{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/63187054567edd0012c731c2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0731 – Sport Stadium Announcing ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>2023.01.01 – 0731 – Sport Stadium Announcing </strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this category could also come ‘announcers’ such as those as sports events.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bob Sheppard was the long-time&nbsp;public address announcer&nbsp;for more than 4,500 Yankees baseball games over 56 years. He was also the in-house voice for New York Giants football games for more than a half-century. Wikipedia says “Sheppard's smooth, distinctive baritone and precise, consistent elocution became iconic aural symbols of both&nbsp;the old Yankee Stadium&nbsp;and&nbsp;Giants Stadium”.</p><p>Player&nbsp;Carl Yastrzemski&nbsp;once said, \"<em>You're not in the big leagues until Bob Sheppard announces your name</em>\". </p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2zN9H4mb0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2zN9H4mb0</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}