 not smile after that. John Sterling has been a busy man this season coming up with new home run calls. A few minutes ago Meredith Maracovitz caught up with the man who on Wednesday called his five thousandth career Yankees regular season and postseason game since jumping on board in 1989. I'm with the man who needs no introduction but John we're gonna do it anyway this is John Sterling the radio voice of the New York Yankees John these 2019 Yankees are keeping you busy you've come up with a lot of new home run calls has it been fun well it's amazing oh you know this year is fun because you don't even recognize most baseball people wouldn't even recognize excuse me half the Yankee lineup and the fact they're having so much success I think all of us feel that's a lot of fun now out of the new guys that you had to come up with a new home run call for what's your favorite well I think the last one that I did Geo Oshela the most happy fella I came up on the fly with the first of all I think it all is silly but it's fun but I came up with the talk man the sock man and for Mike Ford Mike is Ford tough so if people enjoy them get a kick out of them I'm very happy you mentioned that Oshela was on the fly but how many of them are on the fly and how many do you really think about beforehand well years ago Meredith when this all began you know burn baby burn I didn't think of anything because it wasn't supposed to be for every player but it took off for whatever reason it's become as they say a cottage industry so now if they get a player in the offseason me I do think about it this year though with all these guys coming up it's been so odd so different and I'm very lucky that I've been able to find something that's you know okay I could not think of anything for DJ LaMahoe then I found out the DJ was David John excuse me this is done early today and I don't have my voice yet anyway I found out his name was David John well he had a home run and I said David John makes long gone so you know that's that's about the best I could do the really good ones you know a bomb for a rod and and Robbie can oh don't you know they were on the fly it just happened as I open my big mouth do you ever worry how they're gonna be received no no after all I mean it's not you know it's not feeding the world's hungry it's not curing a disease you know just a little fun play on words and then in the middle of the ballgame pretty cool thing the other day you actually called your 5000 game did not know can you believe that did not know is that just with the Yankees that's according to our producer Eric Roldan well that's phenomenal it began in 89 and but actually my streak really began in 1981 I did my first Hawks game in November of 81 and then the next year I added the Braves to the Hawks while I was doing a lot of games I was doing 220 games a year but anyway I should thank my jeans and that I've been able to be so healthy and very lucky obviously okay one of our colleagues excuse me one of our call now you're giving it to me one of our colleagues John Flaherty played for the Yankees obviously he never got a John Sterling home run call can you give the man a home run call well it would be something to do with his nickname his nickname is Flash and so I guess I would say John his one in a flash and something like that I like it John thank you so much for the time my pleasure you know I love being on with you thank you set it back to you in the studio