The Remarkable Story of Lewis Kalb's Lifelong Dream to Become a Baseball Play-by-Play Announcer

Lewis Kalb, a 73 year old from Medford Lakes, NJ, always dreamed of being a play-by-play baseball announcer as a youngster growing up in Detroit listening to the great Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell. When he won the chance by outbidding all others in a charity auction for the Philadelphia Phillies, his lifelong dream was now about to take place. The winning bid allowed him to do a half inning of play-by-play during the Phillies vs. Washington Nationals game. His performance went viral and has pulled in millions of views across social media platforms.

The closest he's ever come to working in sports as an announcer was doing two years as an on-air personality for a music station in Atlantic City, NJ and he did some free lance reporting for the New York Mets; broadcast on WFAN in the 80's. He also tried out to be the Sixers PA voice in the 90's. For the last 30 years or so, he's been using his skills as a PA announcer by volunteering for a youth basketball league in his small New Jersey community. Outside of that community, Kalb's vocal skills were a secret to 99.9% of the people in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. The 10 year old players enjoyed his professional sounding introductions complete with the music from the Michael Jordan championship years with the Chicago Bulls. (And Now Your Starting Lineup for Your [insert team name] Champion Chicago Bulls!...) And now Kalb's skills are no longer a secret anymore. 

90.9 FM WHYY's Studio 2 hosts Cherri Gregg and Avi Wolfman-Arent interviewed Lewis Kalb's remarkable moment in the radio booth as heard on Sportsradio 94WIP. 

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