Rest In Peace Harry

You will be truly missed

Just before noon today, Harry Kalas got off the Phillies team bus and walked into the visiting clubhouse at Nationals Park. As always, Kalas said something nice to everyone he encountered, then stopped, pulled out a pen and wrote down the lineup which had been posted on the wall.
Lineup in hand, the Hall of Fame broadcaster rode the elevator to the press level and began preparing for a 3 p.m. game between the Phillies and Washington Nationals.
He never got to call the game.

Kalas, in his 39th season as narrator of all things Phillies, collapsed in the broadcast booth around 12:20 p.m. and died after being rushed to a nearby hospital. He was 73.

This is truly a sad day for Phillies fans, and all of baseball. Harry the K was the voice of the Phillies, and his unique voice will always be etched in my mind. I grew up listening to Harry and Richie calling the games, and to me they will never be replaced, and surely will never be forgotten.

I am sure glad that he got to call the final out in game 5 of the World Series, and those final words I will never forget "Swing and a miss, The Philadelphia Phillies are the 2008 World Champions of Baseball."

Harry, you will be sadly missed. Now you and Richie will be reunited once again.

Goodbye my friend....