Saturday, July 2, 2011

Some announcers� pet phrases need to grab some bench

by Ted Cox White Sox TV announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson has so many pet phrases, he can go entire innings without saying a single thing he hasn't said exactly the same way before. "Duck snort," "chopper two-hopper," "right size, wrong shape," "don't stop now boys," and, of course, "grab some bench": it sometimes seems they could be programmed into one of those old Casio keyboards, and color analyst Steve Stone could do the games himself just by pressing the right button at the right time to set himself up.?

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Source: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/sports-announcer-cliches-hawk-harrelson-chip-caray-chuck-swirsky/Content?oid=4147284

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