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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on November 16, 2010
House passes resolution honoring Yankees’ Sheppard (AP)
Congress is honoring the late Yankee Stadium public-address announcer Bob Sheppard. New York congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy introduced the resolution on Tuesday in tribute to his lifetime achievement. It was passed by the House of Representatives. Sheppard died in July at 99. He started as the Yankees' PA announcer in 1951 and worked his last game in 2007.
Before the grand ol’ man, there was The Boss (AP)
Many great Yankees were on the field wearing the famous pinstripes again, now with special memorial patches in honor of George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard. Amid all the tributes of the past week since the owner's death, Goose Gossage tried to lend some perspective, to contrast the beloved father figure of Steinbrenner's later years with the tempest who shook up New York, baseball and all...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 17, 2010
Yankees plan Friday tribute to Steinbrenner (AP)
The Yankees plan a Friday night tribute to George Steinbrenner when the team returns home for the first time since the owner's death. The team said Thursday there will be pregame tributes to Steinbrenner and longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard before New York plays Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 15, 2010
GM Cashman: Boss ‘made me everything I am today’ (AP)
Brian Cashman was a very visible target of George Steinbrenner's demanding style. "He made me everything I am today," the New York Yankees general manager said Thursday. "He was a man that could move mountains. He was a man that did move mountains." The Yankees owner died Tuesday of a heart attack at age 80.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 15, 2010
Yankees to honor Steinbrenner, Sheppard (PA SportsTicker)
The New York Yankees say they will wear patches on their uniforms honoring the memory of owner George Steinbrenner and longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 13, 2010
Yankees PA man Bob Sheppard dies at 99 (The Canadian Press)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Bob Sheppard, whose stylish, elegant stadium introductions of New York Yankees from Joltin' Joe to Derek Jeter spanned more than a half century and earned him the nickname "The Voice of God," died Sunday. He was 99.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 12, 2010
Correction: Sheppard obituary (PA SportsTicker)
In a story July 11 about the death of Yankees' public address announcer Bob Sheppard, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Kansas City was the opponent in his final game. The opponent was the Seattle Mariners.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 12, 2010
Revered Yankees PA man Bob Sheppard dies at 99 (AP)
Bob Sheppard, whose stylish, elegant stadium introductions of New York Yankees from Joltin' Joe to Derek Jeter spanned more than a half century and earned him the nickname "The Voice of God," died Sunday. He was 99. Sheppard, a gentle man who spoke with the sonorous authority of a giant, died at his Long Island home in Baldwin with his wife, Mary, at his side, the Yankees said.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 12, 2010
News of Sheppard’s passing leaves Yanks saddened (AP)
About five years ago, Derek Jeter came up with the idea of recording Bob Sheppard's voice calling him to the plate at Yankee Stadium. Hearing someone else make the introduction just didn't sound right. "I grew up a Yankee fan and he was the voice I always heard," Jeter said Sunday in Seattle, hours after Sheppard died at the age of 99 at his Long Island home.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 11, 2010
