Longtime New York Yankees play-by-play announcer John Sterling shocked the baseball world in April when he suddenly announced his retirement from broadcasting.
The 85-year-old called a few games this season—his 36th year with the Yankees—before making the decision to retire, effective immediately.
"I really knew it in my heart. I should've announced it in spring training or before spring training," Sterling said to Jon Heyman on The Show podcast. "But I figured I'd give it a shot. I was going to do a limited schedule—maybe 100 games, 110 games or whatever. I just found it very tough to keep going to the ball games.
