It's mid-November and we've been without baseball for a while now. But at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, for a fleeting moment, it felt (or at least sounded) like baseball was back.
During the Shamrock Series game between the Notre Dame and Syracuse football teams, Mike Tirico paid tribute to Yankees broadcaster John Sterling with his own version of Sterling's iconic "It is high, it is far, it is gone!" home run call.
Tirico used Sterling's call for a Notre Dame field goal, replacing "gone" with "good." Take a listen here:
.@miketirico taking a page from John Sterling using his classic HR call! Nicely done @JohnSterling660 @Yankees #SYRvsND #cuse #yankees #CuseNation @SUAlums pic.twitter.com/oQgqSwAEME
— Chetan Rakieten (@chetanrakieten) November 17, 2018
"We gotta do that at Yankee Stadium, John Sterling. I've been sitting on that for 11 months," Tiricio said after the call.
Not only was the Tirico's play on Sterling's call reminiscent of Yankees baseball, but Notre Dame's football team even wore pinstriped uniforms for their game in the Bronx.
And Yankees play-by-play announcer Michael Kay was at the game, posting a selfie with Sterling.
This just feels right: at the Stadium with my buddy, John Sterling. #ShamrockSeries2018 pic.twitter.com/PanubLjYga
— Michael Kay (@RealMichaelKay) November 17, 2018
Man, this has us missing baseball more than usual. Is it March 28 yet?
