Robin Ventura Throws A Nutty, Hawk Is Right There With Him

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This whole home plate-blocking thing is getting out of hand...

And the manager's challenge was, by the letter of the law, a great idea- even if the rule is silly...

The White Sox had a lead until this play last night in San Francisco

It's just not baseball


And the HQ agrees with Hawk on this one...

Hawk Vs. Brian Kenny On Sabremetrics

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Hawk Harrelson is one of the biggest homers out there for play-by-play...
And that's why the HQ loves him...

He doesn't take any crap, he gives no quarter, and he's in one direction...
Old school... and that includes statistics...

Hawk has no desire to understand, quantify, or need sabremetrics as part of his diet...
He has his own stat- TWTW- The Will To Win...
An unquantifiable version of "want to..."

So, he went head-to-head with Brian Kenny on fancy numbers versus TWTW

Is Hawk Harrelson On A Short Leash...???

Back at the end of May, White Sox play-by-play guy Ken "Hawk" Harrelson decided to give the umps what-fer because of what he thought was a lack of a strike zone- since manager Robin Ventura had been ejected for arguing balls and strikes.

He was called to the carpet of the Commish and said his days of kvetching were over...

Well, not so much...
Ventura and catcher AJ Pierzynski were tossed last night in a game against the Seattle Mariners...

AJ said the discussion was on something different...
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And Ventura thought that he wasn't all that mad about it...


So, Hawk said things like this last night about home plate ump Lance Barrett...

"I'll tell you this is absolutely ridiculous. This is absolutely ridiculous."

"Lance Barrett has been absolutely brutal. Brutal."

"Lance Barrett has just stunk the joint up is all he's done. That's all he's done."

"He's terrible."

So... whaddya think Hawk gets another call and has to make another apology...???