The sports world lost a broadcasting legend when Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas died in the press box before today's game against the Washington Nationals...the photo above was taken of Kalas just five days ago on April 8th..."Legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died. He was 73. "We lost our voice today," team president David Montgomery said. "He knows the game and made a tremendous contribution to the sport and to our organization . . .
"Anybody who has played for us, it's an immediate point of connection with the club. He is the Phillies." The Phillies were told the news at 1:20 p.m. Montgomery described the team as "stunned." ...
Bill Lyon of the Philadelphia Inquierer writes about Kalas... "Every time you heard that distinctive baritone, deepened by a million smokes and marinated like fine bourbon aging in oak casks, you felt something soothing and reassuring. God's in His heaven, Harry the K's in the booth, and all's right with the world. He was, for generations of Phillies fans, The Voice. If Harry said it, it must be so." ...
Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquierer writes about the death of Harry Kalas... "We lost Harry on the road, which is very nearly home to the baseball lifers like Kalas. We lost Harry as he was preparing for another game, this one in Washington. He would have had his scorebook and his notes in the booth with him, and the statistical numbers and columns that supply the canvas of a game for which artists like Kalas can add the brushstrokes." ...
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