Ardent Fans and Curious Bear Rate John Sterling Worst Among Local Play-By-Play Men

Score this as another victory for the forward thinking owners, writers, readers, contributors, enemies, fans, actual journalists, and frauds at IIH,IIF,IIc.

Our "life-force" and reason for being, John Sterling, has been rated by the Daily News' "Talk Of The Town" annual poll, as the worst of the worst in the NY metropolitan area ...which extends, I believe, to the Pacific Ocean communities in the west, and Latin America to the south.

I quote; " An easy target, I know, but for pure play-by-play, nobody is as inaccurate as Sterling. A line drive that just clears the fence is always, ' it is high...it is far...it is (gone )." And if you are really trying to follow what is going on ( remember, Tom, we are talking radio here ), you'll be lost."

" Worse yet, Sterling constantly tries to make himself bigger than the game, either with dopey nicknames, over-the-top home run calls, talk of the 26 championships or how it is " amazing" the Yankees sell out every game. "

According to my records, there were at least 14 occasions last season, where John directly referenced our web blog, with his famous call, " It is high...it is far...it is ( long hesitation ).....caught..."

" Oh, Doctor," as Red Barber used to say.