Bob Sheppard has been the public voice of the New York Yankees for more than 50 years and hasn’t missed a home opener since 1950. Unfortunately, he’s not at Yankee Stadium today as the Yanks face the Royals.
NEW YORK (AP) — Public-address announcer Bob Sheppard’s authoritative voice was missing from the New York Yankees‘ home opener for the first time since 1950 because of a hip injury.
Sheppard threw out his left hip Monday night at his Long Island home, the Yankees said before Tuesday’s game against Kansas City. He will miss the three-game series against the Royals and hopes to be back April 21.
“I am very disappointed,” Sheppard said in a statement. “I am optimistic that I will return to the stadium for the next homestand.”
Yankee Stadium has got to sound strange today without Sheppard’s voice booming from the speakers.
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