John Sterling returned to his usual place in the Yankees’ radio booth and had a few simple words for Ryan Ruocco.
“Thank you so much for doing that, I so enjoyed my four days of rest,” Sterling told his temporary replacement.
It had been 5,060 games since Sterling had to utter such words, and Ruocco is still not sure if Sterling listened to the four games he called in his place on WFAN. It thrust Ruocco into the Yankees’ broadcast spotlight usually reserved for Sterling and YES Network play-by-play man Michael Kay.
“I’ve gotten to do a lot of cool stuff in my career and high-profile stuff, I don’t think I’ve ever received more reaction to something than doing those games.