Philly.com · Jul 27, 2015
Chillin' Wit' Chris Wheeler, former Phillies broadcaster
Former Phillies Broadcaster Chris Wheeler at the Blue Bell Country Club in Blue Bell, PA. ( CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )PHILLIES FANS have on occasion stopped in their tracks and pointed to Chris Wheeler. They hesitate, then say: "Hey . . . hey, you're Harry Kalas!"
To which Wheeler replies, "Now, that would be a big story."
Wheeler, a/k/a "Wheels," is recounting this yesterday, somewhere around the eighth hole at Blue Bell Country Club in Montgomery County, where he's playing a round of golf.
He did color commentary and called play-by-play action for 37 years until 2013, when Comcast, in a $2.5 billion TV deal with the Phillies, dropped both Wheels and Gary "Sarge" Matthews.