Finalists to succeed John Sterling in New York Yankees radio booth revealed
The New York Yankees are still searching for John Sterling's successor, with Dave Sims and Rickie Ricardo emerging as the final candidates.
The New York Yankees are still searching for John Sterling's successor, with Dave Sims and Rickie Ricardo emerging as the final candidates.
Longtime Seattle Mariners voice Dave Sims could be the one to finally take over the New York Yankees radio job permanently.
"It makes it like a special event doesn't it?"
"Sooner or later, you’ve got to let somebody else work! It’s just the way it is. I just think it’s wrong."
Sterling is expected to call a few regular season games to prepare for the playoffs.
"The ball is in their court."
"The fact that surprises me is that so many guys haven't hit."
Sterling will call the fourth and fifth innings of Tuesday's Yankees-Guardians game.
Rickie Ricardo is one of many voices to fill in on WFAN since John Sterling's retirement, but he has certainly earned the permanent gig.
You read that correctly.
"I should've announced it in spring training or before spring training."
"I think the kids are doing a great job. No problems."
A World Series run deserves to be narrated by the voice of the Yankees.
"You guys dragged that out of me, how dare you!"
"We don’t know what we’re gonna do with it yet."
"Mel Stottlemyre would say to the pitcher in his last inning, 'Empty the tank.' Well, my tank is empty."
John Sterling will put his career in the books on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, where he lent his voice to many magical moments.
While he might not go out like him one day, YES Network's Michael Kay had nothing but good things to say about the retiring John Sterling.
With John Sterling's retirement, the Yankees and WFAN are taking a deliberate approach to finding his permanent successor.
"John Sterling was the soundtrack of my summers. John was the big moment."
"There will never be another John Sterling. There just can't be."
"He was one of a kind, and we love him."
Sterling is calling it a career after 35 years.
"Does that mean you have to be reminded you have a brother or a sister?"