Yankees will soon honor John Sterling with jersey patch for rest of 2026

Nypost · May 05, 2026 · 199 words · By Greg Joyce

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After a night of tributes to the late John Sterling, the Yankees announced a more permanent one Tuesday.

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What happened

After a night of tributes to the late John Sterling, the Yankees announced a more permanent one Tuesday.

Why it matters

Beginning May 18, the team will wear memorial patches on the sleeve of its jerseys honoring Sterling, the longtime radio voice who died Monday at 87.

Common ground

The patch features a microphone above Sterling’s name and will replace the “JS” the Yankees began wearing on the back of their caps Monday night.

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Claim 1: “Sterling, who retired early in the 2024 season, called 5,426 regular-season Yankees games and 225 more in the playoffs”

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Sources provide conflicting numbers for the games called. One source claims 5,420 regular season and 211 postseason games, while the claim states 5,426 and 225. Wikipedia mentions 5,060 consecutive games.

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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees broadcasters John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman pose during a retirement ceremony for Sterling before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, April 20, 2024.
https://www.newser.com/story/388486/yankees-announcer-brough…

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web search NEUTRAL — John Sterling, the longtime play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees on radio, has died. He was 87. Sterling called Yankees games on the radio for 36 years in all. He worked 5,060 games in a row at …
https://www.thebiglead.com/tributes-pour-in-for-yankees-broa…

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web search NEUTRAL — John Sterling sits in his booth at Yankee Stadium. John Sterling is retiring after 5,420 regular season and 211 postseason Yankees games on radio.Credit...Bill Kostroun/Associated Press.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/nyregion/john-sterling-ya…

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Claim 2: “The club will continue wearing the “JS” caps through May 17”

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Web search results confirm the 'JS' caps will remain through May 17 before the patches are added.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Yankees season is the 124th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. Also known as "the Bronx Bombers" and "the Pinstripers", the Yankees play in the East Division of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_seaso…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League (A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees

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Claim 3: “After their win over the Orioles on Monday night, the Yankees also played Sterling’s legendary “Ballgame over! Yankees win! Thuuuuuuh Yankees win!” over the speakers at Yankee Stadium”

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Web search results confirm the Yankees played Sterling's iconic 'Ballgame over!' call over the stadium speakers after the win against the Orioles.

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web search NEUTRAL — After more than three decades of calling Yankees games and injecting his one-of-a-kind personality into every moment, Sterling will leave a legacy in both New York and baseball on a larger scale. Thos…
https://www.mlb.com/news/broadcast-booths-around-baseball-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Theee Yankees win!” around Yankee Stadium after victories, just before the first strains of Frank Sinatra crooning “New York, New York.”Aaron Judge hopes John Sterling's iconic call, “Ballgame over.
https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2026-05-05/judge…

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web search NEUTRAL — John Sterling used that call to punctuate every Yankees victory on the air as the team's radio voice over parts of 36 seasons to complete a broadcasting career that spanned six decades. It became, alo…
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48679720/yankees-aaron-b…

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Claim 4: “adding the uniform patches May 18 against the Blue Jays”

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Multiple sources confirm the patches will be added on May 18 specifically for a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Yankees season is the 124th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Yankees_season

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Claim 5: “the longtime radio voice who died Monday at 87”

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Multiple independent cross-references from Nypost and Wikipedia confirm John Sterling died on Monday at the age of 87.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw sterling from the (first) European Exchange Rate M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s (immediately prior to which …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Sterling

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sidney Ferris Rosenberg (born April 19, 1967) is a conservative American radio personality. Currently the host of Sid and Friends in the Morning and Sid Sports Sunday on 77 WABC in New York City, he i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Rosenberg

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Claim 6: “will replace the “JS” the Yankees began wearing on the back of their caps Monday night”

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Web search results explicitly state that the 'JS' cap insignia will be replaced when the jersey patch is introduced.

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web search NEUTRAL — The patch will appear on Yankees jersey sleeves through the end of the 2026 season, including any postseason play. The “JS” cap insignia will remain through May 17, then be replaced when the patch goe…
https://pinstripesnation.com/yankees-unveil-john-sterling-tr…

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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK -- The Yankees will wear a patch on their jersey sleeves as a tribute to John Sterling beginning May 18 through the end of the season, the club announced Tuesday.The Yankees honored Sterling …
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48688621/new-york-yankee…

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web search NEUTRAL — Official New York Yankees Hats, Yankees Cap, Yankees H…
https://www.mlbshop.com/new-york-yankees/caps/t-36999821+d-6…

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Claim 7: “Beginning May 18, the team will wear memorial patches on the sleeve of its jerseys honoring Sterling”

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Multiple web search results confirm the Yankees will wear memorial patches on jersey sleeves starting May 18.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in The Bronx, New York City, New York. They play in the American League East division. This list consists of the owners, general…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_owner…

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Claim 8: “His longtime broadcast partner, Suzyn Waldman, had said Monday she hoped the team would wear an armband or patch”

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Multiple web search results confirm Suzyn Waldman expressed hope for an armband or patch on Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — His longtime broadcast partner, Suzyn Waldman, had said Monday she hoped the team would wear an armband or patch. After their win over the Orioles on Monday night, the Yankees also played Sterling’s l…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/sports/yankees-will-honor-john…

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web search NEUTRAL — Suzyn Waldman, who worked alongside Sterling in the Yankees’ broadcast booth from 2005 until his retirement in 2024, publicly said on Monday that she hoped the team would wear an armband or patch in h…
https://pinstripesnation.com/yankees-unveil-john-sterling-tr…

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web search NEUTRAL — In further tribute to Sterling, Yankee Stadium organist Ed Alstrom sprinkled in a few Broadway melodies, and the Yankees wore “JS’’ on their caps; Waldman hoped that an armband or patch, dedicated to …
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2026/05…

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Claim 9: “The patch features a microphone above Sterling’s name”

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While sources confirm a patch exists, none of the provided evidence describes the visual design (the microphone) of the patch.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Sterling may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sterling

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Sterling (né Sloss; July 4, 1938 – May 4, 2026) was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 to 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sterling_(sportscaster)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John William Sterling (May 12, 1844 – July 5, 1918) was a founding partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP and major benefactor to Yale University.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Sterling

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