The Washington Nationals are beating the Phillies!

[flvegan]

Right now! Unbelievable! 1-0!

And no, I did NOT post this just to start trouble.

[TZ]

1. Yes you did.

But thank you for posting it anyway. What inning?

[flvegan]

12. It was the first. Nats now down 3-2 in the third.

:rofl:

[BeachBaby]

28. Bottom of the 6th - tied at 4-4.

[flvegan]

29. 8-4, Phils at the top of the 7th.

On edit, not 7-4, but 8-4 after that homerun just now.

[TZ]

32. 9-8 bottom of the 9th..no outs

Ryan Zimmerman for the HR!

[TZ]

33. Phillies win 9-8

At least they didn't hang the 14 on Washington that SOMEONE was predicting...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. GO NATS!!!!

WOO-HOO!!!!!!

(Heh-heh....it just looks like I said "gonads"....heh-heh...)

[BeachBaby]

3. Can we not tease the Phils too much today?

Our beloved broadcaster, Harry Kalas, dropped dead in the media booth, a couple hours before the game. He was 73 years old.

He's been the Phils' broadcaster for almost my entire life. Thirty-eight years. :cry:

[KamaAina]

4. This Week In Baseball had a first: A helicopter tour of Maui!

guided by the "Flyin' Hawaiian*", Shane Victorino, of course. :yourock:

*-Victorino is of Filipino, not native Hawaiian, descent; out here, the term "Hawaiian" properly refers to the latter.

[KamaAina]

30. Turns out Victorino wasn't the only Phillie with Hawai'i ties

Kalas began his career here!

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/42914962.html

(His broadcasting career began in Hawaii where Kalas was sports director of KGU radio and play-by-play announcer for the Hawaii Islanders baseball team from 1961 to 1964. He also did play-by-play for University of Hawaii teams.)

:(

edit: Another famous sportscaster who called the Islanders (long since stolen by moved to Colo. Springs) is Al Michaels. I can't imagine how the noted RW douchebag felt about "the People's Republic of Hawai'i'!

[TZ]

5. I'm sorry about that...but...

GO NATS..:woohoo:
*I wouldn't worry much if I were you, the way our pitching is that lead will last another inning or two at the most..* :banghead:

[BeachBaby]

6. Uh....this isn't funny, TZ.

[TZ]

8. I know...it sucks that it happened today...

Don't mistake me making light of that with me rooting for my team though. I need to have something to smile about today.

[TK421]

7. Shit...that sucks!!! that guy had such a distinct voice

:-( the guy was a legend

[BeachBaby]

9. He's been our announcer for pretty much my whole life.

He was our Harry Caray. :cry: I can't believe he's gone. :(

Glad you showed up. I need some Phils fans around. :hug:

[TK421]

10. .......

:hug: going to check out msn, but I'll be back

[BOSSHOG]

17. Hey Sweetie

My heart is broken again. I have yet to get over the death of Richie Ashburn. I Love those Guys!! Okay Phills lets win another World Series for Harry!!

[BeachBaby]

21. Hey, BOSS.

Thanks for checking in. What a blow, eh? Shit.

My XH was the structural engineer in charge of CitiBank Park. He just called - he's wondering if they're going to name one of the breezeways/corridors after Harry, much in the same way they named the food court Ashburn Alley.

[BOSSHOG]

25. The Phillies would be

incredibly remiss without making a very tasteful, yet very large tribute to the best Announcer in Baseball. And I have every confidence that my team will comply with my wishes.

[old mark]

35. I'm just happy he got to see them win in '08. His was like a happy little

kid when it came to baseball, he really did what he loved till the absolute end.

Great job, Harry!
We'll miss ya!


mark

[TZ]

31. They were talking about him on the radio when I was driving home

The Nats radio guy said if "there was a Mt. Rushmore of sports announcers he'd be on it.."

[flvegan]

11. Ooh, I didn't know that.

Is he the local usual guy? I hadn't heard him before, I don't think.

And if you look closely, I'm not teasing the Phillies. It was the first inning, and I had to capitalize on the event. The Phils have, btw, taken a 3-2 lead.

[BeachBaby]

13. He was our Harry Caray, babe.

As a matter of fact, he and Caray were best friends for many years.

This is a sucky day for Phils fans. The Phils were supposed to visit Barack at the White House tomorrow - they canceled because of this.

What a sucky day. :(

[TZ]

14. I'm sorry.

Seems a lot of people are having a sucky day. I'm wondering if the team knew about it before hand? I'll bet the Phillies sweep now...I'm sure they will be playing for him...

[BeachBaby]

16. The Phillies LOVED him. We all did.

I can't believe we're never going to hear his voice again. I equate Harry with Phillies baseball.

My brother AND my XH both called. They're both devastated. :(

[TZ]

18. .....

:hug:
As EastTennesseDem said, I've probably heard his voice ....

[BOSSHOG]

26. Hey Beach Baby

We can still hear Harry. Check out www.baseballvoices.com. My wife got me the CD "Harry Kalas, Voice of the Phillies." All kinds of great stuff, including his calling Schmidt's home runs, his early days in Houston, 1980 (of course), a nice segment on Richie Ashburn, Cooperstown, the Vet closing and much more. You'd love it.

[BeachBaby]

27. You posted to me about that last year!

I remember you telling me about that! :)

I'm just stunned, I guess. I watched the Phils/Rockies game yesterday, and he was there, doing his thing. He was absolutely fine.

Things like these are truly the wake-up calls that we need every once in awhile, unfortunately - that you never know when someone's time is up.

[EastTennesseeDem]

15. You had to have heard him before. You may just not have known it.

I didn't think I knew who he was today; then I Google Videoed some NFL Films clips and I realized I had been hearing him my whole life. A legendary voice, even though I never heard a lick of a Phillies game.

Sad that it was so sudden. When we lost Jack Buck, we knew it was coming for a long time.

[BeachBaby]

19. I know how you would know him.....

he is the announcer for the Puppy Bowl every Superbowl Sunday. Was the announcer. Fuck.

[flvegan]

20. I do know that voice, then!

I didn't know that. Sad, shitty week for baseball.

[TZ]

22. Oh NOW I know who you are talking about

What a wonderful voice he was..:cry:

[madinmaryland]

23. The Pirates are up 6-0 in the seventh!!

[flvegan]

24. SNIPERS!!!

[elleng]

34. Phils win, 9-8.

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