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Ichiro Hits His First Yankee Home Run, Yankees Announcers Freak Out

Well folks, you knew it was coming sooner or later. Ichiro was going to hit his first home run in pinstripes and Yankee radio play-by-play man John Sterling was going to assign him one of his signature home run calls. You know, A-Rod hits an A-bomb, Mark sends a Tex Message, Curtis does something kind of Grandish. So what did Sterling have in store for the newest Bronx Bomber?

“The Yankees’ rising Sun/Son says sayonara in the second deck in right!”, said Sterling with a protrusion in his pants only Suzyn Waldman can vouch for.

I actually have to hand it to John here. I think we should applaud him for just avoiding any World War II references altogether. He really could have dropped the ball on Ichiro, but this catch phrase is vintage Sterling. Love him or hate him—though you probably hate him—he’s just doing his job and you should at least respect the guy for having the balls to go in there night in and night out and spew out these ridiculous home run calls.

And the Yankees just have to go and hit all those dingers, don’t they?

[MLB.com]