Comments on: Longtime Phillies broadcaster Andy Musser dies

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:51:22 +0000

My childhood Phightins games will always be Harry, Whitey and Andy. RIP guys. Maybe they’ll call another Phils title march for the baseball gods this year.

By: The Rabbit

The Rabbit — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:29:12 +0000

I’m so old, my childhood memories include By Saam.
When Andy first joined the broadcasting team, he was out of his league with Richie and Harry. He improved greatly with age and experience.
RIP Andy.

By: sasquash20

sasquash20 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

no doubt bro

By: mattjg

mattjg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:03:36 +0000

To continue thoughts from my last comment, do we always romanticize the broadcasters we listened to as children, or was I just particularly blessed to grow up in Philadelphia in the late 80′s and the 90′s?

The Phillies had Harry, Whitey, Andy, and Wheels.
The Flyers had Gene Hart and Gary Dornhoefer (and later Jim Jackson and Steve Coates).
The Eagles had Merrill Reece and Stan Walters.

Most of these guys are legendary broadcasters in my eyes. Am I biased because of my childhood, or did the sports gods really give Philly great announcers back then to make up for the teams these guys had to broadcast?

By: mattjg

mattjg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:58:18 +0000

For me, the sound of Phillies baseball will always be Harry, Whitey, Andy and Wheels. It’s a shame that Musser was so often overshadowed by the first two. While he wasn’t hall-of-fame-calibre, it was comfortable listening to him broadcast a game.

And hey, look, I got through an entire comment on Phillies broadcasters without criticizing Wheels or the poor lifeless animal atop his head.

By: babych99

babych99 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:48:25 +0000

Hate seeing the legends slowly dying off, lots of memories of Kalas, Ashburn and Musser calling games. May all 3 RIP.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:45:05 +0000

RIP Andy. All of my childhood memories are dying off.

By: pkswally024

pkswally024 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:23:24 +0000

That was dad to see yesterday. Spent a lot of my childhood listening to those three guys. Now if they’d replace t-Mac and skwheeler with franski and Anderson we’d be set for a few more generations.