CHICAGO -- It has been more than three years since Ken "Hawk" Harrelson transformed from the iconic play-by-play voice on White Sox television broadcasts to temporary sideline reporter to check on an injured Todd Frazier.

But Frazier, the White Sox third baseman at the time, has full recall of that strange event in the bottom of the fourth inning on May 11, 2016.

"I remember it like it was yesterday. It was pretty cool," Frazier said of that moment with Harrelson, the 2020 Ford C. Frick Award winner. "You don't see that too often.

“A lot of people probably are saying, 'What the heck was he doing? You got a job to do.' But he's just a kindhearted human being. They always see him broadcast, but they don't see how kindhearted he really is as a person."

Frazier, who had launched a 12th-inning, game-winning grand slam two days earlier to help raise the White Sox record to 23-10, dove into the stands near third base to try to catch Prince Fielder's foul ball. Frazier's face smashed into a seat on the attempt, and he raced off immediately with his glove covering his jaw.

After a minute or two of trying to figure out what specifically was wrong, Harrelson took the guesswork out of the situation.

"I'm going downstairs," Harrelson said to analyst Steve Stone as he left the broadcast booth. "You take over."

Harrelson's move was a sign of good broadcasting, finding out important information concerning a crucial player behind the team's best start to a season in more than a decade. It also fit Hawk's persona as someone who loved the White Sox as much as any front office personnel, player or fan.

Even before Frazier came to the White Sox via a three-team trade with the Dodgers and Reds on Dec. 16, 2015, he knew of Harrelson. Having Harrelson call many of his 40 home runs from that '16 season helped fulfill one of his life's goals.

"This was a small little bucket list for me to have Hawk say, 'You can put it on the board,' and 'Stretch, stretch,'" Frazier said. "I had 40 of them that year. He probably said about 30 of them, and it's pretty cool.

"My son still watches them. I have all the home runs I've hit in my career and all the announcers talking on my iPad. My son is watching my iPad and I hear him say, 'Yes, Yes.' It’s funny."

Frazier's son, Blake, was closing in on 3 years old when his dad came to the White Sox. Blake immediately took to Harrelson's on-air style. His little voice would mimic Harrelson's distinctive home run call on each one, whether it was Frazier's homer or a teammate's, with Frazier laughing about his son even dropping a "Hell, yes!" as Harrelson did once on a big home run hit by his father.

Blake and Harrelson sat together on bus rides from the ballpark on a few occasions when Frazier's family joined him on the road.

"There was one game we lost big against someone," Frazier said. "We were driving back, and everybody is quiet. You are quiet after you lose. And I could hear him and Hawk in front of me laughing, just laughing so hard.

"I’m like, 'You have to be quiet,' and Hawk is like, 'Let him go.' It was great. He loved every second of it. For that brief time we knew each other, it was really cool. He’s like family."

On that Wednesday afternoon in Texas, Harrelson returned to the booth to tell Stone how Frazier’s teeth had gone through his lower lip, but it appeared he didn’t break his jaw. Harrelson made the disclaimer of not being a doctor but said he thought Frazier was going to be OK.

They spoke for only 15 or 20 seconds, with Frazier not really being able to talk at that moment. But Frazier will never forget Hawk’s clubhouse check -- or really just Hawk as a Hall of Fame person.

“He was truly a fan of the White Sox. He had love and admiration for the players,” Frazier said. “He’s like a coach, if you want the truth. He had everybody’s back.

“You heard it every time he spoke on TV. He genuinely was upset when we lost and was genuinely ecstatic when we won. That’s all you can ask for in an announcer.

“His stories were great. He used to tell me all the stories about playing back in the day at Fenway Park. He sat down with me when I was struggling and explained to me, ‘Come on, son, this is what you need to do,’ with his voice. We had a nice little bond there.”