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When Bob Sheppard said: “Your attention please, ladies and gentlemen,” people paid attention, and they did so for 56 years. His dignified intonations at Yankees games were so distinctively clear, concise and correct that Reggie Jackson called him “the voice of God.” Sheppard became one of the major figures in Yankees history without ever having come to bat or thrown a pitch. He died Sunday at his home in Baldwin, N.Y. He was 99. To this day, his voice is played on a recording every time Derek Jeter comes to the plate. “He was the one constant at Yankee Stadium,” Jeter said. “He was part of the experience.” Denver Post wire services
