Phillies TV man Kalas dies at 73

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I didn't know that. I already put that the 2008 World Series call was his 2nd of his career with the Phillies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/sports...28why.html

Kalas was finishing his first decade with the team that season, but Major League Baseball rules prevented local broadcasts of the World Series.

There is no authentic call of Kalas at the 1980 World Series; Vin Scully and Sparky Anderson had the microphone for CBS Radio. By the Phillies’ next World Series appearance, in 1983, baseball had changed the rule and allowed local radio stations to continue carrying the games.

“The outcry of Phillie fans had M.L.B. change it,” Kalas said Monday. “Phillie fans really let themselves be heard. They wanted to hear Harry and Whitey calling the World Series.”

Harry called Phillies games since before I was born. I can't imagine anyone else bringing what Harry did to the table.