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Legendary Yankees PA Announcer Bob Sheppard Dies At 99

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It's a Newsday link, so most of the story is behind a pay wall, but the gist is here. Sheppard was the PA announcer at the old Yankee Stadium from 1951 to 2007; Derek Jeter has requested that his name be announced by a recording of Sheppard until he (Jeter) retires.