Bob Sheppard 1976 - Yankee Stadium Re-Opening, 4/15/1976, Pt. 1
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- Bob Sheppard (10/20/2010-7/11/2010), voice of Yankee Stadium for 57 seasons delivered his longest group of introductions on 4/15/1976 when the refurbished Yankee Stadium was opened. This is Part 1 of 3 videos. Written by then Yankee PR director Marty Appel, listen to Bob introduce Billy Martin for the first time as NYY manager along with other Yankee greats on this star-studded opener.
Bob was a genuinely admirable human being and a gentleman of the old school who represented a bygone era of aspiration and dignity. The sacred eloquence that Bob's work represented and epitomized has now officially past. He was a credit to his faith, his family, his friends, and to sports. He possessed unrivaled character, integrity, courage, and class. How lucky I was to even know this exceptional man since his sterling influence on my life echoed through to my very heart and soul. I shall miss him terribly. We shall all miss the magnificent Robert Leo Sheppard.
Thank you Sheppard fans!!
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Sheppard's voice sooths me.
It was sad to see it torn down
A great memory. I was lucky to be there.
God I miss this place :-(
As I miss Memorial Stadium. Camden is nive, and but Memorial Stadium was grand a stadiym on the higest part in the citys east side. Ypu could look from the Upper Deck to see for Miles, it was loud steep, and beautoful to the eye, just as Yankee Stadium was grand. I gotchills and was so sad when i heard the news in 08 when i saw theASG logo, which indicated it would be its final season. Rex Barney and Bob Sheppard are greats each part of thier respective cities. Now that the steel mills closed,, theres notindustry, and the local farms are gone bought out by developers nothing is left on Baltimore for work.Its so deressing, the west side children hrow up in poverty, awful corruptionin govt. And last week they removed the iconic Neon Domino sugar sign since they forced this grren rrsillent sustainable crap on us. This hoax to destroy our liberties and freedom to survive is evil...
Gid bless u all in NY.
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Even in 1976 Bob's voice still echoes throughout Yankee Stadium.
Still does in our hearts
These three clips on the Stadium's reopening in 76 are a GEM!! Thank you!!
GOD!!!!!!!
I MISS THIS PARK!!!
The Truth I miss the one before this one
Boy, this brings back memories. I was at this game with my Uncle and cousins.
Thanks a million for showing the re-opening of the old Yankee Stadium in 1976. Bob Shepherd's voice was like a Godly presence to me. Sounded authoritative and full of class. The only thing with the above is that he accidently gave the date of the Giants -Colts NFL overtime title game as Dec. 12, 1958. It was actually Dec. 29 that year. But, that aside, it was always great to watch a Yankee Stadium event (Yankees or Giants game) and hear that monumental voice booming in the background on TV (of course, you would really capture the spirit of it in person). May Mr. Robert Shepherd rest in peace. Things will never be the same.
This is great! I was born on this very day.
Beautiful i was so happy to have gone to NY w my paw in 2005. Orioles the Sosa Palmerio team budgeonrd the yanks.
Growing up in the 80's in Detroit I used to love being able to see Yankees home games televised in Michigan and not because I like the Yankees cuz I don't (because I'm a die-hard Tiger's fan) but because of Bob Sheppard, I got goosebumps when I would hear his voice. When I heard Bob Sheppards voice I use to always think that if we could hear Jesus talk he would sound just like Bob Sheppard! RIP sir also I heard after he passed that he was also the Public Address Announcer for the NY football Giants for years. What a legend! You know he is a legend if a kid who lived in Detroit Michigan his whole life and looked up to a PA announcer from another state, because I couldn't tell you another PA announcers name from outside of Detroit because fans really don't even think about that unless it's Bob Sheppard
Rest in peace Bob Sheppard
I went to that game - Still have the ticket stub as a souvenir ($4 Upper Reserve seats)...I was practice teaching in NJ when the head of the department asked if I was interested in going...HELL YES...after a few seasons with the Yanks at Shea (I'd returned from over 2 1/2 years with the Army in Germany two years earlier and watched both the Mets and Yanks at Shea) it was time to go back to Yankee Stadium...great game, time & memories...I'd forgotten the ceremonies on the field - thanx...good thing about the new stadium was that you no longer had those support columns in the way of the action on the field - I remember going to a night game with out neighbors and I hadda crane my neck around the column in the center of my field of view to see what has happening at the third base side...
the reason they tore down the stadium because of the private boxes and the restaurants. now you can get a steak and a lobster and pay a few grand for a box seat. they have out priced the real fan what a shame. there was nothing wrong with the stadium, i remember this day and remember dan ford hit the first home run at the stadium that day.
