LaTroy Hawkins was one of those guys you would see trot out of the bullpen and be like, “holy shit, he’s still in the majors?”
In his 21-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Mets, and Toronto Blue Jays.
That’s A LOT of teammates.
So, it’s fair to say LaTroy has a pretty good working knowledge of what it takes to be a good ‘locker room guy’ aka teammate.
During his debut as a color analyst on Fox Sports North, alongside play-by-play man Dick Bremer, Hawkins had a memorable Tuesday night in the booth when the Twins took on Colorado.
During a break in the action, FSN reporter Marney Gellner and Hawkins had an exchange regarding his playing days in Colorado.
The Twitter account MLB Inside Dinger posted video of the conversation on Twitter.
LaTroy Hawkins on Tommy Kahnle: "One of the worst teammates I've ever had in my life, and I've had a lot of teammates" pic.twitter.com/n7vLXc5RBe
— MLB Insider Dinger (@atf13atf) May 17, 2017
“I can’t believe they didn’t tell you about the fight that I got into in 2014 with one of my teammates, Tommy Kahnle,” Hawkins said. “I’m surprised they didn’t tell you about that.”
“Tommy Kahnle?” Bremer said. “The guy who’s now with the White Sox? That guy?”
Yeah, that one. Kahnle is a fourth-year reliever who’s in his second season in Chicago.
“Well, it was just good natured, right?” Bremer asked.
“No,” Hawkins said. “One of the worst teammates I’ve ever had in my life, by far. And I’ve had a lot of teammates.”
When the White Sox called up Tommy Kahnle in the first week of the season, pitching coach Don Cooper declared the right-handed reliever had an arm that “doesn’t belong in the minor leagues.”
And boy, has he been right.
Kahnle has posted a 1.80 ERA (15 IP) in the process of striking out 27 and walking only 4 (0.80 WHIP). Routinely hitting 98 MPH on the gun, he’s been a vital weapon out of the pen for Chicago.
Kahnle would have been a rookie back in 2014 when the supposed “fight” took place. If anyone has any further info on this please hit us up at info@sportsmockery.com.
