Yankees radio icon John Sterling dead at 87

New York Yankees vigor fable John Sterling has died, WFAN Sports Radio successful New York announced connected Monday. He was 87.

"We are devastated to perceive astir the passing of John Sterling, a WFAN and Yankees vigor icon whose dependable was synonymous with an full procreation of Yankee fandom," the vigor presumption wrote connected societal media.

John Sterling sits successful the broadcast booth earlier the New York Yankees crippled against the Boston Red Sox astatine Yankee Stadium successful New York connected Sept. 25, 2009. (Bill Kostroun/AP)

Sterling suffered a bosom onslaught successful January and was said to beryllium successful bully spirits. He retired from broadcasting successful April 2024 aft 64 years successful the industry.

Since 1989, Sterling has been gracing the New York airwaves arsenic the dependable of the Yankees, and that has included the aggregate World Series titles.

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"It is high, it is far, it is gone!" is thing Yankees fans person heard for decades, and Sterling usually followed it up with circumstantial calls for each player, including, "It’s an A-bomb from A-Rod" for Alex Rodriguez and "Here comes the Judge!" for Aaron Judge.

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