Ernie Johnson on TBS is talking about the great Yankees tradition. He spoke of Bob Sheppard, the legendary PA man for the Yankees who died this summer at the age of 99. Johnson was talking about Sheppard as the "voice of Yankee Stadium right here."
Um, Ernie. It's a different ballpark. Bob Sheppard never announced in the "new" Yankee Stadium. He announced in the original and renovated Yankee Stadium that is now torn down.
It bugs me when people talk about the history of Yankee Stadium, meaning the new ballpark. While it has a years worth of history, including a World Series last year, it shouldn't be referred to as a place with so much history. That place was knocked down and destroyed and took the history it had with it.
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