RIP Harry Kalas

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:09 pm

I'm speechless...

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:17 pm

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Harold Norbert "Harry" Kalas (March 26, 1936 - April 13, 2009) was a Hall of Fame American sportscaster, best known for his roles as lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, National Football League radio broadcasts by Westwood One and as voice-over narrator for NFL Films, a regular feature on Inside the NFL.

Damn.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

x 1,000,000

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

he's a huge part of why I love baseball, and watching the Phillies without him will flat out not be the same. I'm glad he got to call a second WS final pitch.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

wow. this one's sad.

even though i am a mets fan, i grew up in the greater philadelphia area and kalas' broadcasts had a huge impact on me.

edit: wow. marilyn chambers died today too. never in my life did i think marilyn chambers and harry kalas would ever be used in the same sentence.

The Obgoblin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:40 pm

Horrible..I was just listening to him yesterday during the Rockies/Phils game..A sad day.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:41 pm

NFL Films will never be the same.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:24 pm

a major loss

truly the ONLY good thing about philly sports...EVER

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:44 pm

FT Wrote:

a major loss

truly the ONLY good thing about philly sports...EVER

Dr J, AI, Michael Jack Schmidt, & Chase Utley would like a word.

TheTheory · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:51 pm

I'm only 25, but my parents didn't have cable, so the way I kept up with my Phillies as a later teen/early 20-something was with my radio balanced on my bed. It had to be positioned JUST SO or a sheet of static would interrupt the game. Some games were spent in such a haze that I could only hear the occasional score update at the beginning and end of innings. Through this fog of uncertainty Harry Kalas' voice cut better than any other. During those summers, with sweat, tears, and an unquenchable thirst for post-season action, Kalas' voice guided me, and millions of others who were listening or watching Phillies games.

RIP.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:54 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

NFL Films will never be the same.

You said it, Bubba.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

TheTheory Wrote:

I'm only 25, but my parents didn't have cable, so the way I kept up with my Phillies as a later teen/early 20-something was with my radio balanced on my bed. It had to be positioned JUST SO or a sheet of static would interrupt the game. Some games were spent in such a haze that I could only hear the occasional score update at the beginning and end of innings. Through this fog of uncertainty Harry Kalas' voice cut better than any other. During those summers, with sweat, tears, and an unquenchable thirst for post-season action, Kalas' voice guided me, and millions of others who were listening or watching Phillies games.

RIP.

my favorite thing about Harry on the radio was the silence, he's one of the last if not the last that knew WHEN TO SHUT UP. He would have long pauses and come back with the perfect phrase or explanation.

Every labored word out of Chris Wheelers mouth is like a dagger in my heart. Baseball isn't the same.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:28 pm

Aaron Rodgers Mustache Wrote:

FT Wrote:

a major loss

truly the ONLY good thing about philly sports...EVER

Dr J, AI, Michael Jack Schmidt, & Chase Utley would like a word.

dr. j's best years were as a net

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

that's just silly

FT · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:40 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

that's just silly

alls i'm doing is saying that kalas transcended that shithole

don't take it so personally (haha)

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:55 pm

The Obgoblin Wrote:

Horrible..I was just listening to him yesterday during the Rockies/Phils game..A sad day.

It's just unimaginable for me. I've listened to him broadcast hundreds of phillies games and this one hits hard. One of the greatest voices of all time.

Him and Richie Ashburn are united again. Too bad we can't enjoy it any longer.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

this is a damned shame. He had one of the best announcer voices ever. When I was a kid, I went to the same stuffy prep school as Steve Sabo, the founder of NFL Films, and so a couple times a year he'd come visit the school and just run a bunch of movies and we'd get out of class for the day. Harry Kalas' voice literally was the sound of me getting out of class for the day.

I do take solace knowing he got to see the Phils win this year, though.

FT Wrote:

a major loss

truly the ONLY good thing about philly sports...EVER

I dunno, Tim Hauck did okay. oh yeah and Wilt.

ShamWow! · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:02 pm

Z Wrote:

greater philadelphia

That's what, like "military intelligence", right?

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

ShamWow! Wrote:

Z Wrote:

greater philadelphia

That's what, like "military intelligence", right?

yeah, something like that.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Kalas called the Springsteen show the other night.

RIP Harry Kalas

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