“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.

@theesweetscience2084

4 жыл бұрын

A.b.s.o.l.u.t.e.l.y.

@AWESOME1509

4 жыл бұрын

Could easily be the greatest call in Philly sports history.

@jennmayers8376

3 жыл бұрын

AS IF another call will ever be better. Miss HK.

@danieldobrosky8378

3 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree the whole astro series is the best ever

@julesmcniss8494

3 жыл бұрын

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

@theesweetscience2084

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@theesweetscience2084

4 жыл бұрын

🙏

@theesweetscience2084

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mirrr5156

4 жыл бұрын

The 🐐 for sure

@hannaro

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

Best part of the Harper grand slam ... "crack" John Kruk: "OH MY GOD!"

@mikeguinness5408

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Once Harper made contact with it, Kruk was all over it.

@jbdixon4020

3 жыл бұрын

I swear he reacts before the ball left the bat lol

@Rockhound6165

3 жыл бұрын

Harper rounded the bases like he was legging out a triple.

@rwsales

3 жыл бұрын

This was our World Series for that year! We swept the Cubs and actually sealed their fate in their division

How to make grown men from the tri-state area cry 101: play this video.

@banff9858

3 жыл бұрын

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 KZread 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!

@DarthEldniw

2 жыл бұрын

I love that one.

@eaglesnation115

2 жыл бұрын

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

@kevinmiller6380

Жыл бұрын

I sure am glad MLB got rid rid of artificial turf. Getting injured on turf is ten times worse than playing on grass.

@rwsales

Жыл бұрын

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

@alexdeghost2729

10 ай бұрын

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

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!!!

@mikekwiatkowski9332

3 ай бұрын

Beautifully said my friend. Couldn’t agree more.

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

@theesweetscience2084

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@loganhumphreys700

3 жыл бұрын

Two things I miss about the Phillies organization. Chase Utley and Harry Kalas

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.

So good to hear Whitey and Harry again! Miss them ! Go Phillies!!!

The WS call still gives me chills 14 years later.

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!

No doubt 2008 was magical, but that 2007 season was something else. I’ll never forget it

@jbdixon4020

3 жыл бұрын

I always was a Phillies fan, but 07 was the first year I like religiously followed them and the majors

@christopherharing9883

2 жыл бұрын

Playing underdogs the whole time was so much fun.

@saiya2521

2 жыл бұрын

2009 was also a great year, just ran into Derek Jeter and A-Rod

@christophermorris5591

Жыл бұрын

Utleys walkoff against the Mets is one of the wildest most exciting games/finishes I’ve ever seen to this day

@lonniesmith7580

Жыл бұрын

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!

This now needs an update for Joe Davis on Bryces 2-run shot for the NLCS

@Blowfish_homicide

Ай бұрын

That call & the Franzke call of the same homer

"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!

@danieldobrosky8378

3 жыл бұрын

That whole series was the greatest 5 games I ever watched I get chills just like I was 10 all over again

@ClassicRocker61

Жыл бұрын

Yes we can Yes we will DAMN STRAIGHT WE DID

Hearing Harry Kalas' calls gives me chills, best ever

@briansetpente1019

Жыл бұрын

Get the 2022 parade ready phillies in games over Astros😃👍

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.

@michaeloakes7312

Жыл бұрын

Left out Tug in 80 too

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

3:05 - This is why Scott Frantke and Larry Anderson should be on TV and not radio.

@jbdixon4020

3 жыл бұрын

Or we should have the option to sync radio to the telecast

@neetrab

2 жыл бұрын

@@jbdixon4020 yes!!!

@neetrab

2 жыл бұрын

Scott doesn't wanna do tv, which is tragic. Smh

@seanvogt221

8 күн бұрын

@@neetrabThat’s not to say that Tom McCarthy is bad. Hes very good. I think Scott provides a little more passion.

The Greatest Team in Spoets Broadcasting: Harry Kalas and "Whitey" aka Richie Ashburn. Rest In Peace Gentlemen Thank You for Calling My Childhood

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.

@HunkDrangus

3 ай бұрын

Tom has the impossible task, following the greatest of all time. I'm with you though, the guy is underrated.

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.

@mikejschmidt

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@BIIIKES

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikejschmidt a lot of radio calls in here, including HK's 08 WS call.

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

After all these years, I'm still upset that Harry Kalas didn't get to call Tug striking out Willie Wilson in 1980.

@RyansColoradoRailProductions

2 жыл бұрын

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 Bob Dernier inside the park HR against the Giants was a tremendous call. “Mitchell can’t pick it up”! Just great.

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 double play to clinch the division in 2008 is an all time great call. J Roll to Utley to Howard. Perfectly encapsulated!

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 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.

