Bob Sheppard Service Held On Long Island

WABC-TV's Lauren DeFranco was outside the ceremony of a Yankee great...
Not really a whole lot else to say here...

It's Sheppard's time for good-bye...

Bob Sheppard Passes At 99

You always knew when you were at Yankee Stadium...

The HQ has covered their fair share of All-Star Games and World Series in the Bronx, and Sheppard's tones made you feel at home. They also reminded you of the history of the sport.

If you didn't get goose bumps when Sheppard spoke, you simply weren't human.

Sheppard passed away at the age of 99- we think... One of the aspects of Sheppard's privacy was that none of us really knew how old he was...

Because, it simply wasn't important...

Here's the tribute that ran inside Yankee Stadium on "Bob Sheppard Day" in 2000.
((HT: YanksAtShea))


Here's Buster Olney's recollections from the four-letter...
((HT: ESPN))


Derek Jeter had it right. And Sheppard will always introduce the shortstop...
As it should be...

Sheppard Will Not Return To Yankees

One of the great voices in baseball, long-time New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard is not returning to the booth...

For anyone who has been to the Bronx his intonations have been a fixture since 1951- when Sheppard was 41 YEARS OLD!!!!!

Sheppard told mlb.com: "I have no plans of coming back," Sheppard told the website 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."

For those of you that can't do the math... Sheppard is 99 years young...

One of the coolest things, though, is that whenever Derek Jeter still steps up to the plate, it's still Sheppard's voice you hear...

Even if it's a recording, it's still the guy Reggie Jackson referred to as "The Voice of God."

Sheppard will definitely be missed...
Here's is the video that played at Yankee Stadium on his day back in 2007...
((HT: MLB/YES))