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John Sterling (né Sloss; [1] born July 4, 1938) [2] [3] is an American retired sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2024. Sterling called 5,060 consecutive Yankees games from 1989 to 2019.
John Sterling, the hyperexcitable New York Yankees broadcaster known for decades of indelible, personalized home run calls, announced his immediate retirement Monday at age 85. Sterling made the ...
John Sterling really was the voice for GENERATIONS of Yankees fans. If he is going to retire, what a hell of a run. The sound of the Yankees is not going to be the same 💙
Sterling broadcast 5,060 consecutive games from September 1989 through July 2019 after starting with the Yankees as a pregame host. Sterling will be honored in a pregame ceremony before Saturday’s game in the Bronx against Tampa Bay. “I have been able to do what I wanted, broadcasting for 64 years,” Sterling said in a statement.
And as Sterling has said before, “once you get to the park, it’s easy,’’ said Steiner. Calling the games, interacting with the fans, being on the stage is the fun part. Getting to the next ...
Retiring New York Yankees broadcaster was honored before the team's game versus the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Sterling said he was tired after 64 years at the mic.
John Allen Sterling (1857–1918), American politician from Illinois; John Whelan Sterling (1816–1885), professor and administrator at the University of Wisconsin; John William Sterling (1844–1918), philanthropist, major benefactor to Yale University; John T. Sterling (1841–1920), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient; John E ...
John Sterling is from an age when baseball announcers had distinct personalities, instantly identified by a greeting, or a catch phrase, or a home run call.