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In 1986, Hawk Harrelson made two moves that solidified his broadcasting career.
Serving as White Sox general manager, Harrelson dumped manager Tony La Russa mid-season. Then on July 23, 1986, with the White Sox eight games under .500 and the trade deadline nearing, Hawkeroo traded 23-year-old Bobby Bonilla to the Pirates for pitcher Jose DeLeon.
Hawk Harrelson once won a longest-drive contest in cowboy bootsBonilla went on to be a seven-time All Star, played in six postseasons and won a World Series ring.
DeLeon, coming off a major-league leading 19-loss season, was 15-17 in a year and a half on the South Side before being traded to the Cardinals, where he quickly turned it around, going 13-10 and 16-12.
La Russa, meanwhile, went on to win six pennants and three World Series titles and is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Harrelson went back to the broadcast booth where exactly 23 years to the day after the infamous trade, he made this famous call:
