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...half the cogitating planet besides. For all the prattle about dynamism and creative destruction, as a species we need Bob Sheppard and his ilk. Continuity is the cornerstone of identity. People knew where they were and to a degree who they were when they heard...
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Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/a-cheer-for-bob-sheppard-the-voice-of-continuity/article1643192/?cmpid=rss1
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...N.Y. — The priceless intonations of Bob Sheppard at Yankee Stadium all those years actually did have a price. He earned $15 dollars a game in 1951. "Seventeen-fifty for doubleheaders," said Rev. Steven Camp during Sheppard’s funeral on Thursday. What made...
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Boston Herald
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BALDWIN, N.Y. - Bob Sheppard considered himself a speech teacher more than a public address announcer, enlightening students about the importance of diction and elocution.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
http://www.ajc.com/sports/bob-sheppards-funeral-a-571342.html
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...Yankees manager Joe Girardi had to wait until becoming a Bomber in 1996 to hear Sheppard introduce him. "When I think of Bob Sheppard, you think of all the tradition," Girardi said. "You think about [Babe] Ruth, [Lou] Gehrig and Yogi [Berra], Joe D [DiMaggio]...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/yanks_recall_sheppard_as_franchise_LjLxrWxVnTNgl4W9htm3HN
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Bob Sheppard, who spends 51 years working as Public Address announcer at Yankee Stadium, dies on Sunday.
The loss of Bob Sheppard continued to reverberate throughout baseball and beyond on Monday, with throngs of fans passing along their memories
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New York City Sports Report
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Bob Sheppard, the Yankee Stadium public-address announcer known as the "Voice of God" for his resonant introductions of baseball players from Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter, has died. He was 99.
Sheppard debuted at the Yankees' season opener of April 17, 1
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/_3qkQ7YIoho/la-me-bob-sheppard-20100712,0,4943806.story
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...who spoke with NY1 outside Yankee Stadium say he will be missed. "First time I went to a game I was 12 years old and Bob Sheppard's voice came like out of heaven. It was just a beautiful voice. And you know I think Yankees, I think Bob Sheppard," said one...
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NY1
http://origin.ny1.com/content/top_stories/121898/longtime-yankees-announcer-bob-sheppard-dead-at-99
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...NY (Sports Network) - Longtime New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard died Sunday. He was 99 years old. The Yankees said Sheppard died at his home on Long Island with his wife, Mary, at his side. Sheppard officially announced his retirement...
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Canada.com
http://feeds.canada.com/~r/canwest/F71/~3/JPF8XQWcvao/story.html
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...Sheppard, the beloved public address announcer, died at his Long Island home in Baldwin with his wife, Mary, at his side. Bob Sheppard was so beloved that Topps, the trading card company, included him in its 2004 All-Time Fan Favorites set. Sheppard's card...
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Huliq.com
http://www.huliq.com/3257/longtime-yankees-pa-announcer-bob-sheppard-dead-99
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...Bob Sheppard, the voice of the original Yankee Stadium for 58 seasons, was given his own special "Bob Sheppard Day" at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 200... — nypost.com — Bob Sheppard, the iconic Yankee Stadium public address announcer whose impeccable introductions...
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Beltway Blips
http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/bob-sheppard-tribute-yankee-stadium-5-7-2000/
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'Most men go to work, but I go to a game,' Sheppard said. 'How many men would love to do that?'
SEATTLE - The Yankees lost an icon Sunday morning when Bob Sheppard died at his Long Island home at the age of 99.
A wake will be held on Tuesday and
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New York Daily News
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/baseball/~3/2JCQ_0uK-rs/2010-07-11_yankees_mourn_the_loss_of_sheppard.html
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...acknowledges the cheers of the fans at Yankee Stadium in New York. The New York Yankees say longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard has died. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by team spokesman Jason Zillo. Sheppard...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
http://www.ajc.com/sports/revered-yankees-pa-man-568390.html
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...full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. NEW YORK -- Bob Sheppard, the iconic Yankee Stadium public address announcer whose impeccable introductions of stars from Joe DiMaggio to Derek...
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The Washington Post
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...what a voice. As Peter Gammons notes, Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski once said: "You're not in the big leagues until Bob Sheppard announces your name." Sheppard officially retired from his post as the Yanks' PA announcer in 2007, but his voice still...
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MSNBC
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/top-posts/bob-sheppard-the-voice-of-yankee-stadium-1910-2010.php
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...mystique of his uniform. It says volumes that whenever Jeter comes to bat, he insists on being announced by a recording of Bob Sheppard announcing his name. You've got that right, Jeter. Absolutely. Bob Sheppard will turn 100 in 2010. He's lived a full and...
