I admit it...

[Gilgamesh]

What makes me sad is that the Cubs organization isn't even apologetic about the product that they have put on the field.  I feel sad for the ticket holders.  True, I am paying to go to three Cub games this year, but I can console myself with the fact that most of the money that I am spending will go to the A's.

Why feel sad for the ticket holders? The Cubs haven't sold tickets under any false pretenses. If you buy a ticket to see the 2013 Chicago Cubs with the expectation of seeing anything other than bad baseball being played by the home team, then you deserve to have a pigeon shit on your bologna sammich.

I am admitting that I feel sorry for folks who have a right to expect more.  (Not the corporations that buy tickets to give away or the guys who just come for the party.) Last year the Cubs lost 101 games.  In 1966 the Cubs lost 103 games.  In 1967 they won 87 games with a roster including Hundley, Banks, Beckert, Kessinger, Santo, Williams, Phillips, and Landrum,  and a pitching staff with Jenkins, Holtzman, Nye, Hartenstein, and Hands.  They had a decent manager too.

What gives them that right? You can't pay for chicken shit and then complain that it's not chicken salad.

I'm not complaining.

Also, Gil opts out of watching the Cubs in favor of the Sox?  Jesus, aren't they just as awful at baseball?  What point is *that* asshole trying to make?

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

But in all honesty, I've watched more A's and Nationals games than any other team.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

[Tonker]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.   

[Gilgamesh]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.   

This, plus his recent feuds with Boers and Bernstein have spilled into the booth.

[BH]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

Que Fork.

[flannj]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.   

This, plus his recent feuds with Boers and Bernstein have spilled into the booth.

I'm regularly surprised by the large number of Sox fans (I work with waaaay too many of them) who just don't get how bad he is. I mean I realize they're Sox fans and the bar is set pretty low as far as intelligence goes. But how does anyone not recognize the mind numbing level of crap he spews?

[Tonker]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement reduction surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends small enough for anal, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

Que Fork.

Savedhimthebother'd.

[Quality Start Machine]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

Que Fork.

¿Qué Pasa?

[CBStew]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

Que Fork.

¿Qué Pasa?

Pasa da ketchup.

[morpheus]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.   

More enjoyable: @NotHawk

[Saul Goodman]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

Seriously, this.  Hawk isn't, and never has been funny.  Unless you find, say, buttcancer funny.  Do you, Gil?  IS BUTTCANCER FUCKING FUNNY?

Also, I'd like to make it clear that I'm by no means despairing of Epstink, or of the long-term future of the Cubs.  But this is now the fifth straight year of futility and, honestly, I'm not going to pretend that I'm enjoying it.

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery - yeah, the end result is going to make you the envy of all your friends, but in the meantime it's fucking painful.  I imagine.

Que Fork.

¿Qué Pasa?

Pasa da ketchup.

Pass the Heinz. 

[Saul Goodman]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.  

This, plus his recent feuds with Boers and Bernstein have spilled into the booth.

DPD. What's the broad-strokes outline of this feud? I listened to the clip, which was weird (both Hawk and Playgirl Steve) but I have no idea why a purportedly professional announcer is airing petty feuds with sports radio hosts during baseball broadcasts. What are you doing, Wegner?

[Gilgamesh]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.  

This, plus his recent feuds with Boers and Bernstein have spilled into the booth.

DPD. What's the broad-strokes outline of this feud? I listened to the clip, which was weird (both Hawk and Playgirl Steve) but I have no idea why a purportedly professional announcer is airing petty feuds with sports radio hosts during baseball broadcasts. What are you doing, Wegner?

I think it began with Hawk's recent spat with MLB Network's Brian Kenny.  B&B took some potshots at Hawk because of that.  Then, during the White Sox' four-game stint in Toronto, Hawk gave an interview to a local radio station, wherein he doubled-down on the stupidity, i.e. asserting the Billy Beane wrote Moneyball for self-aggrandizement, that moneyball has gotten too many good baseball guys fired, that the system doesn't work, and that players are too focused on their numbers when they're batting, etc.

B&B continued to take even more potshots at Hawk because of this, which obviously got back to Hawk.  So now he's stupidly going after them; stupidly, because his criticisms are so off the wall, it's a real academic exercise to even decode them.

[Saul Goodman]

Hawk is pretty funny these days.

I know this thread is for admitting stuff that might be embarrassing, but... for fuck's sake, Gil.

I'm willing to hear Gil out on this (and further derail PenFoe's Beloved Favorite Thread) in that when the Sox are playing badly and losing, Hawk's petty, petulant little bitch act--breathtaking in it's total regard to any professional standards of broadcasting--can be amusing to someone who revels in bad things happening to the Sox like I do.  I'm at a loss, however, to come up with any other reason as to how listening to him call a game could in any way be construed as enjoyable.  

This, plus his recent feuds with Boers and Bernstein have spilled into the booth.

DPD. What's the broad-strokes outline of this feud? I listened to the clip, which was weird (both Hawk and Playgirl Steve) but I have no idea why a purportedly professional announcer is airing petty feuds with sports radio hosts during baseball broadcasts. What are you doing, Wegner?

I think it began with Hawk's recent spat with MLB Network's Brian Kenny.  B&B took some potshots at Hawk because of that.  Then, during the White Sox' four-game stint in Toronto, Hawk gave an interview to a local radio station, wherein he doubled-down on the stupidity, i.e. asserting the Billy Beane wrote Moneyball for self-aggrandizement, that moneyball has gotten too many good baseball guys fired, that the system doesn't work, and that players are too focused on their numbers when they're batting, etc.

B&B continued to take even more potshots at Hawk because of this, which obviously got back to Hawk.  So now he's stupidly going after them; stupidly, because his criticisms are so off the wall, it's a real academic exercise to even decode them.

Thank you.  Continuing to employ Hawk is one of my favorite White Sox moves.  He'd turn me into a Twins fan.