“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.
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.
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 CZcams from February 2018 and watch the water works flow generously!
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
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!!!
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 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.
"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!
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
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.
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.
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…
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Best part of the Harper grand slam ...
"crack"
John Kruk: "OH MY GOD!"
Seriously. Once Harper made contact with it, Kruk was all over it.
I swear he reacts before the ball left the bat lol
Harper rounded the bases like he was legging out a triple.
This was our World Series for that year! We swept the Cubs and actually sealed their fate in their division
“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.
A.b.s.o.l.u.t.e.l.y.
Could easily be the greatest call in Philly sports history.
AS IF another call will ever be better. Miss HK.
I have to disagree the whole astro series is the best ever
Absolute gem!! I’m a Red Sox fan, but every time I hear this call, I get serious goosebumps!!
It's no coincidence that most of these calls are from Harry Kalas, the *absolute* greatest broadcaster in history
Absolutely
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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.
The 🐐 for sure
Amen
How to make grown men from the tri-state area cry 101: play this video.
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 CZcams from February 2018 and watch the water works flow generously!
The John Kruk "OH MY GOD" is the funniest call ever. Cracks me up everytime!
I love that one.
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 sure am glad MLB got rid rid of artificial turf. Getting injured on turf is ten times worse than playing on grass.
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
Your uncle is a bum @@eaglesnation115
Harry was the soundtrack to every summer, playing stickball, fishing down ashore, dosing off in the recliner...he is missed
If you pick up any interference on satellite radio, it may be from the Matt Stairs home run ball that’s obviously still in orbit.
Next to the World Series win call, my all-time favorite Harry Kalas call..."Chase Utley you are the man!" Gives me chills everytime I hear that
Same here. He sounded like a energy soaked KID when he blurted out "Chase Utley... you are the MAN!". such a pure moment. The realest.
Two things I miss about the Phillies organization. Chase Utley and Harry Kalas
This now needs an update for Joe Davis on Bryces 2-run shot for the NLCS
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!!!
Beautifully said my friend. Couldn’t agree more.
So good to hear Whitey and Harry again! Miss them ! Go Phillies!!!
No doubt 2008 was magical, but that 2007 season was something else. I’ll never forget it
I always was a Phillies fan, but 07 was the first year I like religiously followed them and the majors
Playing underdogs the whole time was so much fun.
2009 was also a great year, just ran into Derek Jeter and A-Rod
Utleys walkoff against the Mets is one of the wildest most exciting games/finishes I’ve ever seen to this day
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!
Stairs’ shot is one of my favorite bombs ever
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.
Left out Tug in 80 too
3:05 - This is why Scott Frantke and Larry Anderson should be on TV and not radio.
Or we should have the option to sync radio to the telecast
@@jbdixon4020 yes!!!
Scott doesn't wanna do tv, which is tragic.
Smh
"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!
That whole series was the greatest 5 games I ever watched I get chills just like I was 10 all over again
Yes we can
Yes we will
DAMN STRAIGHT WE DID
Hearing Harry Kalas' calls gives me chills, best ever
Get the 2022 parade ready phillies in games over Astros😃👍
The WS call still gives me chills 14 years later.
After all these years, I'm still upset that Harry Kalas didn't get to call Tug striking out Willie Wilson in 1980.
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.
The double play to clinch the division in 2008 is an all time great call. J Roll to Utley to Howard. Perfectly encapsulated!
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
The Bob Dernier inside the park HR against the Giants was a tremendous call. “Mitchell can’t pick it up”! Just great.
The Greatest Team in Spoets Broadcasting: Harry Kalas and "Whitey" aka Richie Ashburn.
Rest In Peace Gentlemen
Thank You for Calling My Childhood
"Chase Utley, you are the maaaan!"
Mike Schmidt’s 500 is awesome
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.
Completely agree, the most iconic call in Phillies history. Maybe cut some slack since it was a radio call & I think all of these are TV calls?
@@mikejschmidt a lot of radio calls in here, including HK's 08 WS call.
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.
Rip to the Phillies, what a ride though
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.
That was my wife & I too when they won the 2008 World Series. We were doing "whisper cheers" so we wouldn't wake our then newborn daughter.
Awesome this came up in my feed today 2yrs later. yep think we need a v2 for 2022. BTW need the Halliday playoff No-No in there!!
The 1980 Phillies will always be remembered
The next best will be, “Swing and a miss, the Philadelphia Phillies have won the 2022 World Series!!”
