A Tribute to Harry Kalas

Here are some stories/memories people have submitted to me of Phillies announcer Harry Kalas after his death on Tuesday at the age of 73. Please feel free to add to this list at any time this summer either by e-mail or in the comments of this post…I hope you enjoy this… Daniel from C70 at the Bat wrote this: In 2002, Cardinal fans lost Jack Buck after a lengthy illness.  Even though we all knew Jack was going sometime soon, when he actually did, it was still devastating. So I can only imagine how Phillies fans feel about the loss of Harry Kalas so suddenly this week.  As Jack was St. Louis, Vin Scully is LA, Harry Carey was Chicago, so Kalas was Philadelphia.  I honestly didn’t know he’d done work elsewhere, always just assuming he’d been with the Phillies forever. That voice was such a unique and distinctive sound.  Everything sounded better when Kalas said it.  He brought gravitas to everything, even the yearly Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.  IR...