Longtime Yankees radio voice John Sterling dies at 87

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(Gray News) - Legendary sports broadcaster John Sterling has died, the MLB announced Monday morning.

He was 87.

Sterling had a unique style and passion for play-by-play game calling for the New York Yankees from 1989 to 2024.

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2009, file photo, New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling sits in... — FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2009, file photo, New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling sits in the booth before the Yankees' baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York. Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday night, Sept. 1, 2021, after Sterling got stuck trying to drive home after a game. Sterling and Ricardo both called New York's game at the Los Angeles Angels from Yankee Stadium because the radio crews have not resumed traveling with the team as part of COVID-19 protocols.(Bill Kostroun | AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

He called more than 5,400 regular-season Yankees games, MLB reported, and 225 more in the postseason.

Sterling’s career also included time with the Atlanta Braves and Hawks, the New York Nets and Islanders, and the Baltimore Bullets.

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