I, along with many Phillies fans, paid their final respects and said goodbye to longtime broadcaster Harry Kalas at a memorial service held this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia. My fiancee and I got on line at 8:30 a.m. and entered the third-base gate about 40 minutes later. Once through the turnstiles, … Continue reading Goodbye, Harry…and thank you, Phillies
Category: Harry Kalas
Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas collapsed at Nationals Park and later died in Washington, D.C., this afternoon, just hours before the Phillies' game today against the Washington Nationals. He was 73. I became a Phillies fan in April 1979 and Harry's voice is practically embedded in my brain -- something I am sure I … Continue reading A personal memory of Harry Kalas