If you’re listening to Yankee games on the radio for the remainder of the month, you will notice a familiar voice is missing. John Sterling will be out of commission until June 6.

Sterling is dealing with an illness, according to The New York Post. Andrew Marchand notes that he has been told it is “not serious.”

“Don’t worry about me, you can tell your readers,” Sterling said. “I’ll be back soon.”

This is exactly the situation Justin Shackil was hired for this off-season. He will step in for Sterling to call the action alongside Suzyn Waldman.

John Sterling cut his travel schedule down for the second half of the 2022 season. He only traveled to away games inside the AL East. During this absence, the Yankees will be on a West Coast swing.

He also missed last week’s West Coast games. In total, John Sterling has missed 23 of the Yankees 61 games in 2023.

While scrolling through his Twitter feed on Thursday, Pat McAfee caught a glimpse of a commercial featuring Columbus radio host Bobby Carpenter. The commercial was something McAfee and his crew could not wait to share with the audience.

McAfee mentioned almost in passing to co-host AJ Hawk that he had seen that the 97.1 The Fan host had signed an endorsement deal with Garage Beer.

Hawk said the commercial was pretty sweet, and so naturally the spot was played on the show.

“I’m so happy that I just glimpsed at that at some point during my scrolls earlier,” McAfee said laughing. “Imagine if we didn’t have that in our life.”

Pat McAfee enjoyed just how natural Carpenter was and showcased the beer in a way that only he could.

“That guy, he’s 1 of 1, huh?” he said.

Some of Carpenter’s lines had Pat wondering if the commercial was actually scripted or whether the company thought it would’ve just been more fun to let Bobby be himself.

“He’s either really acting, or he’s practicing his lines and they just took the practice,” McAfee said.

It’s still early in Jason McIntyre’s run on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. Cowherd explained how he and the audience see the partnership thus far.

“When I do this show, one of the things that cracks me up, because J-Mac has only been on the show through the football season – about six months or so,” Cowherd said Thursday. “Everybody goes, ‘Oh he’s like your little brother who holds you accountable.’ And I kind of like that.”

Colin went on to add that he tries to make sure he doesn’t date himself too badly when throwing various references out there.

“I have to be careful because I am older than J-Mac, he is not aware of a lot of what happened in the 70s unless it was Northeast,” he said.

Denver Nuggets legend Alex English was the next guest on the show, and Cowherd asked if McIntyre had ever seen any of English’s highlights. English played in Denver from 1980-90.

“I’m older than you think and yes, I can name just about any NBA player from 1985, 1986,” McIntyre responded.