Kalas' familiar home run call was "Swing ... and a long drive, this ball is ... outta here!Home run Ryan Howard! The ultimate home for Philadelphia Phillies news, rumors, updates, trades, signings, injuries, commentary, analysis, and more! Announcers brazenly rooting for the teams they called wasn’t anything unique, but Kalas did it in a way that was genuine and at the same time showed respect for the Phillies’ opponents. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like.Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices.Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved.Phillies roster shock: Josh Harrison granted releasePhillies transfer Spencer Howard, 3 others to alternate site

Outta here!" (Tribute to Harry Kalas) on TikTok. Good night. The Phillies honored Kalas for the remainder of the Following Kalas' death, the Phillies began playing a video of Kalas singing the first verse of "The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Kalas into their Hall of fame in 2000 and named him their Person of the Year in 2004. The example I remember best was when the Braves were in town playing the Phillies at some point in the early 2000’s, perhaps even 1999. While everyone wants their favorite team to win, we want to do so against the best teams with the most talent. The Phillies also play an audio recording of Kalas saying, “This ball is outta here!” after every home run. That was especially true in the 1990’s, after the Phillies lost the ’93 World Series to the Blue Jays, when I was in my formative years. "It's The beloved announcer passed away in the press box at Nationals Park prior to a game on April 13, 2009.Kalas was the voice of the Phillies for 38 years, following the team through plenty of highs and lows.His voice electrified every play he called and there was nothing better that hearing his famous line, “that ball is outta here!”Today, as we remember the late Harry Kalas, we take you back to his top moments as the voice of the Phillies.Following the 2008 World Series win, Kalas kicked off the 2009 season throwing the first pitch at Citizens Bank Park.Ryan Howard hit his 50th, 51st, 52nd home run of the season on Sept. 3, 2006.

Harry surely had a deep passion for baseball. Here’s why: Todd is entering his fourth season as the Astros television play-by-play broadcaster, the same team his father, Harry, called games for (1965-70) prior to joining the Phillies (1971-2009).Overall, Todd has 28 seasons of experience in the professional baseball booth. Because of Kalas, I have indelible memories involving the likes of Mickey Morandini, Desi Relaford, Robert Person, and many more.Kalas was unmistakably rooting for the Phillies. Another memorable call by Kalas was his description of Watch short videos with music Outta' Here! I mean, that saved three runs. Filed Under: Harry Kalas, InstaStory, Local TV, Phillies PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s been 10 years since the City of Brotherly Love lost Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, Harry Kalas. Known for his love of the Frank Sinatra song, “High Hopes,” the Phillies play a video of Kalas singing the first verse after every home win. Due to broadcasting rules, Kalas wasn’t actually allowed to call the 1980 World Series live on-air, so this was the first Phillies championship in which he was able to do so.Though there were some great Phillies moments throughout the decades, the Phillies were mostly bad, sometimes awful during Kalas’ tenure. Chase Utley's first inning homerun on April 17, 2009. He is the only non-player broadcaster on the Wall of Fame and the only other broadcasters of any stripe on there are Ashburn and John Kruk.Even more than a decade after his death, Kalas lives on. Posted Date: 4/14/2009 Downloads: 3354. As of May 2010, there were 24,000 signatories. Kalas also lent his voice to the commercials for the movie Kalas provided the recorded voice-over for much of the self-guided tours at the He also made an appearance on the song "Rain Delay" by the Philadelphia-based rock group On Friday, April 17, 2009, Kalas's three children, The next day, Kalas became the fourth person to be given the honor of having their body lie in repose inside a major-league baseball stadium — after After leaving the ballpark, Kalas' body was laid to rest in a private service at Philadelphia's historic On September 29, 2010, Kalas's grave was resurfaced with However, due to Kalas also called the first game at Veterans Stadium (April 10, 1971), the last game at Veterans Stadium (September 28, 2003), and the first game at Citizens Bank Park (April 12, 2004).Kalas was sidelined for a few days in late July 2008 to treat a detached On April 8, 2009, the Phillies honored Kalas by having him throw out the On May 15, 2009, during a series in Washington, the Phillies visited the Other broadcasters have used Kalas' "outta here" call, including Jack Brickhouse "You can put it on the board..

During the winter of 2011-2012, a baseball quote by Kalas also helped announce the ceremonial closing of At Citizens Bank Park, the restaurant built into the base of the main scoreboard is named "Harry the K's" in Kalas's honor. After Kalas's death, the Phillies' TV-broadcast booth was renamed "The Harry Kalas Broadcast Booth". Harry Kalas "Whattaya think about that?" Andruw Jones — oh, good night! Could it be?” as the ball traveled in the air towards the outfield fence.On the pitching side, Kalas was known for saying, “Swing and a miss, struck him out!” He used the signature call for the final out of the 2008 World Series when Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske to give the Phillies their first championship in 28 years.