John Sterling shares advice for new Yankees voice Dave Sims
John Sterling has some words of wisdom for his successor.
As The Post first reported last week, Dave Sims will be taking over for the legendary Sterling on the Yankees’ radio broadcasts on WFAN next season.
Sterling joined the digital baseball show “Foul Territory” on Monday and was asked if he had any advice for Sims.
“Dave and I have been friends since the 70’s when he was writing for the Daily News and I was broadcasting the New Jersey Nets out Piscataway. And Dave and Suzyn [Waldman] are good friends — very good friends,” Sterling said.
“So they’ll have no problems at all. And I don’t give advice. I broadcast the way I broadcast, by the seat of my pants. I also live life that way — by the seat of my pants. I would tell Dave Sims, or anyone else who does that job, just be yourself! Sell yourself on the air and people will listen to it.”
Sims, 71, was most recently the Mariners’ TV play-by-play announcer since 2007.
He also previously worked at WNBC in New York, and as a sports talkshow host on WFAN alongside Ed Coleman.
“It’s great to be home,” Sims said in a statement through WFAN. “What an honor to be part of the iconic Yankees franchise. New York is where it all started for me, and I can’t wait for Opening Day and to work with my good friend Suzyn!”
The 86-year-old Sterling had been calling Yankees games on the radio since 1989.
He retired earlier this past season but returned to the booth for the Bombers’ playoff run.
Sterling also told “Foul Territory” that he would be open to hosting a weekly talkshow.
“After I retired, [Audacy New York boss] Chris Oliviero said, ‘Why don’t you go do a talkshow on Saturday or Sunday because the fans didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to you?’” Sterling said, explaining that he’d been doing talkshows since the 1960s.
“One talkshow a week would be just about my speed.”
Sterling also said he would be amenable to doing occasional Yankees home games, but that he is done traveling anywhere by plane.