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Michael Kay paid tribute to John Sterling's home run call on Sterling's 80th birthday

By Chris Landers

Yankees radio man and pun grandmaster John Sterling turned 80 on Wednesday, celebrating his special day -- where else? -- at the ballpark for New York's game against the Braves. The team got together to throw him a little party prior to first pitch, complete with some very delicious-looking face cake:

But New York's TV broadcaster, Michael Kay, didn't stop there. He knows that imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery -- so, when Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer in the third inning, he did his very best Sterling impression:

He even got the Italian right and everything.

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