John Sterling says goodbye, Suzyn tribute | Evan & Tiki

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3.8 • 795 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In an out of nowhere announcement, John Sterling has retired from play by play of the New York Yankees. He calls in to talk about it with Evan and Tiki. Plus, Suzyn Waldman gives John a tribute like only Suzyn can.

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0:00.0	The great John Sterling.
0:01.7	John, congratulations.
0:03.3	How are you?
0:05.6	Well, fellas, thank you.
0:07.3	You brought me to tears.
0:10.0	You're bringing a lot of people to tears, man.
0:12.0	We love you.
0:12.7	You're a legend, man.
0:14.3	Well, anyway, thank you.
0:18.0	You know, I guess if I was smarter, and I'm not, if I was smarter, I would have done this,
0:24.9	you know, March 1st or March 31st.
0:27.4	During the winter, the Yankees, as you know, it didn't make playoffs.
0:34.6	And so we were free on, you know, October 3rd, and October, November, December, January, February, March.
0:43.7	I lived my life as happy as I've lived it, including listening to you guys all the time and watching
0:50.9	all the games.
0:51.9	You know, I'm the greatest sports fan in history.
0:56.1	And I got TVs all over the joint,
0:59.4	and I should have stopped then.
1:02.2	Anyway, I just don't want to do any more work.
1:08.6	I've worked for 64 years, and in July I'll be 86.
1:11.7	So, you know, let's face it, my time has come.
1:16.3	Was it a hard decision for you when you ultimately made it?
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