Bob Sheppard

Damn. Bob Sheppard died this morning.
If you don't recognize the name you certainly know his voice.
Sheppard, simply was the greatest public address announcer ever and no one is even close. He didn't use stupid sound effects. He didn't intrude on the game. He didn't yell or scream or tell the crowd to "get loud." He did his job to perfection.
He was the Yankees P.A. man from 1951 through the 2007 season before retiring due to illness. He also was the P.A. guy for the football Giants.
Derek Jeter has a tape of Sheppard announcing his at-bats and says he will always have that played before his AB's at Yankee Stadium.
I thankfully met Sheppard a couple of times in the Yankee Stadium press box. He took an interest in everybody he spoke too, including me.
Great voice, nice man and heaven today got a wonderful P.A. announcer. The best. Bob Sheppard was 99. It was a good run. No, it was a great run and every person who did Bob Sheppard impressions (Now bat-ting for the Yankees, Num-ber forty-four, Reg-gie, Jack-son, Num-ber forty-four) is a little sadder today.