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2227921&src=rss
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...now, most sports fans, especially those in the New York area, have no doubt heard the news that Bob Sheppard, the longtime Yankee Stadium Public Address announcer whose resonant, lordly tones led Reggie Jackson to dub him "The Voice of God," has let it be...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-altman/the-good-sheppard-of-yank_b_383891.html
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...it "The Voice of God," or is it Memorex? Bob Sheppard, 99, ended his 57-year career as Yankee Stadium's public-address announcer in 2007, but a Sheppard recording still heralds each of shortstop Derek Jeter's home at-bats. Not that the concept of appropriating...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sidelinechatter/2010419456_chat04.html?syndication=rss
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* Tiger Woods continues to stonewall the cops. He issued a statement claiming responsibility for his car accident. He called all the rumors swirling around (his affair, a fight with his wife) " unfounded, malicious and irresponsible."
* The Colts are
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/len-berman/top-5-sports-stories_b_374082.html
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Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer for the New York Yankees, won’t be returning to job, according to a report on MLB.com.
Sheppard, 99, had been the PA announcer in the Bronx for more than 50 years, and has thus outlasted scores of managers,
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2207696&src=rss
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One the great figures in New York sports officially retired this week. Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer of the Yankees, Giants and St. John’s called it quits at the ripe old age of 99. Sheppard, who worked for the Yankees from 1951-2007 and
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Gothamist
http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=d8deacce08c9e4efbcd6566bea3fdf2b
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Yankees PA announcer Paul Oldon may step in to replace Bob Sheppard.
Paul Olden once worried that he was, as he put it, "a jinx." He had broadcast the exploits of some pretty unsuccessful teams during his career, including the Rich Kotite Jets,
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New York Daily News
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/~3/esE44kkUaCI/2009-11-29_public_address_announcer_at_yankee_stadiuma_higher_calling.html
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Ever since I’ve been a Yankee fan, Bob Sheppard has been the announcer at Yankee Stadium.
There’s only one other public figure who’s held the same job for as long as I can remember – Queen Elizabeth. And Sheppard was introducing Mickey Mantle before
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The Observer-Dispatch
http://www.uticaod.com/sports/x1792915787/The-Fan-Bob-Sheppard-Nobody-did-it-better-ever
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...words that stay in the minds of fans at Yankee Stadium. Those words have been spoken by nobody other than the Voice of God. Bob Sheppard has announced that he will not return to the microphone as the P.A. announcer for the New York Yankees. "The Voice of Yankee...
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/298073-bob-sheppard-puts-down-the-mic-for-the-yankees
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...Sheppard refused to use the word "retired," even at age 99 and with no plans to return to work for the Yankees."But," he acknowledged yesterday, "I don’t intend at this moment to see myself back as a public address announcer at Yankee Stadium, feeling the...
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Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-annoucer-bob-sheppard-to-retire-1.1624107
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The next concert in the fall Performing Arts series is the fall jazz concert featuring multi-instrumental artist Bob Sheppard on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Ballantyne Auditorium at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
Sheppard will perform
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Eastern Iowa News
http://www.easterniowanews.com/?p=13189
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Lost in the Ozone
http://davidmquintana.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-99th-birthday-to-yankees-legend.html
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...they hired now [Paul Olden] is filling in adequately, I think. I’ve heard no criticism of Paul Olden from anyone. He’s not Bob Sheppard, but he’s himself. With the new stadium, maybe they needed or wanted a different approach. He’s been very kind. He calls...
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2136880&src=rss
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Anyone that has spent any time around the Yankees over the past half-century or so has a story about talking with Bob Sheppard. I spoke with him several times – for a story or two, of course, but also in the elevator at the Stadium or around the press
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LoHud.com
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/10/12/happy-birthday-mr-sheppard/
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Common sense tells us that he won’t be at any more games, but I hope it’s not true anyway.
I remember being at YS as a kid in the 80’s and I loved to hear him announce Donnie’s name and number over the PA system …
Funny the things that stick with you
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2125139&src=rss
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Clap hands for the name itself. Bob Sheppard is home on Long Island — doing fine, thank you for asking — but his recorded voice resonates in the Bronx, introducing "Number Two, Derek Jee-tah."
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Pinstripe Alley
http://www.pinstripealley.com/2009/9/12/1026842/clap-hands-for-the-name-itself-bob
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It’;d be nice to get another promise from A.J. that he’ll improve. The last time he did that he just dominated for a few starts.
Kind of surprised all the regulars are in, sans Al/Jorgie.
ahh, well your forgot to boo him too
Kim Jones just confirmed
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2061567&src=rss
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Stuff like this really puts things in perspective about how important this building is. It is a piece of American History and is now being destroyed.
