Talk:John Sterling (sportscaster)

Catchphrase

• In October 2003, after the World Series, Yankee haters from all over were saying, "THEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOSE!!!!"

• • ... were they? 71.170.194.55 02:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Is there any evidence of his imitators?

Evidence? Not really. I heard a couple times though. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 03:20, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Is there a reason why the mention of Jim Norton was excised from the article? His rants on Sterling during the O&A show is what brought focus to the problem of the home run calls.

Where is the evidence of Sterling using a fake name? Prove it or it should be removed-it's incredible ridiculous. Also am I really supposed to believe Sterling lost eye sight and hearing from fireworks? COME ON! That should be removed! It's all incredibly made up BS!68.194.178.84 06:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure about blindness/deafness thing, as a google search for that and the Harold Moskowitz thing turns up nothing.

However - why are taglines for Lowe's and Sharp included in "Catchphrases"? A particular way of reading a radio plug does NOT count as a catchphrase.

• Some of the catchphrases aren't catchphrases, such as references to his mentions of Suzyn Waldman. Also, the calls of incredulity are paraphrases, not catchphrases. He never says them the same way each time. To whoever put those up: If you want to note Sterling's penchant for overstating the unpredictability of baseball, just say he has one in the article. It doesn't take a list of paraphrased "quotations". 67.188.159.75

He says the same 5 things over and over and over and over again. Isn't that amazing? You cannot predict baseball etc etc. They are catchphases. This whole thing is crap and unreliable anyway.

• A catch phrase is "a phrase or expression that is spontaneously popularized after a critical amount of widespread repeated usage in everyday conversation", according to the article. Something like high-far-gone or "Theeeee Yankees win" is a catchphrase. Something like Sam Rosen's "It's a power play goal!" is a catchphrase, or Ken Harrelson's "He gone" or "You can put it on the board...yes!". Just because a radio personality says something a few times doesn't make it one; nobody associates John Sterling with "Isn't that amazing?" like people associate Homer Simpson with "D'oh!" If you want to include that, how about "Lined, like a bullet, base hit", much more frequently said than "You can't predict baseball". The list of "quotations", as it was, did no justice to the personality - and I suspect that the point of the list was to behave as such. 67.188.159.75 10:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

"Where is the evidence of Sterling using a fake name? Prove it or it should be removed-it's incredible ridiculous". To be honest, if it weren't for the BS after it that led to its first removal by someone I'd probably keep it and not be removing it today. I actually think the name and date of birth are probably true; if only because there is NO biographical info on him out there from before his WMCA days, which makes me think he's really trying to hide something about his pre-broadcasting days. That is far from impossible, it is very well known that more nationally known sportscaster Al Michaels did the same thing until facts came out (long denied that he lived in New York until high school always claiming to be a "lifelong California native", refused an award from a Jewish sports association, etc.). As a "fellow Jew" who is also a "Harold M" (though not Moskowitz) I find it laughable if it is true, Jews haven't exactly been uncommon in US sportcasting nor "denied opportunities" in the field during his era (why, most of his past and present broadcast partners like Charlie Steiner and Suzyn Waldman are Jewish and use their real names, OK Moskowitz sounds a little more wordy and ethnic but changing it to John Sterling is QUITE a change, I mean Mel Allen (born Mel Allen Israel simply used his middle name as his stage last name, he could've just been "Harry something"). I would love to see proof on this because I honestly think it may be true and not a prank but in the absence of proof leaving it there just makes Wikipedia look in accurate hairymon 02:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Harold Moscowitz

This can't be serious. If there is no source it should be delted. If it is true, clearly it is a Jewish name that he Anglicized. He also never appears on any of the extensive lists of Jews in sports.

Bad Manners

I have added a section about the reports that Sterling has less than favorable eating habits and also provided a citation, an area which this article could use some help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.15.63.4 (talk) 16:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Notable for an encyclopedia? Doubtful. |EBY| (talk) 02:52, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Especially anything sourced from the New York Post. Just because something can be cited doesn't mean it's appropriate.

Official Blog?

Has it been verified that this is really Sterling's blog? Sure doesn't look like it would be. Looks more like just a fan site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.200.177.10 (talk) 19:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Style

Are the <big></big> tags really necessary, as well as the gratuitous exclamation points? I realize that intent is to show that he was shouting at that point, but I think the formatting is a bit overblown. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I think they are necessary, to make clear that Sterling was shouting. SNIyer12, (talk), 02:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

2003 ALCS CALL

HE DID NOT MAKE IT !!!!!!!!

Sterling starts the call with "Here's Aaron Boone to lead off." Steiner takes over with "His first at bat of the game, there's a fly ball deep to left..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by DoctorRobert23 (talk • contribs) 04:13, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Worst Broadcaster Ever

It should be fair to add a section on the extensive criticism he receives for being a "Homer" for the Yankees, something that was taboo in the days of Mel Allen.