Hawk Harrelson on 35th Street

Average, Out, Over

In the end, we are all one person looking at 30 sides of the same terrible offense through two disparate eyes that see entirely different worlds. All told, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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The Inner Game of White Sox Baseball

Let’s be thankful for the mistake Carlos Quentin didn’t make, as the consequences would have surely been disastrous. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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The Real Reason Jake Peavy Shouldn’t Pitch This Year

One man can ruin this for everyone, and we all know who that man is.

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The Sport of Jesters

The White Sox could be champions, if only we were talking about a different game. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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Eleven Years Gone

When you’re all out of love, the best you can do is hate; all told, that’s not such a bad way to run out the clock. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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Of Death Spirals and Supersubs

We have hit the point of the season where the only logic left to cling to reeks of absolutely no logic whatsoever. If nothing goes right, we’ll have this thing locked up in no time. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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The Most Hilarious Things Ever

Bartolo Colon is my new favorite pitcher and other notes from around the league.

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Jose Contreras Is The Rex Grossman Of White Sox Pitching

If there was such a thing as a “pitcher rating,” well, you kind of know where this is going.

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At Worst, 2009 Won’t Be That Bad Anymore

But it could still turn out to be pretty bad all the same. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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The Other Sox Broadcaster

A few words on the slightly forgotten play-by-play man.

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The Way It Actually Happened Is For the Birds

Fact-checking Hawk (again). Asking “what” is pointless, but asking “when” can sometimes be beautiful.

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More Like Blurst Place!

Standings, records, performance and general goodness aside, the Toronto Blue Jays are not in first place, and we all know why. [Ghostrunner on First]

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Carlos Quentin’s Season is Twenty Percent Over

A few words on the downside of hot starts OR We are all in Hawk Harrelson Heaven right about now.

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I’ll Have the Grinder with Extra Salt

A look at the menu at Kenny Williams’ restaurant.

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Bold Predictions: Unfavorable Exchange Rate Edition

Three things to watch for as those dirty Canadians sneak across the border to steal honest American Jobs:
Their better be some fireworks. Of their 80 wins, only eight have come in games where the White Sox didn’t hit a home run. Eight. Meanwhile, Blue Jays pitching has served up 126 homers in 1,275.7 innings. The [...]

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Bold Predictions: Even Mountain Dew Has Its Mello Yellow Edition

Things to watch for as the Sox go to Fenway:
Hawkeroo rejoicing the departure of Jay Mariotti, but in a sad kind of way. Every man is defined as much by his enemies as he is by his friends, and to say the ever-jubilant Hawk is an exception would be a lie. Every man needs people [...]

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