NFL MVP upset with Yankees' new radio announcer taking series off: 'You just don't do that'

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For the first time since 1988, the New York Yankees have a new full-time play-by-play announcer on the radio.

Dave Sims replaced John Sterling, who retired early in the 2024 season but briefly returned for the postseason, on WFAN. Sims was previously the television broadcaster for the Seattle Mariners.

Sterling, of course, never missed a game from 1989 all the way until the summer of 2019, including the postseason. But Sims was not on the call for the Yankees' series this past weekend in Sacramento against the Athletics.

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Former Bengals player Boomer Esiason at halftime during the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Paycor Stadium on Sept. 25, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Sims had said on social media he would be missing the series to visit family in Seattle – before the Yankees' three-game set there this week.

Sims' absence bothered Boomer Esiason, who hosts a daily morning show on the Yankees' radio network.

"John Sterling didn't miss any games, did he? You just take a week off?" Esiason said. "I'm sorry, I love Dave Sims… what are you doing? You just took the Yankee job. It's supposed to be the job of your life."

"You don't miss a Yankee… you just don't do that."

Esiason reiterated his fondness for Sims, "but I'm going to call it out as I see it."

Manager Aaron Boone of the Yankees and Dave Sims talk before the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 27, 2025, in New York. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)

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