Brian Cashman eulogizes Yankees announcer Sheppard
Quick ReadSlugger Reggie Jackson once called him "The Voice of God."
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Bob Sheppard's coffin is carried into St. Christopher's Church in Baldwin. (July 15, 2010)
'Voice of God' Bob Sheppard remembered
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Slugger Reggie Jackson once called him "The Voice of God." But Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said more accurately, Bob Sheppard was a living saint.
Cashman spoke Thursday at a funeral for Bob Sheppard, the Yankees announcer whose dignified intonations were a constant for generations of fans.
Sheppard's mastery of the language - he worked at St. John's University, his Queens alma...
