With John Sterling retired as soon as once more, WFAN and the Yankees have settled on a alternative for the legendary broadcaster.
Sims, recognized for signature calls resembling “Hey now” and “Giddy up, baby,” has been the Mariners’ tv play-by-play man since 2007. The Philadelphia native will now be part of the 78-year-old Suzyn Waldman, Sterling’s longtime broadcast associate, within the Yankees’ radio sales space.
WFAN is shut on a deal to rent Dave Sims as John Sterling’s alternative.
He served because the Mariners TV announcer and has delivered some INCREDIBLE calls 🔥pic.twitter.com/mO5GryJsfk
The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported that Sims is receiving a two-year contract, whereas the New York Submit’s Ryan Glasspiegel was the primary to report a deal was shut. Rickie Ricardo, the Yankees’ Spanish language radio announcer, was additionally a finalist for the place.
Sterling, 86, retired from the Yankees’ radio sales space a couple of video games into the 2024 season. Justin Shackil and Emmanuel Berbari then dealt with nearly all of the remaining common season video games alongside Waldman earlier than Sterling unretired for the Yankees’ playoff run to the World Sequence.
Sterling, who referred to as Yankees video games for 36 years, and Sims had been each named finalists for the Baseball Corridor of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award in October.
Initially Revealed: November 14, 2024 at 5:48 PM EST
