Sunday, July 11, 2010

Al-varo....Es-pinOHsa

Bob Sheppard dead at 99. I heard that dude's voice many times going to the second-oldest Yankee Stadium, but I was shocked when I heard it at Fenway Park once in the late-80s at a Yanks-Sox game. I have confirmed through news searches that he did do "guest announcing" at Fenway--but I also read that Jon Miller once did the PA at Fenway, imitating both Sherm Feller and Sheppard. I wanna say I'm sure it was the real Sheppard I heard that day, so...I will. I see one article that has him there on 7/17/87, a game Oil Can Boyd pitched against Oakland. But I feel like my game was '88 or '89, and I know, okay, I'm pretty sure it was with the Yanks in town. Anyway, for some reason that didn't make me mad like the Ronan Tynan thing did....

Comments:
I'm SO sorry to hear that, Jere. He will be missed.

Sox win 3-2 WITH Matsuzaka! Have a great All Star break.
 
Sherm Feller once did an inning or so at Yankee Stadium, and I think it was around the same time Mr. Sheppard was at the Fens.
 
I wonder if they ever did a straight-up, one-for-one, same day swap...
 

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