R.I.P. Harry Kalas: 1936-2009

by 1 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 15:00:32

they should put it right outside of Harry the K's in left center field. anywhere else is wrong.

by **swishnicholson** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 15:05:08

1 wrote:they should put it right outside of Harry the K's in left center field. anywhere else is wrong.

And designate it a smoking area.

by **Bucky** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 15:27:55

I read somewhere that the cost of the statue is $80K. Is that a good, fair, or market price? The skeptic in me is saying that the sculptor set this all up saying "hey, I'll get people to chip in to pay me alot of $ to build a statue, and find somewhere prominent to place it to boot!".

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 15:29:31

think you might be right since the RoboCop statue was only 50K

by **Eddie Jordan** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 17:03:22

I'd have to see a photo of said statue before I can make a proper appraisal.

/knows nothing about statues

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 17:35:37

statues are serious business

by **swishnicholson** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 17:58:16

Haddonfield's dinosaur statue cost $100,000. But it's not very big, for a dinosaur.

by **Eddie Jordan** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 18:43:16

the good old Hadrosaurus, an underrated dinosaur in my opinion.

I'm pretty sure that statue has some kind of flowing water system in it.

by **swishnicholson** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 20:08:48

Eddie Jordan wrote:the good old Hadrosaurus, an underrated dinosaur in my opinion.

I'm pretty sure that statue has some kind of flowing water system in it.

It does have a little fountain that may have been included in the price. I suppose installing a flowing water system in Harry's statue would be in bad taste.

by **CFP** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:46:54

Three years...

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:05:09

Dammit.

by **Eem** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:05:44

CFP wrote:Three years...

How about that?!

by **Eem** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:06:02

Eem wrote:
CFP wrote:Three years...

How about that?!

by **slugsrbad** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:17:15

Poor taste EEM. I cannot believe it's been three years already. We miss you Harry.

by **swishnicholson** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:37:55

Harry died about six weeks after my father,whose birthday would be one week from today. The two events obviously don't have the same importance to me but it's still a nasty double punch. Only relief at the time was that I knew my Dad would have been upset at Harry's passing so I was glad he missed that.

jh posted this opening day, but it bears repeating:

by **jerseyhoya** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:44:14

Eem wrote:
Eem wrote:
CFP wrote:Three years...

How about that?!

I laughed, I cried

by **Luzinski's Gut** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:22:40

Remember the day well. I was working out at a gym in Leavenworth (in the town, not any of the prisons) and ESPN had breaking news that Harry had been taken to the hospital.

By the time I ended the workout, he was declared dead.

Yet another reason why I despise the state of Kansas.

by **SK790** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:37:17

I was sitting in my advanced forecasting class when a friend of mine in the class who sat across the room from me just stood up in the middle of a presentation and said "Dude, SK, Harry Kalas just died".

by **CFP** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:38:59

I was actually getting ready for that game, just watching pre-game coverage and other TV when PSUSarge called me and told me what was happening. I had just closed my laptop to do some work before the game. Needless to say I didn't finish anything else the rest of that day.

by **Rev_Beezer** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:40:57

Started the day early in Harrisburg Airport, flying to Vegas for a friend's wedding. We got to the hotel, and by that point it was well known that Harry had died. My wife and I spent the next 3 hours in the hotel room looking for coverage online, and everything made me cry.

To this day I can feel tears welling up simply at the sound of Harry's voice. It really was a huge loss, and I never thought I'd be as emotional as I was about it. I think many might feel the same- he really defined the Phillies for many of us. The team sucked for years, but Harry was always championship material.

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