Holy crap, the Kim Batiste call brings me back to being 9 years old..instantly. I remember that call. Why am I crying lol

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.

@geraldbutts7311

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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…

Phillies really haven’t had a team like the dream team of Utley, Rollins, Howard, Victorino, and Ruiz

@jackcade68

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mac717mc

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackcade68 I think they meant in recent times, they haven’t had a team like that since 2008

"Chase Utley, you are the maaaan!"

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.

@paravecchiavince9685

2 жыл бұрын

And by the way, baseball isn’t a top 3 favorite sport for me

The next best will be, “Swing and a miss, the Philadelphia Phillies have won the 2022 World Series!!”

The nostalgia in this video is amazing...

RIP Tommy Lasorda. That curveball by Brett Myers at 05:15 Let’s go Phila!!!

The 1980 Phillies will always be remembered

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.

@briansetpente1019

Жыл бұрын

Harry the k made long summer nights more enjoyable 😃👍

We miss you dearly Harry The K 😇

@juliansmith1951

3 жыл бұрын

Along with John Facenda they were the greatest 2 narrators at NFL films ever guaranteed

Mike Schmidt’s 500 is awesome

I expect to see a lot of great calls like these this season, with Castellanos and Schwarber in our lineup now

What I'd give to hear "its outta here" one more time

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.

Harry's radio call on Milt Thompson's catch against San Diego back in '93 is one of his all time best.

Rip to the Phillies, what a ride though

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.

@paysonfox88

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jesusthroughmary

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, Scott Graham way underrated and probably having an HOF career without us.

We can add Harper's game 5 HR against San Diego now. It's probably #1.

Thank you for this channel! I discovered it last night and absolutely love it!

Phillies made a big mistake firing Scott Graham.

@jbdixon4020

3 жыл бұрын

Was he actually “fired”? He’s had a sweet gig with NFL Films and Westwood one since his Phillies days

@phillyeaglesphan

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbdixon4020 he was perceived a threat to Chris Wheeler he helped muscle him out.

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.

I watched the 08' Word Series win while deployed in Iraq. Best morning I had there!

"Chase Utley You Are The Man" is def top 5 - that started a whole movement

McGraw fans Wilson, and the Phillies are World Champions!

I feel like the 2022 World Series run will add some more here

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 miss Harry so much

you’ve earned yourself a new subscriber :)

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.

Chooch's slide!

That Gary Mathews "bat flip" was nuts

Beautiful just beautiful

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.

So many of these calls I listened live

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.

Utley and Kalas are 2 Phillies legends

How awesome was that slide by Chooooch!

Sarge was the man. Best home run pose in baseball.

This has to be updated to include Harper’s NLCS HR and Game 3 of the 2022 World Series

" IT IS BEDLAM AT THE BANK! AS BRYCE HARPER PUTS THE PHILLIES ON TOP!"

My dad was at that game he said the entire stadium was shaking we still have those tickets RIP Harry

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.

That Gary Matthews bat flip😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

I was insulted that you stained this with Joe Buck's lifeless call of Matt Stairs' game winner.

Harry Kalama and Richie Ashburn were the best. I spent many a happy hour listening to them in my youth.

R.I.P. HARRY KALAS THE VOICE OF PHILLIES

What an absolutely horrific call by Joe Buck on Matt Stairs. Wow.

@NothingifnotInconsistent

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jeffreytagliareni5291

3 жыл бұрын

@@NothingifnotInconsistent I dont hate him for football. That was a HUGE moment and he had zero enthusiasm. It was like he was in pain.

@johngullo9420

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Batony

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@freeparking301

3 жыл бұрын

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.

I don’t care what anyone says that Bryce Harper walkoff is amazing and probably my new favorite call and Kruks Oh my god makes it 10x better

@rwsales

Жыл бұрын

UNBELIEVABLE GAME! Kruk was just icing on the cake! He knew at the crack of the bat!

OH MY GAWD!

"Stairs rips one into the night!" I know it's Joe Buck, but I get goosebumps every time I see that bomb. The hardest hit baseball I've ever seen.

0:30 it’s hard to breathe in that

Hearing Whitey, Kalas and By Saam again.....

"Swing and a miss..struck him out" Many used it over years but HK owned it

LA screaming yes in the background makes me so giddy I love this team

“Chase utley, you are the man”

Harry Kalas (over radio) October 20, 1980 "65;000 on their feet here at Veterans Stadium, the Tugger needs one more!"

Harry was simply the best.

9:32 is such an Iconic moment for philadelphia

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.

Harry will live in my memory forever

I also still have the record were harry actually gets to call the final out of the world series

Phillies should have won more titles with those Schmidt teams and especially the 08 teams

He woulda loved Bryce and company

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.

"ITS A LONG DRIVE..!!!!" God I mis Harry K!