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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY ERICKSON, FARNESE, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, CORMAN, COSTA, DINNIMAN, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, LEACH, LOGAN, McILHINNEY, MELLOW, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PICCOLA, PIPPY, ROBBINS, SCARNATI, SMUCKER, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, VANCE, VOGEL, WARD, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS, WONDERLING, WOZNIAK AND YAW, APRIL 21, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 21, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Noting with sadness the death of the inimitable Philadelphia |
2 | Phillies announcer Harry Kalas and extolling his broadcasting |
3 | legacy. |
4 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas is revered in the Phillies' Clubhouse, |
5 | Citizens Bank Park, the City of Philadelphia and homes and |
6 | ballparks nationwide for his integral calls and enthusiasm for |
7 | the game of baseball; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas proudly called the last inning as the |
9 | Phillies captured the 2008 World Series championship; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas, who was born March 26, 1936, in |
11 | Naperville, Illinois, died April 13, 2009, in Washington, DC, at |
12 | 73 years of age, leaving behind his wife Eileen, sons Todd, Brad |
13 | and Kane, and legions of grieving friends, colleagues and fans; |
14 | and |
15 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas earned a degree in speech, radio and |
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1 | television from the University of Iowa in 1959 and was drafted |
2 | into the Army shortly thereafter; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas was granted an early discharge from the |
4 | Army to embark on his broadcasting career; and |
5 | WHEREAS, A sports announcer since 1958, Harry Kalas joined |
6 | the Phillies radio and television broadcast team in 1971; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Before coming to the City of Philadelphia, Harry |
8 | Kalas was a broadcaster for the Houston Astros and for the |
9 | Hawaii Islanders and the University of Hawaii, where his home |
10 | run call was: "Tell that ball, aloha!"; and |
11 | WHEREAS, With the Phillies, Harry Kalas was a longtime |
12 | broadcasting partner and best friend of the late Richie "Whitey" |
13 | Ashburn and was widely known for his famous home run call, |
14 | "Outta here!"; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas earned 18 Pennsylvania Sportscaster of |
16 | the Year awards; and |
17 | WHEREAS, In 2002 Harry Kalas was inducted into the |
18 | broadcasters' wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame and honored as a |
19 | recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for contributions to the |
20 | game; and |
21 | WHEREAS, In 2003 Harry Kalas was recognized as a charter |
22 | inductee into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame; and |
23 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas earned further recognition as a National |
24 | Football League radio broadcaster and NFL Films narrator; and |
25 | WHEREAS, Harry Kalas voiced Campbell's Chunky Soup |
26 | commercials and was, for five years, the voice of Animal |
27 | Planet's Puppy Bowl; and |
28 | WHEREAS, Memorial tributes to Harry Kalas include an HK patch |
29 | sewn on the front of all official Phillies jerseys, to be worn |
30 | the entire season; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, In his honor, the Citizens Bank Park television |
2 | booth is being named the Harry Kalas Broadcast Booth; therefore |
3 | be it |
4 | RESOLVED, That the Senate note with sadness the death of the |
5 | inimitable Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Kalas and extol |
6 | his broadcasting legacy; and be it further |
7 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to |
8 | Mrs. Eileen Kalas in care of the Philadelphia Phillies, 1 |
9 | Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, PA 19148. |
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