The statue of the late broadcaster Harry Kalas of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by L Redkoles/Getty Images)
The date August 5 is rich in history for both the Phillies and baseball as a whole
As far back as 99 years ago, the day August 5th brings quite a few interesting moments and milestones in Philadelphia Phillies history; not only for the franchise but some of them, even, milestones for baseball as a whole. Here is a historical look-back on this day:
First radio broadcast of an MLB game
We’ll start it off with the year 1921 — it brought us the first radio broadcast of an MLB game which took place on KDKA in Pittsburgh.