Joe, i hope you keep this site up for years to come so people can see how idiotic this whole
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2047590&src=rss
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Zell’s Pinstripe Blog has an uplifting note today about Bob Sheppard. Apparently, the 98-year-old ‘Voice of the Yankees’ is feeling well enough that he might be in the public address booth this April for the first game at the new Yankee
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1941300&src=rss
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Alcove AC at George's Lake at Whitehouse Farm, Latteridge – Result: 1, Paul Gowing 18-13-0, peg 2. Banded 8mm pellet poled at 10 metres and half depth; 2, Steve Dawson 16-0-0, peg 19; 3, Derrick Williams 5-11-0, peg 8; 4, Ian Sheppard 5-5-0, peg 11; 5,
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This is Bristol
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/angling/Angling-results-round/article-1054913-detail/article.html
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When millions of Americans rallied across the country to celebrate the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, many believe it marked the birth of the modern environmental movement. With the 40th observance of Earth Day on Wednesday, the event has grown
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SeacoastOnline.com
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090419-NEWS-904190342
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The Major League Baseball season is just two weeks old and already it seems as if fans and folks who work in and around the game have experienced a year's worth of emotion.
New Yankee Stadium opened Thursday without legendary PA man Bob Sheppard.
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168316&44=43237372&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2F20090419_Selig_reflects_on_baseball_week_of_highs_and_lows.html
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In our video-obsessed, point-and-click culture, John Madden was a household voice until the day he retired. In passing, Harry Kalas proved how beloved one could be. In his long absence, Bob Sheppard reminds us how much his magnificent pipes are missed.
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The New York Times
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=48b829b9602287ae6a140e24f5b77c1f
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The "Voice of God" echoed throughout the new Yankee Stadium on Thursday, but it was only a recording of Bob Sheppard welcoming fans to the new ballpark and introducing Derek Jeter as the Bombers' captain made his way to the plate.
Paul Olden took care
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New York Daily News
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/baseball/~3/EH300Pk5F6E/2009-04-16_paul_olden_sits_in_for_bob_sheppard.html
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul Olden is taking over as the Yankee Stadium public address announcer in the absence of Bob Sheppard.
Sheppard, who is in his late 90s, has not worked a game since late in the 2007 season due to a bronchial infection,
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1010 WINS
http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=3840107
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SHEZOUTAHERE RAN IN the third race at Philadelphia Park on Tuesday. On paper, the second-time starter looked as if she should have been, maybe, 5-1. The bettors made her 5-2.
Speaking of baseball voices, Paul Olden is taking over as the Yankee Stadium
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168491&44=43084527&32=3796&7=195327&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2Fphillies%2F20090416_Here_s_a_horse_Harry_Kalas_would_have_loved.html
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Lupica: The official opening of the new Yankee Stadium will be a monument to everything the Yankees are and everything they used to be and everything they still want to be.
Madden: George Steinbrenner needs to be more than just at Yankee Stadium today.
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New York Daily News
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/baseball/yankees/~3/72waSPGLgC8/2009-04-15_paul_olden_will_fill_in_for_sheppard.html
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The Yankees can never replace Bob Sheppard. While the six-decade veteran of the Yankee Stadium public address booth says he’s coming back this year, the 98-year-old is recovering from a very serious bout of pneumonia, and with rumors of his retirement
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1783443&src=rss
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Team opens doors to its new $1.5 billion stadium today against Cleveland
Workers paint an opening-week logo on the field in the new Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. The Yankees are scheduled to play their first regular season game in the stadium against the
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Pocono Record
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090416/SPORTS/904160338/-1/rss02
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PA announcer for Spring Training games to sub for Sheppard
ST. PETERSBURG -- Former Yankees broadcaster Paul Olden will assume public-address responsibilities at Yankee Stadium for the park's inaugural game on Thursday and will remain in the
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090415&content_id=4289918&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb
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NEW YORK — Paul Olden is taking over as the Yankee Stadium public address announcer in the absence of Bob Sheppard.
Sheppard, who is in his late 90s, has not worked a game since late in the 2007 season due to a bronchial infection, although he did
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090415/SPORTS/90415112/1002/sports&source=rss
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NEW YORK -- Paul Olden is taking over as the Yankee Stadium public address announcer in the absence of Bob Sheppard.
Sheppard, who is in his late 90s, has not worked a game since late in the 2007 season due to a bronchial infection, although he did
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/breaking-news/story/1001686.html
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It's baseball season again, and a bittersweet one already. Here are the New York Yankees, gone from that glorious old ballpark in the Bronx and into a gleaming new one of the same name and in almost the same spot. But something's missing. It's The
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Albany Times-Union
http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=789999&LinkFrom=RSS
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"Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen..."
The new Yankee Stadium had its informal unveiling this weekend with a pair of Yankees-Cubs exhibition games. As I watched the proceedings on TV, It wasn't the Bronx Bombers' new digs that had me feeling
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-sachs/the-new-yankee-stadium-ne_b_183429.html
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The New York Times ran an article the other day discussing the possible retirement of long-time Yankee Stadium announcer, Bob Sheppard. Given the gravity of this moment in Yankee history, a few blog words need to be said.
Sheppard, aged 98 years young,
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1758240&src=rss
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There are those who believe that spring training performance is too misleading to be useful in determining who should win spots on an Opening Day roster. I would tend to agree with that theory, at least in the case of established veteran players, but
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Sports Blogs
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