'Ow, ow, ow, it really hit me,' Sterling said after Red Sox hitter Justin Turner fouled off a pitch that went into the booth.
"Ow, ow, ow, it really hit me," Sterling said after Red Sox hitter Justin Turner fouled off a pitch that went into the booth.Rich Schultz / Getty Images fileVeteran New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling was back behind the microphone on Sunday, apparently no worse for wear after he was struck in the head by a foul ball.ninth inning of New York's winThe ball ricocheted into the booth and struck the 84-year-old Sterling in the head and he couldn't hide the pain.
"Now the 3-2 , swung up a pop foul back here," Sterling called before the ball bounced into the booth and into his head."Ow, ow, ow, it really hit me! I didn't know it was coming back that far." Sterling kept his composure and moments later, Turner grounded out to end the game, launching the veteran radio man into his signature, elongated call:"Ball game over. Yankees win. Theeee Yankees win."
Sterling was back at the mic on Sunday and his broadcast partner Suzyn Waldman presented him with that infamous ball, with a bandage on it and autograph from Turner.
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