Comments on: Eight Months Later, Harry’s Still in Our Thoughts

By: karen

karen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:09:39 +0000

I definately missed Harry as did all Philly Phans the entire season but somehow the playoffs were the time that I missed him the most. I find myself tearing up over this article……The season is long and the memory did fade at times but the times when we were down or when we lost the game 4 to the yankees….Harry would have definately have found a way to turn it into a positive/uplifting thing.

Although not the same, I wanted the Angels to play the Phillies in the world series. We lost our voice, Harry. The Angels lost a young pitcher who was just making it. There is definately that connection between the Phillies and the Angels.

By: Georgie

Georgie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:19:04 +0000

Liver, given the context of your comments, you probably don’t care at all, but what you’re doing on here is about as classless as it gets. I don’t normally feed the trolls, but a post honoring Harry is off limits for d-bags like that.

By: Georgie

Georgie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:12:24 +0000

Amanda, this was a really nice post, and alot of very emotional comments too. I’m having one of those days where stuff like this just just gets me all verklempt, yeeeesshhh.

By: Liver

Liver — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:08:14 +0000

I miss HK TOO. His heavy breathing from smoking over fifty years. Good luck everyone

By: The Original Chuck P

The Original Chuck P — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:23:24 +0000

Nice article Amanda.

Needless to say, Harry Kalas will deservedly go down as one of the best ever… not just in our city but in all of sports.

Truth be told, I prefer the radio broadcast over television and 9 times out of 10 you can find me in my room listening to the game (rather than sitting in front of my 42″ Vizio, HD. Harry Kalas could paint a picture with his voice that is better than any HD broadcast. Franzke is really good; a worthy replacement but it took some time for me to accept that he’s not Harry. Franzke’s as good as we’re gonna get… miss HK to death and it’s not the same but we are blessed to have a great broadcast booth.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:17:08 +0000

You cannot go to a game without thinking of Harry. When a HR is hit by the Phils and the bells tolls, you think of Harry and when the Phils are leading 11-0 in the 8th, the only reason to stick around in the 9th is to sing with most of the crowd as the rush towards the exit slows and the noise of the crowd is hushed by the signing.

Tears fill my eyes nearly every time I sing it – seriously, like remembering your dad.

Good article, Amanda.

By: Liver

Liver — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:53:18 +0000

Mindless garbage. The NFL is the number one sport in the World. MLB cant touch the ratings of the NFL. The NFL is balanced. You cant predict the superbowl winner. I picked the Yankees before the season. Tough guess with there payroll going up 300 million. I can already name 12 teams next season in baseball that will be out of it by july. You cant do that in the NFL. Why would anyone care to watch a sport like that.

By: shag beta sigma delta

shag beta sigma delta — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:48:27 +0000

I to miss HK making the calls for games, I grew up with him, being 5 years old in 1971, he was the only Phillies voice I knew. Now living in Vermont, and the watching games on extra innings I rarely get the Phillies feed, so now I have many voices in my head when watching the Phillies games, and mostly from the other teams perspective. That really makes me miss HK more, other then the clowns, and I use that in the good sense, in DC, and Scully alone in the booth in LA. there are really not many really good announcers in the NL. I am sure I am missing some, but some are just plain bad. We were very very lucky to have HK for so many years, and most of us I think really appreciate that fact.
I really like Dibbs and the other guy in DC they are fun to listen too, the Mets guys are bad, the Rockies are bad. St. Louis is ok just a little bland for me. I am sure I am missing some good guys, but the few times I DVR the right channel to get Phillies announcers I like Tmac, Sarge I can take or leave he has his moments, but I have listened to Wheels for a long time now, and not hearing him everyday, I do not get annoyed like some on here.
Thanks for all the memories HK, and a great article Amanda

By: Pasadena_Phan

Pasadena_Phan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:16:13 +0000

Nice job, Amanda. The loss of HK is an intangible for everyone concerned.

We were lucky as fans to have had a person of such class with us for as long as we did.

That said, Franzke & LA stepped up and did a stellar job this season in the radio booth.

Not sure what’s going to happen next season, any thoughts?

By: greeninil

greeninil — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:11:55 +0000

Can we pry Todd Kalas away from Tampa Bay?