John Sterling is in a quandary.
Sterling, the oft-imitated but truly inimitable radio voice of the Yankees, thinks he has come up with a great home run call for Giancarlo Stanton, and if Stanton hits as many home runs in his first year as a Yankee as he did in 2017 for the Miami Marlins, Sterling will repeat it, with his unique vocal inflections, some 59 times in 2018.
But there is trepidation because one of the great joys in Sterling’s life is when fans approach him and repeat back to him one of his trademark calls — “That’s when you know you’ve got something” — and he’s not sure Stanton’s will clear that bar.