+mel baez i couldn't agree with you more. there was absolutely nothing wrong with the original yankee stadium.
I have yet to go see a game @ Yankee Stadium III. For this longtime fan, what I don't like about the latest version outnumbers what I do like about it.
@@dzanier I have never seen someone slobber over the 1976-2008 Yankee Stadium like you. It was on the same location, but they closed off Monument Park and the outfield looked a lot like the old stadium in Baltimore. It had slightly more character than Royals Stadium.
You’re an idiot. Sitting in the seats in the old Stadium was great but waiting to get food or use the bathroom took forever. The concourse was tight, was almost impossible to pass through. They needed a new Stadium
Disco Dan Ford!
This was telecast over WPIX Channel 11 in New York City. The complete game doesn't not exist on video (only clips). An audio recording of the game's radiocast aired over WMCA-AM does exist.
amazing
(Taiwan台灣男37歲):謝謝神之聲-鮑伯·謝帕德thanks for "The Voice of God"-Bob Sheppard
Good for you. This was a monumental game.
just like the '77 tiger stadium facelift, the new yankee renovation made the stadium look more plastic and cheaper. gotta love the bare bones blue seating!
Their was a recession in the city during the renovation. I felt they should’ve put more seats in in L/C. I liked the facade on the upper deck. It looked lame having it streamlined in the outfield. I liked how they lowered the playing field 6 feet to highten the walls. There are pros and cons in all.
METALBUG999 NY had the recession back in the 70’s. They couldn’t go full tilt like recently,.
I can see why it seemed strange at first, but they maintained a lot of the qualities of the old stadium with the renovation. I think it eventually became a stadium that even the fans who had been used to seeing the original park grew to love. The one they have now is not and ever will be Yankee Stadium.
Bob Shepard great Man
I attended this game, sat in the front row in section 9 of the upper deck. What a great memory, although when I first entered the ball park, one of the first couple hundred to do so, I wasn't that impressed with the ball park. I had been to the old Yankee Stadium numerous times and this one seemed too bland. The Stadium grew on me and became a wonderful place to watch a game and the Yankee fans made it even better. It great to see this video, one I have never seen.
I am in absolute awe of these three postings. I have always hoped to actually see this. I would love to see the whole game as well. Was this broadcast on channel 11? thank you so much for this.
This is the SECOND Yankee Stadium. The first one was knocked down after the 1973 season. I don't understand how people cried so much in 2008 over the closing of the second Yankee Stadium. The crying should have been done in 1973 after the original closed.
It was NOT "knocked down." It was renovated. This is the SAME stadium.
@@careyconley4690 Not exactly. The infield was lowered eight feet. The fences were moved in. All the seating concourses were altered because the columns were removed. Home plate was 8 feet lower than the original ballpark. The building was so heavily renovated that just about the only piece that remained is the lower half of the outside wall that went around the ballpark....nearly everything else was torn out.
@@tektoniks_architects the Main Section, the Loge section, and all but the last 11 rows of the upper deck were all part of the “original park”. As we’re all of the bleachers. The field was indeed lowered, and the upper deck was extended. A load bearing concrete wall was placed behind the seats, cutting the “mezzanine” seating in half. The facing of the loge still had the cutouts of the support columns visible. So, no. It was the same stadium.
I was there!!!
Unfortunately there's no room for historic stadiums filled with winning magic in the modern corporate world...just profits and mediocre teams in an unfriendly new stadium
Amen brother! They can't even sell out the new one because the ticket prices are so high. Quite simply, the new stadium is ugly as hell. But what do you expect, a joke stadium for a joke team, and I say this as a die hard Yankee fan since the days of Mr. October.
