If you grew up watching the Phils, as I did, you don’t need to ask “Who’s Harry Kalas?’ He was the voice that kept you interested in a team that otherwise sucked ass.

He got to call his championship Phils when they won last year and then, I guess, figured he’d seen enough. He died today in the press box down at Nationals Park before the game today. He was the last of the old guard of legendary broadcasters. New voices have taken over the press boxes across the league, and the Phils have a decent enough pool of announcers now, but it will not ever be like listening to Harry and Whitey.

I don’t know if this will get yanked from YT, but you should probably watch it sooner rather than later. It’s one of my favorite memories. I was at this game and taped it. It was a great game – a massive Jack Clark upper deck homer, 15 innings, Steve Jeltz closing the deal with an RBI triple, and a massive thunderstorm on the way home where we saw one of those large oil tanks along 95 get hit by a bolt of lightning and burst into flames.

Anyway. Enjoy.