5. Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, Chicago White Sox
There’s a big difference between benign homer announcers (Phil Rizzuto and Harry Caray) and noxious, self-important blowhards like Harrelson, who basically disappears when the Sox are down. Pop quiz: Which of the following is not a vaguely suggestive-sounding mainstay from the Hawk’s canon of cliché?

a. “Sit back, relax, and strap it down!”
b. “Let’s do some chunkin’!”
c. “Snap it like you meant it!”
d. “He’s getting ridden hard and put away wet!”


4. David Cone, YES Network
He’s fairly new to this broadcasting thing, as witnessed by this clip in which he worries about Yankees rookie Ian Kennedy getting “jerked off” in the bull pen. Cone is already on track to join YES Network predecessor David Justice as the only English-language baseball commentators whose broadcasts demand subtitles.

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