Thanks To Harry The K
Harry Kalas died today. He was the broadcast voice of the Philadelphia Phillies, and I’ve been listening to his smooth resonant tones and brilliant game-calling for 38 years. The man was an all-around class act.
In one of the best tributes I can imagine, Dewayne Staats, a broadcaster for the Tampa Bay Rays, said that Harry was the personification of someone taking his gift and doing what he was supposed to do with it.
I invited Harry into my life somewhere around 4000 times so, while not a death in the family, this gets pretty close.
Bye Harry. I’ll miss you. Thanks for what you did.
Tags: Harry Kalas, Phillies
When they said that Harry Kalas had died, I had no idea who he was UNTIL I heard that voice. I was assailed with memories of hot summer nights, mellow tones…except when excited…. and trying to go to sleep in a hot room while dad sat outside with the Phillies. It was so vivid that I could even smell the night. He will be missed.