Tiger Ugly

The old Alastair Sim version. Also the Sanford and Son version.

O is a good defensive line coach, it's what he is, it's what he is meant to be and in today's NIL world you don't have to worry about some of the stuff you might have back in his recruiting heyday.

I have no issue with him coming back in that capacity.

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No clue what the guy was like in real life, but could take a guess. If you come across as that big of a prick on air, I can only imagine off.

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I agree

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but if you watched the Sox, Hawk would say "gas" on damn near every fastball. It got old after a couple innings

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Hawk got old after a couple of innings, he made it impossible for me to watch the Sox even if I had any interest in the game whatsoever. He made me cringe.

Matt Frye

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And didn't Milo and Harry work together (along with Jack Buck) for a season or two in St. Louis in the 50s?

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Yes they worked together one year in St. Louis and Milo was replaced by Joe Garagiola. Some speculated it was because Carey did not want to work in the booth with him.

After one year of working the booth together in Chicago the Cubs started alternating t.v. and radio, Harry would do the first 3 and the last 3 on t.v. while Milo did those innings on radio and the middle 3 on t.v. and Harry would switch over to radio for those middle innings. The fans clamored for more Harry and less Milo and soon got it as Milo moved over to Houston. As I watched some Astros too Milo never got over it - always took shots at Harry whenever he could during Astro broadcasts.

I say that now.

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Not exactly. Jack Brickhouse was the Voice of the Cubs and Hamilton worked with him and thought that he would take over when Brickhouse retired, but Caray was discontented wit the White Sox and the Tribune company brought him in and then after the 1984 season Milo got whacked.

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yes, I did not present it totally accurately, but the premise was Milo expected to be the guy and the Cubs made a decision that may have been a bit disingenuous to Milo, but absolutely the right decision.

Milo just had an ego as big as Harry's (for what reason I can't fathom) and was butt hurt until the end. Used to always drop petty comments about the Cubs when he was an Astros broadcaster, he never let it go.

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Harry Cary drunk announcing and the guest 7th inning stretch "Take me out to the Ballgame" singer was a big plus.

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Harry Cary has as much to do with the popularity of the Cubs nationally to this day as being on that station. The masses loved him. He mispronounced names, took players to account for poor play and was generally a fan in the booth. Some would decry his professionalism, but the average fan loved it.

Milo Hamilton was the Cubs voice before Harry was hired and the Cubs made a decision that would forever change the direction of the franchise in terms of popularity.

They worked together for a couple of years, they hated each other. Hamilton would leave the booth and turn his back to the field when Harry sang the stretch. He kept a grudge until the day he died, taking out a whole chapter in his biography to rip Harry.

But no one can ever say it wasn't the best decision from a business standpoint. Had Harry never come and Milo stayed, I have no doubt the popularity of the Cubs nationally would not be what it is today.

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Plus, his team going 3-8 so far this year makes him not noteworthy in the college football sports world.

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I'm betting the ratings bumps and all the clicks that were moving the needle for Colorado at first have become less and less he's just another coach now - and apparently, not a very good one.

Dodgers are playing with monopoly money due to their t.v. contract. Only maybe two teams could spend with them if it came to a flat out bidding war for any player.