Sheppard will miss final opener

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Kennedy proves his mettle
Published 3/26/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... third or fourth game of the season. Vic Ziegel tells us that, for now, Duncan is content with his limited amount of action. We're pretty sure Jason Giambi won't finish the season with 162 games played. In fact, that's a safer bet than Michael Kay annoying us at some point this season during a YES broadcast. Duncan will get his chances, and he knows it. Bill Madden pens a very nice ode to Yankee Stadium (soon to be known as the "old" Stadium). Neil Best notes that Bob Sheppard will miss the final Opening Day at the Stadium. Pete Abraham ...

Bob Sheppard Will Miss Opening Day
Published 3/26/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard, who is recovering from health issues, said he will not be able to make it to Opening Day this year, the final opener at Yankee Stadium. It's ashame, the place really isn't the same without him. ...

Yankees’ stuff that doesn’t involve A-Rod
Published 3/26/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... Bob Sheppard, public address announcer since 1951, will miss the Yankees’ home opener with ongoing health problems. Sheppard, 97, hopes to return this summer. ...

Bob Sheppard Vows to be Back
Published 3/26/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... sometime during the season. The "Voice of God" has been the Yankees PA announcer since 1951. He's been suffering from health problems since the end of last season. Though Mr. Sheppard wouldn't set a date, he said he would be back this season. "I don't know when it will be, but it will be," he said yesterday from his home in Baldwin.Mr. Sheppard's long time backup, Jim Hall, will continue to fill in for him. Source: Newsday

Bob Sheppard to miss Opening Day
Published 3/26/2008 by anaconda <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
Newsday confirms the disappointing but not unexpected news regarding the Voice of God and the rumors we've heard all winter: ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, March 27
Published 3/27/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... TAKING THE ROLL: 97-year-old Bob Sheppard, the public-address announcer at Yankee Stadium since 1951, won't be on hand for Opening Day as he continues to recover from health problems that forced him to miss the playoffs last year, though he vows he "will be" back on the job sometime this year. (Newsday) But Bobby Murcer, who continues recovering from a brain tumor, ...