Author Topic: Media Coverage of the White Sox (Read 82430 times)

dazed63 · « **Reply #375 on:** April 23, 2013, 10:42:10 pm »

Starting a pool to see how many games it takes for "Hawk" to have a breakdown or heart attack?

BlackSox · « **Reply #376 on:** April 24, 2013, 10:32:41 am »

... or just stop talking at all, which he tends to do when the Sox blow leads.

Fury · « **Reply #377 on:** April 24, 2013, 12:23:17 pm »

It would be great if Hawk got hired by the Cubs org, thus starting another legendary broadcaster-defection story.

SoxRule · « **Reply #378 on:** April 24, 2013, 12:59:24 pm »

It would be great if Hawk got hired by the Cubs org

JBN's head just exploded.

aka Loveland · « **Reply #379 on:** April 24, 2013, 02:45:41 pm »

Actually with this team the "No-Talk Hawk" won't happen so much. It is apparent this team is not good. That happens more when the guys just don't seem to play to potential. I rather imagine he will kind of enjoy watching a group of kids who want to play.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #380 on:** April 24, 2013, 03:33:48 pm »

Welcome to U.S. Cellular Field, home of the sweetheart deal
A new lawsuit shows how taxpayers footed the bill so the White Sox can make millions.

By Ben Joravsky @joravben

With all the hullabaloo over the Cubs and their Wrigley Field renovation, it's easy to overlook the fact that there's another ballpark in Chicago with its own political issues.

In case any of us had forgotten, a lawsuit filed last week in federal court is a good reminder that U.S. Cellular Field is still around, still serving as the home of the White Sox, and still being underwritten by taxpayers.

On April 15 Perri Irmer sued former governor James Thompson and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, alleging that they essentially colluded to have her fired from her job as CEO of the Illinois Sports Facility Authority. That's the state board that oversees operations at the Cell.

Irmer's lawsuit is filled with all sorts of juicy allegations about how Reinsdorf and Thompson, a member of the ISFA board, used their clout with governors Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn to thwart Irmer's efforts to make the White Sox pay more in rent. It declares that under Thompson's lead, the ISFA board acted "as nothing more than a cash cow puppet for Jerry Reinsdorf."

read more: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/taxpayers-subsidize-white-sox-park/Content?oid=9371315

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #381 on:** April 24, 2013, 10:54:00 pm »

Hawk Harrelson to talk sabermetrics with Brian Kenny on MLB Now tomorrow

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/24/hawk-harrelson-to-talk-sabermetrics-with-brian-kenny-n-mlb-now-tomorrow/

Fury · « **Reply #382 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:17:00 am »

Is Hawk going to talk sphinctermetrics too?

Fury · « **Reply #383 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:19:04 am »

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A new lawsuit shows how taxpayers footed the bill so the White Sox can make millions.

Are the Sox really making millions? I would bet that attendance for this season will be one of the lowest in recent memory. That can't generate much revenue.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #384 on:** April 25, 2013, 06:18:10 pm »

Hawk Harrelson vs. Brian Kenny on sabermetrics: And the winner is…

by Ed Sherman - April 25, 2013

I have to give the nod to Ken Harrelson mainly because Brian Kenny was out-manned in the Thursday edition of MLB Now. Not only did Kenny have to contend with his co-host Harold Reynolds, another old-school guy, but a fired-up Hawk was like the voice of three men.

This wasn’t about content; both men made good points. This was about Harrelson controlling the debate.

After the opening pleasantries, Harrelson opened by saying:

“Let me ask you a question. Did any of you guys see the movie Moneyball? Was there anything in there that struck you as funny or odd?”

Old-school Reynolds replied, “They didn’t talk about the pitching in that movie.”

Harrelson: “That’s exactly right, Harold. When you got Mulder, Zito and Hudson, you can write any kind of book you want to write, and it’s going to be successful. This game is a game of defense with pitching being the first line of defense.”

Obviously, Harrelson is right, but it does help to have some hitting. The team he watches, the White Sox, are hitting .160 with runners in scoring position, the worst in baseball. Yes, it has been painful to be a Sox fan thus far.

read more: http://www.shermanreport.com/hawk-harrelson-vs-brian-kenny-on-sabermetrics-and-the-winner-is/

aka Loveland · « **Reply #385 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:48:35 am »

I love Hawk even more now.

msf · « **Reply #386 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:03:42 am »

he does know his baseball, no doubt.

