Maybe you liked him and maybe you didn't, but at least he was different. He was merely being himself, perhaps the last of the great baseball personalities given a microphone and a rooting interest. Hawk Harrelson didn't try to give you something special. Prophetic was Dowdle as generic is the order of the day, no place for Caray's personality or Vin Scully's poetry, only a cookie cutter of corporate cravats that present the game in a mind-numbing filibuster of filler. Harry doesn't fit the mold anymore and I doubt if he was just starting out that he could get hired anywhere." "You get down to the final 10 or 12 and eight of them have great, great voices, but they're sort of indistinguishable. It’s a hot-pressed sandwich, with sliced ham, Mexican-style shredded pork barbacoa, Swiss cheese, mustard, sliced pickles, and. The Cuban Comet Sandwich, specifically, is named for the late, great outfielder and coach Minnie Minoso. "Believe me, I sit and listen to a lot of audition tapes and they all sound the same. The White Sox have a rich Cuban tradition reflected in its players, sports historyand elevated ballpark menu. "The charm of Harry is that he's a fan and speaks like a fan, and he's different than all of the broadcasters you hear today," Dowdle told me while I sat in his Tribune Tower office in 1996.
It's going to take a long time to get anywhere because White Sox fans want to stop him and talk White Sox baseball.Īnd when the announcement was made Wednesday morning that Harrelson had finally been elected to the broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, you had to chuckle at the disconnect between media and fans, between those who couldn't wait to be rid of him and those who never wanted him to leave. It has always been that way, whether at the ballpark or at the golf course. It would be an hour before he stopped signing autographs, taking selfies and recording ringers for fans' phones, and made his way to the booth. I bid him farewell and went to work, leaving Harrelson to his people.
The problem was - even though it was many hours before the game and 35th Street was quiet - the fans who spotted him began to approach.Ī few quickly turned into a few dozen and that was the ballgame. Guaranteed Rate Field has a capacity of just over 40,615, meaning 8,122 fans will be permitted to enter the. A short walk together turned into a long conversation about golf, but that wasn't the issue. The White Sox begin the season on the road and play their first home game on April 8.
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