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Phillies' Announcer Scott Franzke Keeping His Head in The Game

He's quickly becoming the voice of sports history in Philadelphia.

"A swing, and a dribbler out in front of the plate!  Ruiz out to get it.  The throw from his knees!  It's in time!  And it's a no-hitter!"

Phillies' radio play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke (above) has been behind the microphone for two World Series, a perfect game, and now a post-season no-hitter.  

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He tells KYW's Harry Donahue that the secret to capturing history as it happens is simply to describe what you see:
    
"When Roy Halladay is pitching, I just try to, as best I can, keep it straight and just stay with the play.  Because otherwise, I'm going to be saying something silly and I'll be behind the play.  So I just try to stay, basically, with the basics."
  
In only five seasons with the Phils, Franzke says he's lucky to have called so much history in such a short time.

Reported by Mike DeNardo, KYW Newsradio.

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