Fury · « **Reply #387 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:21:17 am »

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I love Hawk even more now.

Yeah, he gets points from me on that too. Good job, Hawk.

dazed63 · « **Reply #388 on:** April 26, 2013, 12:58:39 pm »

Hawk just kept going on and on about TWTW....

Sure you can't measure that but how many Professional athletes "DON"T have that?

There has to be a balance, but Hawk refuses to acknowledge the advantage of having the information.

Method · « **Reply #389 on:** April 26, 2013, 01:01:22 pm »

TWTW?

josephc · « **Reply #390 on:** April 26, 2013, 01:02:32 pm »

Quote from: Method on April 26, 2013, 01:01:22 pm

TWTW?

RTFA.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #391 on:** April 26, 2013, 02:02:59 pm »

Quote from: dazed63 on April 26, 2013, 12:58:39 pm

Hawk just kept going on and on about TWTW....

Sure you can't measure that but how many Professional athletes "DON"T have that?

There has to be a balance, but Hawk refuses to acknowledge the advantage of having the information.

Gavin Floyd for one.

Ozzie Guillen would add Sean Tracey to the list too.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #392 on:** April 26, 2013, 02:04:54 pm »

Quote from: Method on April 26, 2013, 01:01:22 pm

TWTW?

the will to win

Shoeless · « **Reply #393 on:** April 26, 2013, 03:52:01 pm »

Quote from: dazed63 on April 26, 2013, 12:58:39 pm

Hawk just kept going on and on about TWTW....

Sure you can't measure that but how many Professional athletes "DON"T have that?

There has to be a balance, but Hawk refuses to acknowledge the advantage of having the information.

a lot. adam bumm for one

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #394 on:** April 26, 2013, 09:27:52 pm »

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #395 on:** May 23, 2013, 02:52:00 pm »

White Sox trainer Herm Schneider is team's secret weapon

by Jeff Passan - Yahoo Sports

What's happening around baseball today doesn't make much sense. Modern medicine has evolved to the point where replacing an elbow ligament with a tendon is considered routine, and yet for all of the sport's knowledge more players than ever get hurt. Every year, teams fork over $500 million to players on the disabled list. It is the sport's epidemic.

Tucked away in the background, working miracles that defy explanation, is the single greatest asset in baseball that next to nobody recognizes. Herm Schneider is 60. For the last 34 years, he has been the athletic trainer for the Chicago White Sox. And over that time, they have put together a run of health that when compared to their peers is flabbergasting and can be explained by one of two things.

Either the White Sox happen to have come upon an inconceivably healthy group of players for more than a decade, or Schneider leads a training staff more than twice as good as the rest of the league's.

That's not an exaggeration. According to data compiled by the team, from 2002-2012, White Sox players spent a total of 4,026 days on the disabled list. The average across baseball was 9,496. The next-closest team in the American League over that time span was Minnesota, with 7,805 days. The Texas Rangers had 12,803, more than three times as many as the White Sox.

"I don't know exactly how he does it," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said, the perfect mirror for Schneider himself: "I'm not sure exactly why we've had success."

Neither wants to be too effusive considering the last three weeks. Even the King of Health isn't immune to the vagaries of the sport and, in particular, the arm. First the Sox lost starter Gavin Floyd to Tommy John surgery. Then ace Chris Sale skipped a start because of shoulder tendinitis. Come Friday, left-hander John Danks will throw a big-league pitch for the first time since shoulder surgery in August.

"Injuries are not an act of God in baseball," Schneider said. "They're basically self-inflicted. The act of throwing a baseball is not a normal thing to do and not a thing the shoulder and elbow were meant to do. So you have to prepare for that by making deposits into your career. A lot of work. A lot of sweat labor that overprepares you for the day you have to pitch. Because when a guy is pitching, he's making withdrawals on his career.

"Make those deposits, or otherwise, you go bankrupt."

read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/white-sox-trainer-herm-schneider-is-team-s-secret-weapon-142008464.html

ISF · « **Reply #396 on:** May 27, 2013, 11:43:13 am »

17. CHICAGO WHITE SOX

As FanGraphs' Dave Cameron wrote in February, the White Sox have consistently beaten preseason projections over the past few years, thanks primarily to reliable, and very durable, pitching staffs. They're back at it again this year.

