The WFAN host was in disbelief the new Yankees radio announcer would take a series off so early in the season.

SEATTLE — Mariners television broadcaster Dave Sims is a sports icon in the Emerald City, his home for the last 18 baseball seasons.He loves Seattle, and Seattle loves him back.

Sims was the television and radio play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners for the past twenty years. On Thursday, the New York Yankees announced that Dave Sims would succeed John Sterling ...

So it goes for one of the plum assignments in sports radio. Sims, 71, will succeed John Sterling, 86, who retired last season after holding the job since 1989.

Fifty-two years into his legendary career, Dave Sims is thrilled to be working in New York again. ... Dave Sims, the Yankees’ New Radio Voice, Is Ready for His Biggest Spotlight Yet.

Youth movement! WFAN and the Yankees are set to hire Dave Sims, 71, to be their new radio play-by-player succeeding the retired John Sterling, according to sources briefed on the agreement.

Imagine you’re Dave Sims, the new radio voice of the New York Yankees. It’s last Thursday — Opening Day — and your heart is thumping. It’s your first day on the job of a lifetime.

One-on-One. Radio voice, Dave Sims, celebrates his legendary career. Season 2025 Episode 2808 | 26m 10s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Radio voice, Dave Sims, celebrates his legendary career ...

Awesome Old Video of Yankees New Radio Voice Recirculates After Hiring, and Fans Loved It. ... Sims has been the play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners television broadcast since 2007.