[Fredslist] Yankee Family Loses Two Greats

[IrisWolinsky at aol.com]

Though I am not a sports fan and attend only the most occasional baseball  
game - which I do enjoy - David's words resonated with me, especially as I  
recently read Fridays With Red by Bob Edwards.  Edwards (or 'The  Colonel') 
worked for NPR out of Washington DC a few decades back and  hosted Morning 
Edition.  For 12 years Edwards had a 4  minute conversation long distance yet 
live on the air with Red  Barber (at home on his own mike in Tallahassee), 
at 7:35 am on Fridays  between '81 - '92 (when Red died).  I heard a few of  
those broadcasts and always wondered who that interesting, soft spoken guy  
Red Barber was, since at that time I didn't know.  The book gave a  
wonderful view of Barber and his own illustrious career as a sports  broadcaster 
which began well before radio was involved - he and just a few  others 
pioneered sports radio broadcasting in the 30's and he was one of  the greats.  
Just from the few NPR spots I heard I appreciated Red enough  to read his 
biography years later (and it is very well  written).   So, it's not hard to 
imagine how much such a  sportscaster comes to mean to those who attend or 
listen to the games  regularly (especially one dubbed - how great is this! - the 
Voice of  God).   
   
Iris

Iris Wolinsky
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In a message dated 7/14/2010 1:13:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dbagatelle at heraldnb.com writes:

 
 
 
Dear Gotham,


Having been a life long Yankee fan and a long time season ticket  holder, I 
am greatly saddened by the loss of two Yankee greats, George M.  
Steinbrenner (aka "the Boss") and Bob Sheppard (aka "the Voice of God"). I  feel like 
I have lost two members of my family. Although, both have not been  around 
the team much the past several years and they have both had health  issues, 
their presence was felt. It was always nice to see Mr. Steinbrenner at  the 
occasional game he managed to make it to the past several years.  As far as 
Mr. Sheppard is concerned, we remember him every Yankee  home game when our 
Captain, Derek Jeter, comes to bat and we hear the subtle,  understated 
announcement of Mr. Jeter's impending at bat announced via a  recording of Mr. 
Sheppard. It gives me goose bumps every  time!!!

Let's remember all the good things  the two of them accomplished. Prior to 
Mr. Steinbrenner owning the Yankees,  they were perennial losers. He 
restored the Team to past glory and made it  perhaps the best, most well known 
sports team in the  world. During Mr. Steinbrenner's ownership from 1973 to his  
death, the longest in club history, he brought to New York 11  pennants  
and 7 World Series titles.
 
Bob  Sheppard was the public address announcer for the Yankees from 1951  
to 2007 (he was also the public address announcer for the football  Giants 
from 1956 to 2006). In his time  with the Yankees, Mr. Sheppard announced over 
4,500 Major League Baseball  games, seeing the team capture 22 American 
League pennants and 13 World  Series championships.
 
Let's hope that  there is room in Cooperstown for both of them.



David

 

 
David S. Bagatelle
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(e) dbagatelle at heraldnb.com  




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