Bob Sheppard, the Yankees annoucee at Yankee Stadium from 1951 to 2007, died today at age 99.
And if you don’t think this is a musicial story you never heard hear uses a taping from Jeters annoucement of his name to this day.
“A P.A. announcer is not a cheerleader, or a circus barker, or a hometown screecher,” the epitome of the old-school style once said. “He’s a reporter.” As Kansas City Reported reported.
If you’ve ever been to see the Knicks, or really any pro game, everybody is a cheerleader. When Sheppard was there, he was the voice of God indeed (Reggie Jackson’s coinage”. A clear voice, a way of names.
Heis survived by a wife and four children.