Mets announcers Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez remember Yankees radio legend John Sterling

“You know, when I was growing up, John was one of the first to have a talk show, a call-in talk show, on WMCA,” Cohen said. “This was back in the early ’70s. And he was bombastic at times, but he was knowledgeable, and everybody who I knew who was into sports in New York listened to John doing that talk show on WMCA. They’d all imitate him. And then he’d go on to do hockey games. He did the New York Raiders in the WHA, and his partner was the former Yankee left-hander Fritz Peterson. And John would lose his voice by the third period, and Fritz would have to do play-by-play. Then he went on to do the Islanders, and then the Nets during the time that Bernard King was with the Nets. He called him ‘Bernard, Sky, B.B. King!’ I mean, he was one of a kind. Sui generis.”

“He actually came to the Yankees the same year I started with the Mets in 1989,” Cohen added. “He and Michael Kay formed a fantastic duo for 10 years before Michael moved on to TV. And then he and Suzyn were like brother and sister. That was a fabulous listen. You know, he had his own style. Nobody else was ever like John, or will ever be like John. And we’re all the greater for having known him, and the lesser for his passing.”

“You know, the way I look at John is that he had a wonderful life,” Hernandez said. “And he was able to do something that he loved. And that was being in sports.”

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