The Replacement Level Yankees Weblog collected projections from multiple sources this spring, then produced consensus forecasts. The White Sox were projected to go 76-86. Through 34 games, that prediction looked generous. The Sox stood at 14-20 at that point, dead last in the AL Central. They've been on fire since, winning 10 of 14 games while clawing their way back to .500, within shouting distance of the division's leaders.

Once again, their pitching has led the way. White Sox pitchers collectively rank fourth in Wins Above Replacement, trailing only the loaded Tigers staff, as well as Texas and Boston.

Chris Sale has been the latest pitcher to buck the supposed Verducci Effect,3 posting a 4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk rate, 2.53 ERA, and 3.22 FIP through nine starts. His numbers over his past six starts rival any other pitcher's: 44 strikeouts, 10 walks, two home runs, a 1.40 ERA, and an opponents' line of .155/.211/.219 in 45 innings. On May 12 he hurled one of the best games any pitcher's likely to throw all year, tossing a one-hit shutout while striking out seven and walking none against the Angels. By throwing just 98 pitches that day, he achieved one of the rarest feats for any pitcher: a Maddux.

The bigger surprise has been the performance of the rest of the staff. For all the durability the starting rotation has shown over the past few years, injuries have shaken up the starting five in 2013. Among the five pitchers expected to make up this season's rotation under normal circumstances, John Danks just made his return from shoulder surgery on Friday, while Gavin Floyd had Tommy John surgery earlier this month. And yet …

PITCHER K% BB% ERA FIP

Jake Peavy 26.6% 6.3% 2.97 3.44
Jose Quintana 18.1% 7.0% 3.48 3.74
Hector Santiago 24.1% 9.2% 2.81 4.19
Dylan Axelrod 11.8% 6.5% 4.21 4.62

The bullpen has responded in kind, with Addison Reed and Jesse Crain quietly emerging as one of the best late-inning duos in the league. The offense has been another story, posting worse numbers than any team other than the Marlins. But even in that mess, there's hope: Paul Konerko is almost a sure thing to show some positive regression at some point given his sudden plunge below replacement level, and you would have to figure Adam Dunn and Jeff Keppinger will do the same at some point, or else cede their jobs to players who almost by default would seem likely to fare better. This is a middle-of-the-pack attack over the past two weeks, so some of that bounce-back has already begun. Will that be enough to push the White Sox into the thick of a playoff race? Probably not. Are they a good bet to beat expectations yet again this year? Indeed they are.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9315085/jonah-keri-ranks-mlb-teams

(Edited to add link to the original source)

JhonJeter0112358 · « **Reply #397 on:** May 29, 2013, 01:39:20 pm »

CBS/Score blogger rips on the Crosstown Classic with occasionally amusing results:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/29/baffoe-i-am-the-miserable-crosstown-cup/

I do agree with what he's saying. I am (and have been for a few years now) pretty much "meh" about this thing.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #398 on:** July 14, 2013, 01:44:50 pm »

MLB Network To Air Documentary On Ken ‘The Hawk’ Harrelson

(CBS) Ever wondered how exactly White Sox television broadcaster Ken ‘The Hawk’ Harrelson got to be the way he is?

In a new documentary titled Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson, MLB Network will dive deep into the life of the famed player-turned-broadcaster, who is celebrating his 50th year in Major League Baseball.

Airing Thursday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m. CT, the hour-long documentary, narrated by Bob Costas, will feature Hawk telling stories of what “Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams thought of each other’s playing ability; his friendship with Mickey Mantle; meeting Hall of Fame NFL coach Vince Lombardi; and being encouraged to pursue professional golf by Jack Nicklaus,” a press release on the film states.

Hawk even explains why he never became a manager.

“I turned down three manager’s jobs and that’s the reason I turned them down: because my temper is not conducive to being a good manager at all,” he said.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130711&content_id=53433822&vkey=pr_mlb_network&c_id=mlb_network

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/07/11/mlb-network-to-air-documentary-on-ken-the-hawk-harrelson/

Method · « **Reply #399 on:** July 15, 2013, 11:00:04 am »

JBN must be besides himself with glee.