This leaves these options:
a) Cancel the home opener.
b) Have no public address announcer.
c) Ryan Seacrest.
Nobody replaces the Voice of God. We wish Mr. Sheppard a speedy recovery. But -- scanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports -- we have found three human voices that modulate the grace, resonance and timber to stand-in as temporary replacements -- the Cody Ransoms of announcing -- for this historic event.
James Earl Jones
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Imagine the Homeric calls:
"Mm-mm... Jeeeeeter."
"Mariano... Woo-HOO!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, won’t you please rise and join us in honoring America with in the singing of — DO-OH! WHY YOOOU LITTLE... I’M GONNA KILL YOU!"
There's always Madonna.
ReplyDeleteI spit my coffee when I read/imagined the "mmmm...Jeter" announcement.
ReplyDeleteMaybe She-Fan -- and between innings, she can read passages from her book.
ReplyDeleteMr. Bob Shepard is 98 years old.
ReplyDeleteWithout wishing to offend anyone's sensibilities, I feel that he may be done.
Sometimes, that is just the way it is.
Like the Yankee's never winning a WS with A-Rod as a teammate.
And so it goes.
I like the idea of James Earl Jones. Can someone call Hank/Hal/Randy/Lonn?
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