Comments on: RIP, Harry the K http://profunksticated.blogsome.com/2009/04/14/rip-harry-the-k/ Black man who referees the never-ending battle between flesh and spirit Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:19:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: onefromphilly http://profunksticated.blogsome.com/2009/04/14/rip-harry-the-k/#comment-422 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:00:53 +0100 http://profunksticated.blogsome.com/2009/04/14/rip-harry-the-k/#comment-422 I've been hearing Harry's voice since I was 9 or 10, the majority of my life. And wow...you mentioned John Facenda! Talk about the great voices in broadcasting. At least Harry died doing what he loved. And hanging out with our World Champion Phillies!!!!!!!!! We should all be so lucky. RIP Harry <strong>Yo, Philly, hearing John Facenda narrate over a tight, slow motion shot of a perfectly thrown spiral as it lands softly into the waiting hands of a wide receiver was just classic. For those of you who never heard of him, John Facenda was an anchorman at WCAU, Channel 10 in Philly during the 1960s, when it was owned by CBS. And let's hope that Harry will show his late broadcast partner, Richie "Whitey" Ashburn, the 2008 World Series ring in that big broadcast booth in the sky. Chicago may have had Harry Caray, but we had our Harry the K!!!</strong> I’ve been hearing Harry’s voice since I was 9 or 10, the majority of my life. And wow…you mentioned
John Facenda! Talk about the great voices in broadcasting. At least Harry died doing what he loved. And
hanging out with our World Champion Phillies!!!!!!!!!
We should all be so lucky. RIP Harry

Yo, Philly, hearing John Facenda narrate over a tight, slow motion shot of a perfectly thrown spiral as it lands softly into the waiting hands of a wide receiver was just classic. For those of you who never heard of him, John Facenda was an anchorman at WCAU, Channel 10 in Philly during the 1960s, when it was owned by CBS.

And let’s hope that Harry will show his late broadcast partner, Richie “Whitey” Ashburn, the 2008 World Series ring in that big broadcast booth in the sky. Chicago may have had Harry Caray, but we had our Harry the K!!!

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