RIP: Harry Kalas
Apr. 13th, 2009 02:10 pmLongtime Phillies announcer Harry Kalas dies at age 73
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Staff Report
WASHINGTON - Legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died. He was 73.
"We lost our voice today," team president David Montgomery said. "He knows the game and made a tremendous contribution to the sport and to our organization . . .
"Anybody who has played for us, it's an immediate point of connection with the club. He is the Phillies."
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People who know me know that I am not a big baseball fan. I enjoy going to the occasional game, but as a rule, I just don't get into it like I do football or hockey.
But to not hear the voice of Harry Kalas anymore will be jarring. He was part of the soundtrack of my youth. Down at Jersey shore in the summers, whenever the Phillies were playing, you couldn't swing a sand bucket without hearing a radio with his voice coming out of it. I can't possibly count the number of times while growing up when I was doing something else at home and heard his voice on the TV or radio as the game was on in the background. Feeling a small thrill when he cut loose with his trademark "Outta here" call for a home run.
No more.
I'm glad that he got to see the Phillies win one more World Series before he passed. And you always will want to hear him call just one more game. And I feel bad for whoever will be calling the games now, because he will probably not be compared favorably to Harry.
To his family, his friends, his co-workers, and his fans, I offer my deepest sympathies and condolences.
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Staff Report
WASHINGTON - Legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died. He was 73.
"We lost our voice today," team president David Montgomery said. "He knows the game and made a tremendous contribution to the sport and to our organization . . .
"Anybody who has played for us, it's an immediate point of connection with the club. He is the Phillies."
( Rest of article behind cut )
People who know me know that I am not a big baseball fan. I enjoy going to the occasional game, but as a rule, I just don't get into it like I do football or hockey.
But to not hear the voice of Harry Kalas anymore will be jarring. He was part of the soundtrack of my youth. Down at Jersey shore in the summers, whenever the Phillies were playing, you couldn't swing a sand bucket without hearing a radio with his voice coming out of it. I can't possibly count the number of times while growing up when I was doing something else at home and heard his voice on the TV or radio as the game was on in the background. Feeling a small thrill when he cut loose with his trademark "Outta here" call for a home run.
No more.
I'm glad that he got to see the Phillies win one more World Series before he passed. And you always will want to hear him call just one more game. And I feel bad for whoever will be calling the games now, because he will probably not be compared favorably to Harry.
To his family, his friends, his co-workers, and his fans, I offer my deepest sympathies and condolences.