Metropolitan Diary: To drown out the noise in his house, a boy would become Mel Allen and Marty Glickman, calling the play-by-play of an imaginary Yankees or Giants game. By Thomas R. Pryor Paul Olden ...

Bill Madden’s Daily News column about Bob Sheppard’s funeral mass is headlined “Yankees a no-show at Bob Sheppard’s funeral, an act George Steinbrenner wouldn’t have stood for.” He doesn’t hit it ...

NEW YORK Bob Sheppard died at his Baldwin, N.Y., home on Sunday. He was 99. Sheppard became the PA announcer at the old Yankee Stadium in 1951 and became as much as a fixture in the Bronx ballpark as ...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:13:31 GMT — SEATTLE (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 ...

For more than 50 years, announcer Bob Sheppard has been the iconic voice of Yankee Stadium. Sheppard has missed the last two Yankee seasons because of illness. And yesterday, the Web site for Major ...

Bob Sheppard hasn’t announced games at Yankee Stadium since 2007, but he had not made his retirement official until today: Bob Sheppard served more than 50 seasons as the “Voice of Yankee Stadium,” ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Bob Sheppard, the Yankee Stadium announcer known as the “Voice of God” ...

We take a few minutes to remember Bob Sheppard, legendary stadium announcer for the New York Yankees. Sheppard's career began in 1951 and lasted 56 years. He was known for his precise, Spartan style ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Derek Jeter plays his final game at Yankee Stadium, Bob Sheppard will exit along with the New York Yankees captain. Nicknamed “The Voice of God” for his stylish, elegant ...

‘Voice of the Yankees’ Was Also a Voice for God Bob Sheppard, announcer for the New York Yankees from 1951-2007, died July 11 at age 99 at his home in Baldwin, N.Y. Referred to as the 'voice of God' ...