John Sterling got ‘fooled’ with brutal World Series home run call

From “All Rise” to Go Sit.

Yankees longtime power sound John Sterling sewage conscionable a spot up of himself erstwhile scuffling Yankees prima Aaron Judge sent a hanging fourth-inning curveball to near field.

“And nan breaking ball, location it goes, heavy left-center field,” Sterling, 86, said pinch his sound punctuated, fresh to present his patented location tally call.

“And, Teoscar [Hernandez] is location to make nan catch. Oh, did I get fooled connected that. With that plaything and nan shot majestically going to near field, Suzyn [Waldman], I really thought it was going to beryllium out. And it wasn’t close.”

“He really did get immoderate bully wood nether it,” Sterling’s broadcast partner Suzyn Waldman said. “But it looked, obviously, for illustration it was disconnected nan extremity of nan bat.”

The large retired successful nan 4th inning was a portion of an 0-for-3 showing from Judge arsenic nan Yankees again fell to nan Dodgers 4-2 and are now down 3-0 successful nan World Series.

Waldman checked to spot if possibly nan upwind was a factor.

“I’m looking to spot if nan flags pulled that 1 in. Nope. Flags blowing successful a small bit,” Waldman said.

Fans astatine nan Stadium thought it was retired arsenic well, getting very excited seeing nan first interaction from Judge pinch galore instantly jumping retired of their seats astatine nan show of nan shot soaring to nan outfield.

We’ve seen nan Yankees’ legendary power broadcaster get fooled galore times successful caller years.

In October 2021, Giancarlo Stanton deed a rocket disconnected nan Green Monster successful Boston which Sterling called a “Stantonian location run,” earlier realizing that nan shot was now successful nan infield.

Looking for answers Sterling asked, “What did I do wrong?”

In 2022, Sterling made aggregate errors, including successful May erstwhile he thought then-Blue Jays 3rd baseman Matt Chapman deed a location tally erstwhile Stanton really made a leaping drawback connected nan ball, robbing Chapman of an extra-base hit.

Stanton besides deed what looked to beryllium a location run that April. This time, Sterling outright called it a location tally earlier Toronto’s near fielder Raimel Tapia caught it connected nan informing way successful Yankee Stadium.

Sterling antecedently retired owed to wellness concerns during nan 2024 play but has since returned for nan postseason.

It is wholly imaginable that nan adjacent Yankee nonaccomplishment will beryllium his last successful a power booth.