Someone read the blog and emailed me to tell me Jim Hall (Yankees PA announcer) had a wedding. That explains his absence. (Note to the Halls – Bob Sheppard is 96, don’t schedule weddings on Old Timers Weekend).
Now we all love Shep, but he’s 96, so he’ll probably only be doing this another 15 years – so the Yankees need a much better plan the Ed Randall to backup Jim Hall.
Just about anybody can do a halfway decent Sheppard impression. It’s the sound of the stadium. Please no more excited DJ types saying “welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.” Awful.