Bob Sheppard gave up trying to come back to his job at Yankee Stadium:
Sheppard, 99, hasn’t worked a game since late in the 2007 season due to illness.
“I have no plans of coming back,” Sheppard told the Web site in a telephone interview. “Time has passed me by, I think. I had a good run for it. I enjoyed doing what I did. I don’t think, at my age, I’m going to suddenly regain the stamina that is really needed if you do the job and do it well.”
Sheppard combined a great voice with a pitch perfect delivery, almost singing the name of the players. Alvaro Espinoza was by far my favorite. You’ll still be able to hear him at the stadium, however, as his recording will continue to announce Derek Jeter.
I hope I’m still blogging when I’m in my late 90s.
Posted by David Pinto at 11:10 am | All-Time Greats | Permalink | 1 Comment
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November 27th, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
The highlights of Yankee games in the long years between Reggie and Jeter were watching Mattingly and listening to Bob say “now batting, third baseman, Mike Pagliarulo”, PaagliaRuulo, not comically drawn out, but just enough to know he enjoyed saying it.