I was there.
I.I.N.M., this would have been the first Yankees season where WPIX used RCA TK-45A cameras (replacing the General Electric PE-250's that had been used from either 1966 or '67 to the 1975 season).
I wish they never tore down this stadium. The new one is definitely easier to
Navigate and more comfortable, but it’s a shopping mall with a field in. I miss walking down those corridors with my grandpa and father singing Frank Sinatra.
Wow Yankee was really awesome when I was a kid and teenager from 1976-84 when LeftCenter was 430ft. and Center was 417ft. and Left was 387ft. those were was real MEN dimensions not like now where the dimensions cater to the wimps.
CARLO DiCOLA it went down to 399 and 408 ft 👎🏼!
In the Babe Ruth days left center was 490 feet. I’m glad Gehrig and Ruth stuck to the small porch in RF.
@@VolumedMusicMan
Even right-center in Ruth's time was 429. 407 in Mickey's days.
I Watched This Game On WPIX TV Channel 11.Yes Its A Shame They Tore Down This Historic Ballpark. When They Tore It Down To Make Room For The Current One The Old Stadium Went From "The House That Ruth Built " ,To The House That Ruthless Steinbrenner Tore Down." Do You Agree?
I've never been to any of the Yankee stadiums and damn I wish I would have. I was like 4 years old when they reopened the old stadium and came back from Shea. I was just wondering if anyone remembers what the stadium was like before they remodeled and reopened in 76, because I hear different opinions but nothing really stating facts it was people just complaining. I would love to hear people's thoughts and opinions. I'm born and raised in Detroit but I love baseball history and I am always trying to learn more. So thats why I come on here and I get to talk to the die-hard smart fans in the comments. I look forward to hearing what your stories and opinions are.
@dzanier Damn straight! I'm glad my Dad did'nt live to see Yankee Stadium get taken away from us fans. It would have broken his heart like it did mine.
I am sad MLB is ruining baseball w greed destroying the game and the a.tmosphere,Finally if one cannot relate to the players there is no point.
Which baseball players are still alive just a few
If the Yankees were hell bent on getting rid of the 1923-73 structure, they should have just started over. It would have taken no more time and would have saved a lot of money in the long run. The Yankees could have built a beautiful new stadium for $80-90 million, but instead, they spent only $30 million in the 1970s and then another billion 30 years later.
They should have brought someone to represent Ruth and Gherig
If you watched the video, they did: Mrs. Babe Ruth, and Mrs. Lou Gehrig.
Yes the renovation was quite extensive but the structure remained the same. The Stadium was originally introduced as a "new Yankee Stadium" but this was quickly dropped as people realized that the tradition hadn't been lost after the renovation. The stadium was basically a piece of crap from 1960-1973 so they really needed quite a bit of work
I agree on everything you said. The renovation was fantastic and did nothing to take away from the tradition of the Stadium. Some traditionalists probably wanted it to stay the same, but it was a piece of crap at that time in the late 60s and early 70s. The worst thing that can be said about the renovated stadium, and it isn't such a small criticism, is that it cost almost 100 million dollars to renovate and that was 4 times the original estimated cost. New York was in a very bad financial situation during that time and those who felt it was a waste of taxpayer money had a valid point.
I didn't know Howard stern's father was the Yankees announcer
Holy crap, I'm a peer of Babe Ruth's Widow!
Never should of demolished it
PIX 11 (WPIX)
The house that George Rebuilt
Actually Mike Burke re-built it. The deal was made before George and the limited partners bought the team. George had nothing to do with the re-hab.
Yankees 11 Twins 4
The fact that it's a joke team is more due to injuries now. I sincerely hope they can pick up one or two players to help out after the break. As far as the stadium goes, it makes me sick to my stomach.
I forgot about bob sheppard
Not ONE single Yankee went to Bob Sheppard's funeral, just in case you were wondering if they were successful in destroying their souls in exchange for ill-gotten gains (they aced the conversion).
that's sad. very sad.
That was a disgrace. Especially Jeter, who used his voice recording to introduce him for the rest of his career. But didn't attend the funeral. Disgraceful. In fact seats up front were saved for Yankee players and personal. The section was empty, except for Brian Cashman. I believe he was the only one who attended.
