‘Reinvigorated’ Hawk looking ahead to ’17

MINNEAPOLIS — It didn’t take long for Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, the colorful television play-by-play voice for the White Sox, to make a decision about his broadcasting future.

After lightening his workload to road games, Opening Day and the recently completed home games against the Cubs in 2016, Harrelson loved the changes so much that he almost immediately wanted to return in 2017 for a 33rd season in the broadcast booth.

“I actually made up my mind after about April 15, tax day. In fact I texted [White Sox chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf],” Harrelson said on Saturday. “He asked me how I liked it and I texted him and said Aris and I have options now that we haven’t had in over 40 years.

“And I said, ‘I’m loving it.’ It was two things: As long as I feel this way, I’m going to keep going — barring any health problems. I’ll be 75 next month. And right now, I feel great. I just hope that we can make a comeback of some sort.”

Harrelson had conversations with Reinsdorf before the 2015 season about scaling back his workload. But Harrelson didn’t want to make the move because he felt the team was going to be too good. While the team has been …

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