With an announcement on Wednesday, it looks like the end of the 2018 season will see another notable retirement from broadcasting, as Chicago White Sox announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson will hang up his microphone after a 34th year of calling baseball games:
Hawk Harrelson's final season in the booth is 2018. Jason Benetti gets a multi-year extension.#WhiteSox
— Dan Hayes (@CSNHayes) May 31, 2017
Hawk Harrelson will primarily do Sunday home games in 2018.
— Dan Hayes (@CSNHayes) May 31, 2017
While Harrelson's over-the-top homerism hasn't engendered the same widespread fondness that Scully (or Enberg) did, he's nonetheless part of baseball's tapestry. His signature calls -- like "He gone!" following a strikeout and "You can put it on the board ... Yes!" after a White Sox home run -- figure to be remembered, even as Jason Benetti becomes the new voice of the White Sox.
he gone ... several years later than he should have been IMO