Jeter sucks moose jaw
@@Grit489
You SuckSaltySeagullShit
@@TheBatugan77 good one
This 1974-75 renovation did nothing to detract from the mystique and sense of reverence that one felt upon entering the stadium. It is the only stadium I've ever been in where I could feel a true sense of history, a sense of majesty, an aura. The renovation was a good one, it was skillfully done. I never got to see a game at the original 1923-1973 Stadium, but judging from pictures I've seen I feel the renovation was justified. They got rid of the view-obstructing pillars, scaled down the capacity by about 15%, and made it a cozier park. Given the fact that New York was bankrupt at the time, I suppose one could argue that money could have been spent better elsewhere, but that's another matter. Now, as far as the new stadium, the one that took the place of this one and opened in 2009, that one was absolutely not necessary. That was a money-making venture by the Yankees. They were already selling out the stadium and making money, but the suits in the front office used the excuse of forward thinking as a justification to build a stadium that is a shrine to excess and caters mainly to the wealthy. In so many ways the Yankee management of today reflects the cold-hearted, greedy spirit of uncontrolled capitalism and dehumanizing elitism. I will never set foot in there. The Mets needed a new stadium being as that Shea was a dump. The Yanks tore down a jewel to build a temple to unrestrained consumerism and that elite 1%. Shame on them.
If you have ever toured the old stadium, than you know a new or at least updated stadium was needed. Players facilities were horrible. The Boss wanted more private boxes for the suits. The Yanks could have done a better job of rebuilding this current stadium. The previous stadium was all about the game. the current stadium is about everything but. it looks like they are trying to make the stadium more fan friendly and more kid friendly, by revising the left and right field areas.
Also, the 74-75 renovation was done substandard. Cracks began to appear in the cinder blocks that were used almost immediately. The Yanks squeezed 30 years out of that renovation. The stadium should have been torn down in the 90's, but there was no $$. As a long time fan, I don't have an issue with building a new stadium. I just have an issue with the design.
I never toured the old one and never saw the players' facilities. I went to about 20-25 games there from 1979-2001. The previous stadium was all about the game and that's why I loved it. It was aesthetically beautiful.
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--Gordon Gekko
You sure were.
Played against the Twins
I was there with a friend that day. The Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4. The Twins' Dan Ford hit the first HR, only one of the day.
what kind of people tear down yankee stadium? Shame
I am not a Yankee fan.but i.feel.your. Spirit and I understand and I agree with you. Changes are not always good
It should have never been torn.down. Period. Iam a orioles.fan..but I feel for you. I understand
The new Yankee Stadium is not and never will be the home of the Yankees. Yankee Stadium, sadly, has died. It is as close to sacrilege as you'll ever see in professional sports. It is sad that this shrine no longer exists.
That's just silly.
I mean it literally does exist, the new stadium is a exact fucking replica, but if you’re gonna get prissy about it, the original Yankee Stadium was for all intents and purposes replaced in the 76 renovations
Just look at the new phony Yankee Stadium, and if you're a true fan of the Yankees, you'd be either crying or cussing!
How can that dump Fenway Park still be standing bit this stadium had to be replaced
I havent set foot in this garbage new place and I was a loyal bleacher creature. Its over.
I've no doubt the original stadium was a shrine, but the renovation didn't take away all the tradition and beauty. What you have now is a new location which wasn't needed. The original no longer exists. In 76,it was just a renovation, and some of the changes helped the sight lines and were needed. The one they have now simply wasn't needed. It's called greed. To say the original closed applies to what happened after 2008, not 1973.
How do you justify the desecration of the old stadium, then declare the new stadium was "not needed," when it so clearly was?
If you don’t think it was needed then you’re clueless. It would take innings to use the bathroom and/or buy food. The concourses were beyond tight, was impossible to pass through. It really sounds like you got hit in the head with a few balls but you definitely need a few bats to the noggin
@@TL2354 👈👺
You again? Whining about food and shitters? Shove a powerized Louisville Slugger signature model Bsbe Ruth bat up your keister. You little girl!