re: Legendary Yankees radio voice John Sterling retires

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Sterling had scaled down his workload in recent seasons and had planned to only make a few road trips this season, as how to handle his time moving forward had been a topic of discussion in recent years.

But after making the season-opening road trip through Houston and Arizona, and then calling the first three home games, Sterling decided it was the right time to step away.

“I guess if I was smarter and I’m not, if I was smarter I would have done this March 1 or March 31,” Sterling said Monday on WFAN. “I’m the greatest sports fan in history and I got TVs all over the joint and I should have stopped then. I just don’t want to do any more work. I’ve worked for 64 years and in July I’ll be 86, so let’s face it, my time has come.

“I guess I could just do the home games, but you know what’s true, fellas? I don’t want to get up in the afternoon and have to go somewhere,” Sterling added. “I will be very happy in my retirement.”

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