Michael Kay, YES Network pay tribute to John Sterling
Credit: YES Network Longtime New York Yankees radio voice John Sterling passed away at the age of 87 on Monday. Tributes have poured in for the legendary announcer, who called 5,060 consecutive Yankees games and retired abruptly in 2024 ( before returning to call Yankees postseason games that year). Ahead of Monday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees honored Sterling with a video tribute and followed that with a moment of silence.
YES Network play-by-play announcer Michael Kay and longtime broadcast partner Suzyn Waldman placed flowers at home plate. Yankees baseball and John Sterling. Inseparable.
Watch as the Yankees honor Sterling’s life and legacy ahead of Orioles vs. Yankees. pic.
twitter. com/jqvCKS7Wty — YES Network (@YESNetwork) May 4, 2026 And here’s how Kay opened the YES Network broadcast alongside color commentator David Cone: Michael Kay: “We’re honoring the life and tremendous career of John Sterling. We’ll do more of that as the (Yankees) game moves on.
But you know, David, he’d probably be angry with us. He’d say, ‘There’s a game going on, so talk about that. ’ So, we’re gonna do that for John.