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Auggie

(31,300 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2019, 07:03 PM Dec 2019

WTF? Ken Harrelson named Frick Award winner???

SAN DIEGO -- For a brief, rare moment, Ken "Hawk" Harrelson was speechless.

That moment took place Wednesday morning when the iconic White Sox broadcaster received a call from Tim Mead, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, to announce his selection as the 2020 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. The honor is presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the Hall of Fame.

"Oh, wow," said Harrelson upon receiving the call. "I really appreciate it, but I also, I don't know, I've never felt like this. I don't know what to say except thank you."

Harrelson will be recognized during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 25, as part of Hall of Fame Weekend 2020. Harrelson becomes the 44th winner of the Frick Award, as he earned the highest point total in a vote conducted by the Hall of Fame's 15-member Frick Award Committee.

https://www.mlb.com/breaking-news/ken-harrelson-named-ford-c-frick-award-winner

This guy was TERRIBLE ... and EMBARRASSING. Naming Harrelson (along with Costas) is an insult to guys like Allen, Hodges, Simmons, Scully, King, Miller ...

It's like ANYONE can get in.

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WTF? Ken Harrelson named Frick Award winner??? (Original Post) Auggie Dec 2019 OP

Lmao...maybe it was his time?? Docreed2003 Dec 2019 #1

The "Hawk" was always good for a quote and pretty entertaining. world wide wally Dec 2019 #2

An unfunny joke Bradshaw3 Dec 2019 #3

don't watch much baseball anymore, nut many years back was a big fan rurallib Dec 2019 #4

Thank you Auggie Dec 2019 #5

Docreed2003

(16,939 posts)

1. Lmao...maybe it was his time??

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 07:09 PM

Dec 2019

world wide wally

(21,762 posts)

2. The "Hawk" was always good for a quote and pretty entertaining.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 07:13 PM

Dec 2019

Bradshaw3

(7,574 posts)

3. An unfunny joke

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 09:24 PM

Dec 2019

Awful hack, the kind of homerism you would expect from a small town radio station sidekick covering his kids games.

rurallib

(62,562 posts)

4. don't watch much baseball anymore, nut many years back was a big fan

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 09:37 PM

Dec 2019

We started getting White Sox games and one of my first impressions was just how bad Harrelson was. Last time I heard him which was probably ten years back or so, he was still really bad.

Auggie

(31,300 posts)

5. Thank you

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 09:06 AM

Dec 2019

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