Stan Hochman: Take Harry Kalas along on your next lunch break

By Stan Hochman Philadelphia Daily News Daily News Sports Columnist IS THERE anybody out there who thinks Harry Kalas sounded like "a wrecker demolishing cars?" Curt Smith thought so. Smith wrote a terrific book in 1987 called "Voices of the Game" about baseball broadcasters that included that line about Harry. Smith has written another, not-so-terrific book about Dodgers' broadcaster Vin Scully, "Pull Up a Chair." On page 130, he writes, "Vin denoted easy listening; Harry Kalas a wrecker razing cars." Now, thank heaven, here comes a wonderful book called "Remembering Harry Kalas." Smith contributes a piece that includes his now-threadbare analogy: "The voice is astonishing. It evoked. I always thought, a bass or lead cello or a wrecker raising [sic] cars." OK, the last one is a typographical error. "Error?" Yogi would gasp.... [read full story]                    

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