PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — James Oswald says Philadelphia sports is in his blood, and you can certainly hear that when the 15-year-old Archbishop Wood freshman speaks.
He’s passionate, studious, extremely knowledgeable, often wears Phillies stuff and has a memory like an encyclopedia — to the point where a Saturday afternoon Phillies game against the White Sox last April still bothers him. It was a 9-5 win in which the Phillies allowed five runs in the ninth.
These are just some traits that make Oswald an exceptional sports fan — and one with “high hopes” for the Phillies in 2025.
While he was born nearly seven months after the sudden passing of legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, James looks up to the Hall of Famer, whose iconic calls he can list at the drop of a hat, and hopes to be a sports broadcaster himself one day.
Talking, though, didn’t always come easy for James. More on that in the latest edition of KYW Newsradio’s Philadelphia Sports Fan of the Week.