What I'd give to hear "its outta here" one more time
The nostalgia in this video is amazing...
We miss you dearly Harry The K 😇
Along with John Facenda they were the greatest 2 narrators at NFL films ever guaranteed
Loved all these calls, Harry is the goat of broadcasting, but I’ll give Andy Musser his due on that pennant call. I felt that.
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…
RIP Tommy Lasorda.
That curveball by Brett Myers at 05:15
Let’s go Phila!!!
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.
Phillies really haven’t had a team like the dream team of Utley, Rollins, Howard, Victorino, and Ruiz
Seriously? The 1980 team?! Schmidt, Rose, Carlton, Bowa, Boone, Maddox, Lezinski?
I would put them up against the 2008 team any day of the week.
@@jackcade68 I think they meant in recent times, they haven’t had a team like that since 2008
Harry's radio call on Milt Thompson's catch against San Diego back in '93 is one of his all time best.
I expect to see a lot of great calls like these this season, with Castellanos and Schwarber in our lineup now
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!!!
Harry Kalas was like a family member I grew up with. I still miss that guy. There was no better sports announcer in my book.
Harry the k made long summer nights more enjoyable 😃👍
Holy crap, the Kim Batiste call brings me back to being 9 years old..instantly. I remember that call. Why am I crying lol
Starting with the legendary “WAY UP THERE AND WAY OUT OF HERE” is awesome
Tom McCarthy may not be Harry K, but that call still goves me goosebumps
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.
And by the way, baseball isn’t a top 3 favorite sport for me
You can update this now. Even without the legendary voice of Harry Kalas, yesterday's Harper moment still easily gets into the top 5 of these.
Thank you for this channel! I discovered it last night and absolutely love it!
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.
Tom has the impossible task, following the greatest of all time. I'm with you though, the guy is underrated.
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.
Agreed, Scott Graham way underrated and probably having an HOF career without us.
Beautiful just beautiful
"Chase Utley You Are The Man" is def top 5 - that started a whole movement
I miss Harry so much
Chooch's slide!
So many of these calls I listened live
you’ve earned yourself a new subscriber :)
Phillies made a big mistake firing Scott Graham.
Was he actually “fired”? He’s had a sweet gig with NFL Films and Westwood one since his Phillies days
@@jbdixon4020 he was perceived a threat to Chris Wheeler he helped muscle him out.
Sarge was the man. Best home run pose in baseball.
It's soo great to hear HK voice again
All such great moments. Something about Stairs going deep in that game vs. the Dodgers, though. He crushed it.
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.
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.
Goosebumps
Goosebumps during the whole video
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.
Utley and Kalas are 2 Phillies legends
I got chills when I heard Harry Kalas' voice
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.
I love this videos.
Harry will live in my memory forever
My dad was at that game he said the entire stadium was shaking we still have those tickets RIP Harry
Harry Kalama and Richie Ashburn were the best. I spent many a happy hour listening to them in my youth.
Great video!
LA screaming yes in the background makes me so giddy I love this team
0:30 it’s hard to breathe in that
How awesome was that slide by Chooooch!
This has to be updated to include Harper’s NLCS HR and Game 3 of the 2022 World Series
McGraw fans Wilson, and the Phillies are World Champions!
That Gary Matthews bat flip😮💨😮💨😮💨
I watched the 08' Word Series win while deployed in Iraq. Best morning I had there!
I feel like the 2022 World Series run will add some more here
My fav “Not yet the 1-2 swing and a ground ball to the left side castros got it spins throws HE GOT IT. A PERFECT GAME!”
I have the poster of lidge dropping to his knees after throwing the strike so every time I see the clip I just look up at it and smile ahhaha
I was insulted that you stained this with Joe Buck's lifeless call of Matt Stairs' game winner.
OH MY GAWD!
Got a lot of good calls from this postseason to add to this!
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.
Hearing Whitey, Kalas and By Saam again.....
We can add Harper's game 5 HR against San Diego now. It's probably #1.
God, I miss Harry Kalas. Best announcer ever.
"ITS A LONG DRIVE..!!!!" God I mis Harry K!
R.I.P. HARRY KALAS THE VOICE OF PHILLIES
Harry was simply the best.
Seeing Kruk score 😂
9:32 is such an Iconic moment for philadelphia
Need more WS wins calls and I believe we will have 2 more coming in the near future
Just got a few more calls to add to the list
“Chase utley you are the man”
Phillies should have won more titles with those Schmidt teams and especially the 08 teams