After 36 seasons as the voice of the New York Yankees, John Sterling needed just 90 seconds to say goodbye.
“That’s baseball, Suzyn”; Yankees broadcasters John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman pose during a retirement ceremony for Sterling at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday, April 20, 2024.before Saturday’s 2-0, 10-inning loss to Tampa Bay, five days after the 85-year-old broadcaster announced his retirement 2 1/2 weeks into the season. Flanked by his family, Sterling received gifts that included a jersey with No. 5,631 for his games total, and then addressed the sellout crowd of 47,629.
Sterling called 5,420 regular-season games, the last against Toronto on April 7, plus 211 postseason games. Sterling broadcast 5,060 consecutive games from September 1989 through July 2019 after starting with the Yankees as a pregame host. His partners included Jay Johnstone , Joe Angel , Michael Kay , Charley Steiner and Suzyn Waldman .
His baritone voice booming and frequently punching a fist or two in the air to add emphasis, Sterling explained the origin of his signature, exclamatory home run calls. “I didn’t want to be Eddie Bracken. I wanted to be the guy who says: `Live from Hollywood!’” Sterling remembered. “And I knew that maybe a year or two later, but before puberty I knew I was going to be on the air. And it really helped me because I didn’t worry about school, because I knew what I was going to do. And it was a good thing because I was a terrible student.”
Frank Sinatra’s recording of “My Way” was played as Sterling walked back stiffly to the Yankees dugout.
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