Earlier today I posted this and this (and Barry posted this) of Philly fans making jackasses of themselves. Here’s something much cooler. Phillies Hall of Fame announcer Harry “Voice of God” Kalas calls the final out last night (that’s announcer Chris Wheeler flailing around in the background):
Kalas also called the Phils’ ‘80 World Series win over my Royals, and the ‘83 Series against Balto - kinda sorta.
From 1980-84, MLB actually banned local radio broadcasts of the World Series. As the story goes, MLB endured such a backlash from Philly fans over not being able to hear Harry call their W.S. games live in ‘80 and ‘83, the league went back to allowing local announcers to call the games in 1985.
6:31 pm on October 30th, 2008
Harry Kalas is the greatest.
6:36 pm on October 30th, 2008
There are no greater baseball broadcasters than Vin Scully & Harry Kalas. Hell, there's probably not better broadcasters in all of sports.
6:38 pm on October 30th, 2008
From this angle, Harry kind of looks like the dad from "Malcolm in the Middle".
6:40 pm on October 30th, 2008
Campbell's Chunky Soup for everyone!
6:45 pm on October 30th, 2008
I would have rather had Harry Kalas than Jon Miller & Joe Morgan.
6:47 pm on October 30th, 2008
Chris Wheeler's got quite the moves back there. He should try out for "Dancing With The Stars".
6:49 pm on October 30th, 2008
Harry Kalas has nowhere near the awe-inspiring talent of Joe Morgan.
Obviously I'm lying.
6:58 pm on October 30th, 2008
Jon Miller is not that bad. He's definitely no Vin Scully or Harry Kalas, but how many people are? Miller does a fine enough job for ESPN. And it could be worse. How would Chris Berman sound?
7:03 pm on October 30th, 2008
Was there anyone with satellite radio that was able to hear both Kalas & Scully during the NLCS? That would have been really cool to listen to.
7:05 pm on October 30th, 2008
Is that the same guy who does voiceover highlights for "Inside The NFL"? He does sound very familiar.
8:16 pm on October 30th, 2008
No offense to Mr. Kalas, who is a great broadcaster, but the Voice of God to me will always be longtime NFL Films narrator John Facenda.
"On the frozen tundra of Lammmbeauuuuu Field."
10:00 pm on October 30th, 2008
Harry did not make the original call over the Royals in 1980. Local radio was not allowed to broadcast then, networks only. The call that you hear him make on the tapes was done after the Series. Thank the Phillies fans for MLB changing the rules on broadcasting after 1980, we raised hell because we wanted to hear Harry and Whitey (Ashburn) broadcasting our boys.
10:27 pm on October 30th, 2008
Of course, you didn't see the follow up footage of a hootin' & hollerin' Harry turning over a Nissan Sentra singlehanded.
10:34 pm on October 30th, 2008
I bet Harry was the vodka bottle thrower.