Dilbert Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Bob Shppard dies at 99 Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons007 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Rest In Peace, Mr. Sheppard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Known as the "Voice of God" by Yankee fans for a reason. trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Baseball loses another icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottysprings Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Yankees games have never been the same since Bob left. I'm sure we'll be seeing the black armbands for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Today we are all Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 R.I.P. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Today we are all Yankees.Nope. Not even Sheppard dying can make me a Yankee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerBadger Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Today we are all Yankees.Nope. Not even Sheppard dying can make me a Yankee.One not need be a fan to appreciate greatness. I think the appropriate thing to type would be:Rest ... in ... peace ... Mr. ... Sheppard ... the voice ... of ... Yankee ... Stadium ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Not to be forgotten he was also the P.A. voice for the New York football Giants for 50 years. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Bob Sheppard was also a lector at St. Christopher's church in Baldwin, NY. I loved going to church there because it would remind me of being at the stadium. Also got to meet him several times. He was a wonderful man and he will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Today we are all Yankees.no, today, we are all PA announcers... I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Today we are all Yankees.no, today, we are all PA announcers...It's really a shame we don't have some way to add an echo to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 It's also a shame that someone has to be "that guy" each time some sport related folk die. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yankees games have never been the same since Bob left. I'm sure we'll be seeing the black armbands for the rest of the season.Yeah, it's been strange at the Stadium.Reports are that Jeter will continue to use his tape of Sheppard's introduction. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 It's also a shame that someone has to be "that guy" each time some sport related folk die.Today we're all that guy. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Meningocele Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I saw an ESPN item on Sheppard's passing, and was really sickened by all the references to the "Voice of God" & heaven, and the way Sheppard even spoke of himself. Come on, it's baseball and he was an announcer. I guess do something long enough (and do it long enough in New York), and you're pretty much deified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Not sure I really understand your beef. Is the objection on religious grounds? Because it's the Yankees? Because elevating baseball to sublime heights, to a very metaphor for America, is not exactly new.I guarantee that when Vin Scully passes away, you'll hear the exact same tributes. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Not sure I really understand your beef. Is the objection on religious grounds? Because it's the Yankees? Because elevating baseball to sublime heights, to a very metaphor for America, is not exactly new.I guarantee that when Vin Scully passes away, you'll hear the exact same tributes.Just like we did for Ernie Harwell earlier this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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