“The 0-2 pitch swing and a miss, struck him out, the Philadelphia Phillies are 2008world champions of baseball.” Is the greatest call in Phillies history.Harry the K is a legend.
Hey S D, if you are an Eagles fan and REALLY want to ball your eyes out, go to "Eagles Win Everybody Goes Nuts" on RU-vid from February 2018 and watch the water works flow generously!
I will say though, tom McCarthy is super super underrated. He just strikes me as a 100% Pennsy guy, you hear it in the annunciation. Plus he just comes across as a baseball guy. Seems like he would pull a chair up next to ya at a bar or restaurant. And talk baseball all night. That said... Kalas is a legend. That voice will carry with all the baseball gods for the rest of time.
i’m so upset because i went to that game and it was my first phillies game ever and my uncle made us leave because we were down by four and didn’t think we would comeback. so i missed the walkoff grand slam
I watched that game. Unbelievable! "The Oh My God heard around the world" Kruk knew at the sound of the crack of the bat! I still watch that vid to get my mood right. That was a "World Series moment"....but only in August
Franzke's calls during the 2022 playoff run should be added in another volume of Best Calls in Phillies History. Especially the call when they won the NLCS. I was back in town that weekend for a family event, and I listened to this call in the car with my dad. We were so stoked!
I’m a grown man now, and haven’t heard Harry Kalas’s voice in a long time, but hearing some of these calls takes me back to when I was 6, 10, 13, 17 years old. Many great memories….with my dad, with my friends…. at the Vet, Citizens Bank Park, little league, high school, playing baseball, watching baseball, summer nights, Sunday afternoons. Baseball… in all its splendor. Thank you, and go Phils!!!
I am still pissed at Walmart all these years later. I was scheduled to work late that night. As soon as my shift was over, I raced home and saw the Phillies doing interviews on the field. I missed the whole thing. I knew I should have used my PTO. Lol
This year has a similar feeling. This team has the ability to figure it out and they’ve done that all season. I can’t wait to see the parade down broad street!
I'm originally from South Jersey. I moved down south almost 40 years ago. I've never lost my love for the Phillies. Some of these moments are great memories, some are new to me. When I was a kid, I was allowed to stay up until about 9 pm and watch the Phillies on TV and then listen to the rest on the radio in my room. I'd even listen to the Seiko Star of The Game post game show, with highlights and a wrap up by Harry Kalas. These days I watch almost every game on MLB TV. I'll never give up on my Phillies. Thanks for this wonderful channel.
I miss the OG Phillie Phanatic. Also, the Victorino walkoff on Victorino figurine night being in this reel is.... perfect. I am surprised Doc's perfect game and no hitter were left out.
Harry was the best but T-Mac is starting to solidify his legacy. He loves the team so much. Love his call. Best is like 0:21 when the crowd roars so loud you can't even hear him, even though he's literally screaming. 3:06 Franzke and Andersen are fucking legends too. Listen to how excited they are. Franzke sold me the time he cursed on air about how terrible Scott Hairston was and how we couldn't get him out.
"Garry Maddox squeezes it and the Phillies win the pennant!" I was 12 years old. 1980. One of the happiest moments of my childhood. I can still hear Tim McCarver laughing hysterically in the background of Andy Musser's call!
How do you not have, "Long drive to left field he buried it, he buried it...!" Andy Musser didn't have many great calls but he had that one. 1980 the night the Phils clinched the NL East in Montreal.
i liked Gary Matthews home run. he said something to the catcher and jumped right in the caddie.. great call by the announcer and the Sarge was on fire. 3 run bomb off the press box in left field.. epic.
I cried the day Harry died and the day Richie died. I looked at my mother and said I feel silly crying over Harry. She said don't feel that way. You watched and listened to all those games. You heard his voice every night for years.
Definitely a tear jerker…I’m not sure what’s more emotional the actual play on the field or Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn’s call!!! Poetry in Motion!!!
I will tell you. I went to New Jersey back in June. My aunt and I went to the Phillies vs Marlins game where Sanchez shut them out. It was also fireworks night with the drones. I don't have a problem admitting I put my head down and cried at some of those calls they played while the drones were doing outlines of players. Especially the Harry Kalas calls.
Well, he did, but it was not allowed to be broadcast live due to MLB restrictions at the time. He called it into a tape recorder in the studio, and it was released as the "Phantastic Phillies" LP record about the 1980 Phillies.
