Courtesy of the YES broadcast of last season's 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on this date a year ago, April 17, 1951, marked Bob Sheppard's debut as an announcer at Yankee Stadium.
Here is the lineup he introduced, in the home opener against the 1951 Red Sox:
Jackie Jensen, LF
Phil Rizzuto, SS
Mickey Mantle, RF
Joe DiMaggio, CF
Yogi Berra, C
Johnny Mize, 1B
Billy Johnson, 3B
Jerry Coleman, 2B
Vic Raschi, P
Ho-hum, just another home opener with five future Hall of Famers in the lineup, and 11 MVPs between them. Also, the guy who would be 1951's Rookie of the Year, Gil McDougald, was on the bench.
Yanks won, 5-0, as Raschi pitched a complete game shutout, Jensen homered and doubled, and Mantle, DiMaggio, and Berra also drove in runs.
You know, sometimes I think maybe we forget how lucky we are...
Friday, April 17, 2020
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When Jeter returned from the disabled list once and they played some stupid lyric along the lines of “its good to be back” instead of the voice of god. Jeter gave a death eye to the marketing suite. Baseball is not run , broadcasted, produced or promoted by people who enjoy baseball.
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