Yankees: The ultimate list of John Sterling’s home run calls

NEW YORK - JULY 19: New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling speaks during the teams 63rd Old Timers Day before the game against the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JULY 19: New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling speaks during the teams 63rd Old Timers Day before the game against the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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BERNIE WILLIAMS: “BERNIE GOES BOOM! BERN, BABY, BERN!”

Just like “The Grandy-man,” Sterling’s call, “Bern, baby, bern” resinated with a lot of Bombers’ fans over the years as Bernie Williams was a massive contributor to four world championships, spanning from 1996-2000.

In 1998, Williams led the American League with a .339 batting average, winning the American League batting title, as the Yankees finished that season with an MLB-best 114 wins, in the regular season.

Williams, alongside Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte and Posada, were considered the Yankees “Fab Five” before Williams left after the 2006 season, not receiving a contract offer to return to the Bronx.

From launching a walk-off homer in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series in 1996, to catching the final out off the bat of Mike Piazza in the 2000 World Series at Shea Stadium, Bernie Williams is, and forever will be, one of the fan favorites in Yankees lore. “Bern, baby, bern!”

RAUL IBANEZ: “RAUL, SO COOL!”

In 2012, Raul Ibanez played his only season as a Yankee, however, the left-handed slugger would make the most of it, becoming a hero in the Bronx during the final stretch of the season and into the Postseason.

In September, alone, Ibanez would launch three game-tying homeruns in the 9th inning and beyond, including a two-run blast in extra innings against the Oakland A’s in September 2012, and a pinch-hit two-run blast against the Red Sox on October 2, 2012.

That would only be the beginning for Ibanez, as in Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Orioles, Joe Girardi would call Ibanez off the bench, to pinch hit for a struggling Alex Rodriguez, down 2-1 with one out in the bottom of the 9th inning.

After working the count to 1-1 on Jim Johnson, Ibanez lined a game-tying blast into the right-field seats, sending Yankee Stadium into a frenzy. After a few scoreless innings in extras, Ibanez would get another chance to hit, this time, against left-hander, Brian Matuz.

Ibanez clobbered a walk-off home run into the second deck in right, for his second homer in two plate appearances, giving the Yankees a 2-1 series lead!

However, Ibanez wasn’t done, as in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, down 4-0 in the bottom of the 9th, the Bombers would strike, as Ichiro Suzuki connected for a two-run blast of his own to cut the Tigers lead to 4-2, bringing Ibanez to the dish with two outs and one on against Jose Valverde.

Down to his final strike, Ibanez skied a deep fly ball into right field that would land in the first row over the auxiliary scoreboard in right field. Ibanez had done it again, sending Yankee Stadium into another frenzy. For the 2012 season, alone, Raul will always be “cool” with Yankee fans.