I'll never understand the hatred of some Cubs fans of the Sox announcer especially since the Cubs don't care about the Sox unless they are playing them.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I don't like a shit kicker in Chicago, especially a cry baby clown who ran the franchise into the ground as GM.

Well, he's 80, and probably a hard 80 at that. Wouldn't be surprised.

I've said it a million times but it rubs me the wrong way that a southerner who played for the Red Sox and A's is supposed to be some kind of Chicago baseball legend. He's not from here and he never played here. It makes all his homerism ring hollow. Go on Youtube and you can find Yankees games from the late '80s where there's a familiar voice doing familiar shtick but for them. Like, Mike Shannon is just as bad as any bad baseball broadcaster's been, if not worse, but he grew up in St. Louis and played for the Cardinals, he's never been anywhere else, so if nothing else, I get it. I don't get Hawk.

I believe he did the role with the Brewers that was most similar to what ZZ has now with the Cubs - pre/post, scores in game, the occasional inning here and there. I don't remember if he was TV or radio there.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

I believe he did the role with the Brewers that was most similar to what ZZ has now with the Cubs - pre/post, scores in game, the occasional inning here and there. I don't remember if he was TV or radio there.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I think he's from northern Michigan, but he went to school in Milwaukee and got his start in radio there. Pat's from out west and has mentioned growing up listening to the old Giants guys, though of course there's a lot of Uecker in his style.


Yeah, I think he just filled in for Powell or Vasgersian here and there. I think he was also at WISN for a while but just as a reporter or something.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

Well, he's 80, and probably a hard 80 at that. Wouldn't be surprised.

I've said it a million times but it rubs me the wrong way that a southerner who played for the Red Sox and A's is supposed to be some kind of Chicago baseball legend. He's not from here and he never played here. It makes all his homerism ring hollow. Go on Youtube and you can find Yankees games from the late '80s where there's a familiar voice doing familiar shtick but for them. Like, Mike Shannon is just as bad as any bad baseball broadcaster's been, if not worse, but he grew up in St. Louis and played for the Cardinals, he's never been anywhere else, so if nothing else, I get it. I don't get Hawk.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

wait, fuckin Vasgergian was also a Ueker understudy?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

No, Vasgersian did Brewers TV in the late '90s, I think that was his first gig.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years