I know, this is a Twins site .... but Harry was like family for anyone who grew up with baseball on the radio.

I first heard Harry Kalas when I was 14 & listening to Phillies broadcasts in Western New York.  Boy, were those lousy teams .... but Kalas never was.  What a voice!!!

Moving to Florida in September 1972 put an end to that - Phillies games didn't come in down here and there were no alternatives.  After a while, you forget ....

Gameday Audio rectified that; what a pleasure it was to be reintroduced to a real professional broadcaster.

Wikipedia has a link to Harry Kalas's call of the 9th inning of Game 5; it's a real joy to listen to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kalas  (scroll down)

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It's really all mathematics ....

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We've seen enough.

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