NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling announced his immediate retirement Monday at age 85, a few weeks into his 34th season in New York’s broadcast booth.
Sterling had cut back his schedule in recent years and was not with the team for its trip to Houston and Toronto.
He called 5,420 regular-season games, the last against the Blue Jays 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.
Sterling will be honored in a pregame ceremony before Saturday’s game against Tampa Bay.
“I have been able to do what I wanted, broadcasting for 64 years,” Sterling said in a statement. “As a little boy growing up in New York as a Yankees fan, I was able to broadcast the Yankees for 36 years. It’s all to my benefit, and I leave very, very happy. I look forward to seeing everyone again on Saturday.”
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Kate Hudson hits the stage to debut songs from her new album Glorious at star
Byron leads Hendrick Motorsports to 1
Lazio booed by own fans but Anderson leads from the front in 4
Supreme Court to hear arguments over mifepristone Tuesday
Flight attendant reveals why plane passengers should NEVER fall asleep before take off
Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
Forsberg gets 10th career hat trick, sets Nashville scoring record as Predators beat Blackhawks 5
Colton Herta shows speed as Honda fights back in penultimate Indy 500 practice session
Democrats pounce on Arizona Supreme Court's abortion ruling