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Although Hawk Harrelson is known primarily these days for his White Sox homerism and broadcast tantrums, he was in his day a pretty darn good ballplayer. Hawk was also -- as hard as this is to believe nowadays -- very much a fashion-forward sort. This 1968 Sports Illustrated profile, for instance, called him "the boulevardier of the American League." That this nickname didn't stick is one of history's great injustices. Oh, and, sayeth SABR, he also owned a lavender dune buggy. To repeat: Hawk Harrelson owned a lavender dune buggy.

Anyhow, Harrelson sustained a broken leg injury in spring training 1970 while a member of the Indians. On the occasion of his discharge from St. Elizabeth's hospital in Boston, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stanley Forman (whose website is brimming with excellence) coaxed Hawk into tossing aside his cast for the camera. Mostly, though, take note of what our Hawk was wearing at the time. God above, take note ...

I'm paid to write words, but I lack them right now.

To what should we liken this championship ensemble? Perhaps the "Hanker for a Hunk O' Cheese" guy ...

... In a prisoner's blouse, dragonfly goggles, plain-pocket slacks the color of a near-death experience and no fewer than one orthopedic four-button spat?

Is there any good reason that everyone shouldn't wear this at all times?

You are not permitted to disagree with the following declaration: This is the greatest picture of Hawk Harrelson you've ever seen.