I'm a cubs fan, a Midwestern boy whose introduction to Harry Kalas was listening to him call NFL games after a morning's hunt. I will never forget asking my dad who was calling the play by play. My dad said, "that's Harry Kalas, he's one of the best." Harry Carray was legendary but Harry Kalas is the best ever
3:30 This was a double header that was supposed to start at 5pm but rain delay after rain delay kept on happening and they were determined to complete the thing. The Phils lost game 1 and game 2 began after midnight. This hit happened at about 4am. I was a bread delivery driver at the time and was starting my route when this game finally ended. The Phils didn't have anyone left so Mitch Williams had to hit for himself.
My wife and I were listening to the NLCS game when Rollins hit his walkoff double. We had the quietest excited celebration of all time as to not wake our children.
Also, the Eagles winning was a thrill. The Villanova titles (especially the Jenkins shot) were awesome. Lindros’ end of game 4 goal against the Rangers in 97 that basically put the series away was amazing, as was the 2010 3-0, 3-0 comeback against Boston. As a PSU fan, beating Ohio State in 2017 and the Big 10 title was fun. But NOTHING compared to the Phillies title in 2008. It was the most fun I’ve ever had as a fan.
I was at that Todd Pratt game vs. the Red Sox - that game was the damndest thing I’ve ever seen live. Jim Thome hit game-tying home runs twice and then Todd Pratt hit that missile to dead center field, which was no mean feat in Veterans Stadium. Wild. What a day at the ballpark…
I was disappointed that you missed the greatest call in Phillies history. 1980: Phillies were behind Montreal in the NL East standings, trying to catch up. Finally on an afternoon in Montreal in the 8th inning when the whole year was on the line, Mike Schmidt hit the realy most important HR of his career with the geatest call by Harry Kalas: "He buried it!!" That homerun lead to the 1st Phillies World Championship ever. It was the most important HR of all time, Phillies-wise imho.
Seems like blasphemy for me to not pick a Kalas call as my #1 but I absolutely love the Franzke/LA call of Rollins walk off double. The '08 series is amazing, but for some reason when I rewatch these the Franzke call does more for me.
8:46 one of the forgotten great calls in Phillies history. I’ll never understand how they let Scott Graham get away and leave us stuck with Tom McCarthy.
The player who had the greatest amount of impact in the shortest amount of time to that franchise has to be Roy Halladay. Two no hitters in one season, and the only other postseason no-hitter ever thrown. The man was very clutch. It was Roy who was on the mound when the Phillies clinched the 2010 division title. And he was on the mound in the 9th inning finishing that game with a freaking shutout if I remember right. Roy is one of two men that I've known to play five seasons or fewer for a franchise, and get his number retired by that franchise. Nolan Ryan is the other.
Not only the best baseball announcer ever (thank God the Phillies), but he was also the voice of NFL films which would play every game highlights from the previous week. We will never hear a voice like that again.
Great post. Suggestion - add Harry Kalas’ call of George Vukovich’s walk-off HR in game 4 of the 1981 series against the Expos... to date, the only posteason walk-off HR in Phillies history.
I know now that most people probably forget that Mat Stairs HR WAY back in 2008 but it was SOOOOOOO huge. Broxton the LA reliever was a beast. Stairs on the other hand was a nobody.
Missing: Dick Sisler pennant clinching HR in 1950. Jim Bunning perfect game 1964. Rick Wise 2 HR, no-hitter 1971. Mike Schmidt HR Division Pennant clincher 1980 "He buried it!" 1980 WS last out "The crowd will tell you what happens". Tommy Greene no-hitter 1993 Terry Mulholland No-hitter. 1990 Last out 1993 NLCS Roy Halladay perfect game. Roy Halladay no-hitter Kevin Millwood No-hitter Ryan Howard 3rd deck HR 6/20/06. Johnny Callison GW HR 1964 ASG.
Omg that “into the night” I will never forget. I was with my best friend and we were at a dive bar in the heart of delco and I was pretty drunk and I remember stairs hitting that and then I was going absolutely bonkers.
Really? It widely considered one of the best calls in Phillies history, a lot of people hate on Joe Buck just for being Joe Buck and I did too for a long time but now that I’ve given him a chance I find that he’s a perfectly mediocre commentator who has his good moments, I think Tom McCarthy holds an almost identical position
Nothing if not Inconsistent Buck is not as bad as a lot of people make him out to be. If you read comments from fans of every MLB and NFL team they ALL think he’s biased against their teams. Definitely not just a Philly thing.
Joe Buck is average at best. He has gotten better over the years, but he is still average. Certainly not good enough to be calling the last 20 World Series. He’s ruined so many highlights and there are plenty of current announcers way better than him.
Many of Buck’s calls involving Philadelphia sports show his contempt for the city. There’s a reason why MLB has Kalas’ 2008 World Series call on their page. Hell I muted my tv and put the radio on for that game.
