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CHICAGO (AP) ¡ª He gone. Well  http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-carl-yastrzemski-jer sey ,on worked his final game Sunday, closing out a colorful TV career after three-plus decades in the booth. The White Sox paid tribute to Harrelson with a couple different videos, and he fought back tears throughout the ninth inning of a 6-1 loss to the crosstown Cubs.¡°I¡¯ve enjoyed it. Very much, I have enjoyed it,¡± Harrelson said moments after Matt Davidson struck out swinging for the final out. ¡°I¡¯ve loved it. I will never forget it.¡±With some family members standing behind him, Harrelson then stood up, tapped his heart and waved as players and coaches from each side pointed toward the booth, waved and applauded in the direction of the former big league slugger. ¡°Oh man, oh man,¡± Harrelson said.¡°In a situation like this, when it¡¯s someone that¡¯s near and dear to everyone¡¯s heart ¡ª he¡¯s been here a long time ¡ª it was the right thing to do, to tip our cap to a guy who¡¯s been doing it very well for a long time,¡± White Sox manager Rick Renteria said.The 77-year-old Harrelson, who played in the majors for nine seasons with four teams and served as Chicago¡¯s general manager for a short time, will be a team ambassador for the 2019 season. He isn¡¯t sure about his future plans beyond that job, and it sounds as if he is still getting used to the idea of a more relaxed lifestyle.¡°Last week was the first time that popped in my mind, and I told my wife Ted Williams Jersey , ¡®Honey, this retirement issue might be overrated,'¡± Harrelson said before the game. ¡°All I¡¯ve been doing is watching ¡®Walker, Texas Ranger¡¯ and turning a lot of Smirnoff into urine.¡±Harrelson began his broadcasting career with the Red Sox in 1975. He moved to Chicago in 1982, partnering with Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale. After stints as the White Sox GM and broadcast work with the Yankees and NBC, he returned to the White Sox booth in 1990.Harrelson is known for his unabashed love of the White Sox and several common phrases that have become part of the vernacular on the South Side of Chicago. There is ¡°You Can Put It On the Board, Yes!¡± for White Sox home runs, and ¡°He Gone¡± after a White Sox pitcher gets a strikeout. ¡°Mercy¡± also is used frequently.¡°I get a lot of letters from college aspirants who want to get into broadcasting. ¡®Any advice, Hawk, you can give us?¡¯ Yes, be yourself,¡± Harrelson said. ¡°Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell both told me exactly the same thing: Don¡¯t try to please everybody because you can¡¯t. They said the guys that try to please everyone really don¡¯t last.¡±Harrelson made his major league debut with the Kansas City Athletics in 1963 and also played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, finishing with a .239 batting average, 131 homers and 421 RBIs. He had his best season with Boston in 1968, when he had 35 homers and a major league-best 109 RBIs.He retired after the 1971 season and played professional golf for a short time before he got into broadcasting. He played in the 1972 British Open.¡°At one point I wanted to die in the booth: ¡®Here¡¯s (Paul) Konerko at the plate. Here¡¯s the pitch, bam Jim Rice Jersey , that ball hit deep, way back, you can put it on the board ¡­ and that would be it,¡± said Harrelson, who worked mostly Sunday home games this season. ¡°I want to be with the White Sox as long as I live.¡± DETROIT (AP) ¡ª Matthew Boyd pitched well on Jack Morris Day, but he was still worried about disappointing one of his idols.¡°I think he might be mad at me for only pitching six innings,¡± Boyd joked after the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 Sunday to win the weekend series.The game started 20 minutes late because of the ceremony to retire Morris¡¯ No. 47 jersey. Morris and longtime teammate Alan Trammell were inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier this month.¡°I think it was great for all of our players to be able to watch that ceremony, and we¡¯ll have them out there again in a couple weeks for Tram,¡± Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. ¡°There was a lot of franchise history on that field.¡±Boyd (7-10) won for the third time in four starts, giving up one run on two hits and a walk in six innings. He struck out three.Boyd has talked to Morris several times for pitching advice, even though as a finesse lefty, he¡¯s not much like the famed righty.¡°The theme of every conversation we¡¯ve had is competing,¡± Boyd said. ¡°Compete on every pitch, don¡¯t get pushed around or intimidated and give your team a chance to win.¡°It was special to be able to go out there and pitch like that on his day,¡± he said.Shane Greene pitched the ninth for his 25th save.Kohl Stewart (0-1) took the loss in his major league debut, allowing three runs on eight hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings. He started his career with four scoreless innings, but after he got the first out in the fifth  http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-nomar-garciaparra-je rsey , the next five batters reached base.¡°I was really nervous leading up to the game, but after the first pitch, I thought I settled in,¡± he said. ¡°I just needed to make a couple more pitches in the fifth inning and keep us in the game.¡±Twins manager Paul Molitor said Stewart should get at least one more start.¡°For his first time, I thought he composed himself pretty well,¡± Molitor said. ¡°He had a little misfortune, but I think he¡¯s very likely to get another chance.¡±The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the second when Mitch Garver tripled over JaCoby Jones¡® head in center field and scored on Johnny Field¡¯s sacrifice fly.Grayson Greiner, Victor Reyes and Jeimer Candelario hit three straight singles with one out in the fifth to tie the score.Jose Iglesias beat out an infield single on the 10th pitch of his at-bat, loading the bases, and Niko Goodrum walked to give the Tigers the lead and end Stewart¡¯s debut.¡°Iglesias is not a guy who strikes out, so even when you are ahead, he can foul pitches off,¡± Molitor said. ¡°It was a good battle, and Kohl kept pounding the sinker in there and got a ground ball, but not in a place where we could do anything.¡±Victor Martinez greeted Taylor Rogers with a sacrifice fly, making it 3-1.Max Kepler led off the eighth with a homer off Joe Jimenez, pulling the Twins within a run Christian Vazquez Jersey , but Ronny Rodriguez made it 4-2 with an RBI double in the bottom of the inning.¡°That was a huge hit for Ronny,¡± Gardenhire said. ¡°He hasn¡¯t played in a couple days, and he only came into this game after an injury, but he got us that big insurance run.¡±TRAINER¡¯S ROOMTwins: LHP Adalberto Mejia (wrist) will have an MRI on Monday in Minnesota to try to determine a recovery plan.Tigers: Jones left the game after the third inning with a right hamstring strain. He injured himself chasing down Garver¡¯s triple in the second inning and was undergoing tests after the game.MORRIS HONOREDMorris became the sixth Tigers player to have his number retired, with Trammell¡¯s No. 3 scheduled for Aug. 26. Detroit has also retired manager Sparky Anderson¡¯s No. 11 and a blank jersey for Ty Cobb.Morris, who won World Series championships for the Tigers (1984) and Twins (1991), finished his speech by thanking both teams.¡°It is a great honor to have this day in the city where I spent most of my career, and in front of two teams I love. Thank you and go Tigers and Twins,¡± he said.The Minnesota native will be honored by the Twins on Saturday, also before a game with the Tigers.UP NEXTTwins: Off on Monday before starting a two-game series at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jake Odorizzi (4-7, 4.50) will start Tuesday against Pittsburgh¡¯s Jameson Tallion (9-8, 3.83).Tigers: Start a three-game home series against the Chicago White Sox. Artie Lewicki (0-2, 4.76) will pitch for Detroit against Reynaldo Lopez (4-9, 4.30).


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