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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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