Bob Sheppard has died

(Updated Mets content below this post throughout the day but Bob deserves the top.  Scroll down for Mets.)

Oh no…

Here’s a great Daily News article on Bob’s career written before Bob took ill.

Mike Hayes interviewed Bob for Busted Halo.  Given the news, this article about Bob’s spirituality hits the spot.  Mike presently runs Googling God. Mike wrote more today.

A few years back I had suggested Bob deserved to be in the Hall of Fame.  I still hope they put him in, but it shouldn’t have been his death that motivates people.

Daily News:

When the Yankees moved to Shea Stadium during the renovation of Yankee Stadium in 1974-75, Sheppard was careful to alter his greeting to: “The Yankees welcome you to Shea Stadium.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/07/11/2010-07-11_voice_of_the_bronx_bombers_dies_at_99.html?r=sports&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports+%28Sports%29#ixzz0tO5ch0co

More videos and stories after the jump.

Keith Olbermann on Bob.

Daily News Obit

MLB Tweeted this: “Most men go to work, but I go to a game. How many men would love to do that?” Bob Sheppard (1910-2010) #Yankees

I was texting with a friend. My take:  elegant and consistent.

Information about the wake and funeral

The NY Post’s story

The Times’ Obit which ends with this gem:

“One day when my wife and I were down in St. Thomas, we went into a restaurant,” Sheppard told The Village Voice in 2002. “I told the waitress, ‘I’ll have the No. 1. Scrambled eggs, buttered toast and black coffee. No. 1.’ “My wife looked at me and said. ‘You sound like Jon Miller’s imitation.’ I wasn’t conscious of the fact that I was ordering the same way I’d introduce Billy Martin.”