Jackson hopes dust settles for Rocket
MLB (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Jackson hopes dust settles for Rocket
Reggie Jackson
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Jackson hopes dust settles for Rocket
MLB (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Jackson hopes dust settles for Rocket
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December Fourth
Divorcing Rick (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
... the conversation turned to baseball because Jean and I LOVED our baseball. That was the year that Reggie Jackson hit 3 homers in one World Series game. Jean and I were laughing at the stupid comment Jackson made after his amazing performance at bat that day. When the first microphone was stuck in his face, he said, "I don't want to be compared to Babe Ruth and other greats."...
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* New titles from Bloomsbury
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelfh (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... and soon reaped the benefit of his talented minor leagues. With the emergence of players such as Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Joe Rudi, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue — as skillful on the field as they were eccentric off it — the A’s won five straight division titles and three straight World Series (1972-1974) — the latter feat equaled by only one other team in history....
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Making The Call: A Great Career
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... stadium, bouncing back at you from different angles. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Frank Gifford, Reggie Jackson, Lawrence Taylor, Chris Mullin, Derek Jeter, all of them were introduced by Bob Sheppard. And despite his absence from the new stadium , Derek Jeter used a recording of Sheppard to introduce his at bats there. Billy Crystal once said that when he got to Heaven, he hoped...
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Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229
kelby8yq5s | 11/28/2009
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of World Series films can be bought for $2,299, and it contains authenticated autographs of 12 Hall of Famers, including Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt. A limited edition run of 100 sets was put together by Major League Baseball Productions, A&E Home Entertainment
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Tales from Sheppard’s life in baseball
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... Through thick and thin, Sheppard was the Yanks’ PA man. He saw Mickey Mantle’s rise and fall, Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin, the death of Thurmon Munson, some memorably bad Yankee teams in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the arrival of Derek Jeter and a second golden age. He’s seen more players pass through the stadium that just about anyone else and has pronounced, in that...
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Boston College holds off Providence in 82-77 win
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Josh Southern scored on a three-point play with 43 seconds left and Boston College withstood Providence's late rally in an 82-77 win on Saturday night.Providence led 77-75 with 1 minute to play, but Southern's three-point play proved to be the game winner for Boston College (4-2). Biko Paris and Joe Trapani combined to go 4-for-4 from the free-throw line to secure the win.Reggie...
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Boston College holds off Providence in 82-77 win
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Josh Southern scored on a three-point play with 43 seconds left and Boston College withstood Providence's late rally in an 82-77 win on Saturday night.Providence led 77-75 with 1 minute to play, but Southern's three-point play proved to be the game winner for Boston College (4-2). Biko Paris and Joe Trapani combined to go 4-for-4 from the free-throw line to secure the win.Reggie Jackson...
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'Voice of God' announces retirement
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... resonant tones, Sheppard became the PA announcer at the old Yankee Stadium in 1951. Decades later, Reggie Jackson gave him the nickname "The Voice of God."Sheppard has called out names from Joe DiMaggio to Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter over the years. For the final game at the old park in 2008, he recorded a greeting to fans and the introduction of New York's starting lineup.
- Yankees legend calls it a career at 99 - Philadelphia Inquirer
- Report: Longtime Yankees voice Sheppard retiring - Examiner
- See the 6 articles on the same subject
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Yankees legend calls it a career at 99
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... resonant tones, Sheppard became the PA announcer at the old Yankee Stadium in 1951. Decades later, Reggie Jackson gave him the nickname "The Voice of God."Sheppard has called out names from Joe DiMaggio to Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter over the years. For the final game at the old park in 2008, he recorded a greeting to fans and the introduction of New York's starting lineup.Paul Olden...