The death of Yankees broadcaster John Sterling has led to a flood of tributes from colleagues, baseball fans and the players whose careers his voice was the soundtrack to.
That included four-time World Series winner and former Yankees captain Derek Jeter, who took to social media Monday to share his memories of the legendary baseball announcer.
“John Sterling is as much a part of the fabric of the New York Yankees organization as any player,” Jeter wrote on X. “It was an honor to have him call every one of my games during my career and an absolute pleasure to get to know him on a personal basis. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. He will be deeply missed.”
Sterling was behind the mic for the entirety of Jeter’s major league career, narrating some of his biggest moments, from getting his 3,000th hit to the final at-bat of his MLB career.
Other former Yankees took to social media as well to pay tribute to Sterling.
Alex Rodriguez described him as “one of one” in a post on X.
“I loved him, and I’ll always be grateful for how good he was to me throughout my career,” Rodriguez wrote. “No one loved baseball more than John. He was a true ambassador for the game, beloved and revered by everyone who knew him or heard his voice. I’ll never forget hearing him and Suzyn call games, and his incredible Hank Aaron stories.
“The baseball world will miss him deeply, but we will never forget him. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.”
Sterling’s longtime broadcast partner Suzyn Waldman paid tribute to him in a post on social media and said that “there is no one like him and there never will be” in comments before she left for Yankee Stadium on Monday to call the series finale against the Orioles.
Michael Kay, the television voice of the Yankees, broke down while talking about Sterling on his ESPN New York radio show on Monday afternoon.
The two were radio partners from 1992-2001 when the Yankees had their radio broadcasts on 770 AM WABC.
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