Before my family moved out west in 1961 I went to many a game at Yankee Stadium, but since then I have been exactly twice and I had forgotten all about old Bob Sheppard. I tried to find an old clip of him on YouTube but the best I could do was more recent announcing he had done and I heard the shaky voice of a very old man. But enough came through to take me back to that old ballyard in the 1950's, smelling the cigar smoke, feeling the crackling energy of the crowd as Mel Allen crowed from someone's transistor radio "And the Yankees take the field", the announcer intoning "Please rise for our National Anthem", big stadium silent, players at attention, caps over hearts, and then soon after the clipped cadence of Bob Sheppard announcing the line-ups.
