

You aren't in the minority at all. It is just a vocal minority that really doesn't like Hawk.

Hawk drives me nuts at times but I still can't help but love the guy. If his job effected the outcome of games then I would have fired him a long time ago but it doesn't so he can stay.

You aren't in the minority at all. It is just a vocal minority that really doesn't like Hawk.

 

Overall, this is true.

Could be worse... he could be the GM.

Forget it. Hawk is here until he dies.

...in the booth.

 

Ugh. I've really grown to dislike Hawk, he's just so irritating and he has no rhythm with Stone.

 

Could be worse... he could be the GM.

 

On the other hand...

Glad Hawk is staying in the booth.

I enjoy Hawk if the team is playing well, otherwise he gets too quiet. He also incredibly repetitive and the "can of corn" drives me nuts sometimes. Still, he's so incredibly White Sox-biased that I just don't worry much about all the repetitiveness. Home bias is SO importan t to me and I don't think any replacement would be able to beat that currently.

I was hoping that the Sox were going to replace him, with someone like Blackjack McDowell

You do know that hawk and the chairman are tight right?

As an announcer I hope. I was worried he was being hired as the manager

I have absolutely zero problems with this and am happy to tell anyone who does have a problem with it to leave me alone.

^^ ^^

 

Hawk is a homer but he's our homer

I just think you could have a Hawk soundboard every game and push buttons since he never says anything new or bring anything to an individual game outside of his homerism.

I don't think a new voice on TV would of been a bad thing.

I just think you could have a Hawk soundboard every game and push buttons since he never says anything new or bring anything to an individual game outside of his homerism.

I don't think a new voice on TV would of been a bad thing.

 

I advocated the soundboard years ago, and I agree.

People are just so used to him now that they are afraid to lose him and don't know what a game would be like with a non-gimmick, non-complete homer announcer. And I'm not talking homer like rooting for your team, I'm talking about the constant b****ing about the umpires and where was that pitch every 6 pitches.

 

Soundboard would get it done at this point, have Stone control it. I mean he's basically a slightly upgraded version of Santo, really.

...in the booth.

 

Ugh. I've really grown to dislike Hawk, he's just so irritating and he has no rhythm with Stone.

I hate to say it, but I think a lot of the time its stones fault. I find myself understanding where hawk was going, and wondering why stone said what he did. Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of hawk. I just feel that stone lacks some understanding - he probably hasn't listened to hawk for as many years as most of us. So who is to blame? Both? Neither? The person who decided that they would make a good team?

Edited September 29, 201114 yr by MAX

BTW Hawkaroo, every team doesn't win 60 games, the Astros say hey!

Well, when it comes time to extending his broadcasting career with the White Sox, Hawks contract negotiations and extension just took a Bolingbrook bounce for him.

BTW Hawkaroo, every team doesn't win 60 games, the Astros say hey!

 

And the Phillies apparently won every one of their magical 42 games.

"I tell you what, Stone Pony..."

"You can put it on the booooaaard..." *thump*

Exactly. I'm pretty damn tired of him, though.

 

 

Rooney and Stone - a match made in heaven

 

Steve Stone, who has another three years left on his contract (IIRC), has had the rather unique opportunity of partnering with not one but two legendary Chicago broadcasters late in their respective broadcasting careers in Hawk, and then of course, the one and only, Harry Caray.

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Harry should have never been forced to leave...going to the Cubs changed the baseball landscape in this city.

One in the line of many epic blunders by current ownership

 

I agree completely. Hawk is awesome in his own way.

 

Aren't we all?

 

Not to mention, I doubt there has ever been a biggest White Sox fan on this planet.

 

Never been a bigger brown noser that's for sure.

The only thing I find entertaining about the Hawkeroo is when Stone gives him those Grand Canyon size moments of pause when he says something off the wall which by the way he's been doing with increased frequency.

Edited September 30, 201114 yr by mcgrad70

Hawk pisses me off sometimes, but I do love him. I love that I know what he's going to say before he says it. My buddy and I have the game on and we say what he's going to say seconds before he says it and our wives freak out. His umpire criticism bothers me, his looking the other way bothers me. He was quite critical when he was a Red Sox announcer, but he loves the Sox. Would anyone really prefer a guy like Len Kasper?

 

I'm glad he's going to be here, but it really wasn't news. He'll announce the Sox as long as he's physically capable doing it. He's stated it many times and they aren't going to fire him.

Edited September 30, 201114 yr by Dick Allen