Think about this, among the 5,420 regular-season games and 211 postseason games John called for the Yankees, he didn’t miss a single game in the Hall of Fame careers of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
@PeterBotte And he’s the only person to claim that. Not a single Yankee manager, coach, best writer. Even Jeter’s parents didn’t go to EVERY game.
@PeterBotte John is a true legend. Look was every call perfect? No. But it actually added to the charm of it all. 1 of the best at finding the right balance of shtick and a National call style of broadcasting. What a great storyteller who never took himself too seriously both on and off air
@PeterBotte @Feinsand Whoever is the new radio PBP guy for the Yankees (hopefully it’s Justin Shackil) is gonna have an impossible task in “replacing” a legend.