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Blog Jam: Wright Throws Girlfriend Surprise Party
Published 7/16/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . • Speaking of the Yankees, Darren Rovell of CNBC explains how Bob Sheppard could be announcing the starting lineups forever and ever . • BABES LOVE BASEBALL feels bad that Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum ...

You Can Make Bob Sheppard Immortal
Published 7/16/2008 by Mark M. (noreply@blogger.com) at The Bronx Stop: A Yankees Blog
Darren Rovell/CNBC.Com: Bob Sheppard, 97, who had been announcing all the names and numbers for the New York Yankees since 1951, hasn’t made it to the stadium this year due to illness, but his voice has lived on due to the fact that he has recorded the Yankee lineup. Given the ovation at the mention of Sheppard’s name last night, it’s clear that there would be no replacement for Sheppard if he sadly never makes it to the new stadium next year. But due to the state of text-to-speech technology, Sheppard’s voice could be ...

The future voice of Bob Sheppard
Published 7/16/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... to the game, the Yankee Stadium crowd gave Bob Sheppard a big round of applause. His voice was the most noticeable absence of the All Star festivities, and it’s now been nearly 10 months since the Voice of God last announced a game. While Sheppard is working to return to the booth, the reality is that he’s in his late 90s and is recovering from a debilitating illness. He won’t be around forever. To that end, Darren Rovell at CNBC suggests that the Yankees should look into preserving Bob’s voice forever. The technology exists for a company to spend a ...

Will Our Granchildren Be Listening to Bob Sheppard Announce Yankee Lineups?
Published 7/16/2008 at FanHouse
... Thanks to technology, though, there may not be a need for the Yankees to go without Sheppard's signature tones for any stretch of time, whether he's living or dead. CNBC's Darren Rovell spoke with a representative from a company that specializes in text-to-speech technology who says that it's not far-fetched for the team to use Sheppard's voice ad infinitum. ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, July 17
Published 7/17/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... WHY COULDN'T THEY HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS WHEN SHERM FELLER WAS ALIVE? Darren Rovell, on his SportsBiz blog, reports that technology exists that would enable the Yankees to develop a computer program in which the voice of Bob Sheppard could introduce the lineups at Yankee Stadium forever. It wouldn't be able to do announcements, but names and numbers? It's possible. The blog River Ave. Blues ...

Should the Yankees Record Bob Sheppard's Voice for the Future?
Published 7/17/2008 by Patrick at YanksBlog.com
CNBC's Darren Rovell floats an idea I've heard before : that the Yankees could record Bob Sheppard's voice with the idea of having him announcing the players indefinitely. I'm of two minds on this. I love Bob Sheppard, as most Yankees fans do, I'm sure. His voice has been an integral part of the Yankee Stadium experience for a long time. He's a legend. At the same time, change is a part of life and nothing lasts forever, even if we want it to. Is a digital Bob Sheppard an adequate representation of the man himself? One day, hopefully not soon, Mr. Sheppard will pass away. What ...

Voice of God goes eternal
Published 7/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It is about the money, stupid
... I've discussed Bob Sheppard many, many times here as he's struggled to return to the mic at the Stadium. His replacement, Jim Hall, has a wonderful voice, strikingly similar to Mr. Sheppard's, but like any sequel, it's never as good as the original. Mr. Hall had a rough night on Tuesday, but I think this is an amazing idea. ...

Bob Shepherd's Voice
Published 7/18/2008 by Nick-YF at YFSF
... "I have an habitual feeling that I am leading a posthumous existence." -John Keats By now, I'm sure a lot of you have seen this article about Bob Shepherd from MSNBC: Given the ovation at the mention of Sheppard’s name last night, it’s clear that there would be no replacement for Sheppard if he sadly never makes it to the new stadium next year. But due to the state of text-to-speech technology, Sheppard’s voice could be the voice of the starting lineups for the next 50 years, if the Yankees choose to go that ...

In The New Yankee Stadium, The Voice Of God Will Be Officially Disembodied
Published 7/18/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... 97 year old Bob Sheppard has been the Yankee Stadium public address announcer since 1951, and while he’s been in poor health of late, CNN’s Darren Rovell promises, “due to the state of text-to-speech technology, Sheppard’s voice could be the voice of the starting lineups for the next 50 years, if the Yankees choose to go that route.” ...

Missing in action from Tuesday night
Published 7/19/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
... This is kind of creepy. It seems they could record sounds from Bob Sheppard and have his voice announce lineups forever. ...

Robot Bob Sheppard?
Published 7/19/2008 by grum@work at SportsFilter
July 19, 2008 Robot Bob Sheppard? : There is a suggestion by some that Bob Sheppard voice (announcer at Yankee Stadium) be converted into a text-to-speech program so that he may always be the announcer at new Yankee Stadium. ...