Justin Shackil has announced that he will no longer be hosting postgame coverage on New York Yankees radio broadcasts heading into the 2025 season. Shackil, who filled in for parts of the last few years for play-by-play broadcaster John Sterling, articulated that the position requires one to have a constant presence, something he is unable to provide at this point. As Shackil moves forward, he will still make appearances on the YES Network in a variety of roles while focusing on his work with Matchroom Boxing events on DAZN.
Throughout a preponderance of the regular season, Shackil alternated work on Yankees radio broadcasts with Emanuel Berbari as the play-by-play announcer alongside analyst Suzyn Waldman. Five months after Sterling suddenly announced his retirement amid his 36th season with the Yankees radio broadcasts, he returned to the radio booth to call the final two regular season series and all the postseason games. Dave Sims, former WFAN host and play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners, is returning to New York to serve as the new radio voice of Yankees baseball. It remains unknown who will be hosting postgame coverage on WFAN, although it is a program on which Berbari has worked previously.
“Thank you to the Yankees and WFAN for giving me one of the best seats in the house the last few seasons,” Shackil said in a post on X. “I am proud of the work we did, but I am also looking forward to what lies ahead. Also, thank you, the fans, for your great support with your kind messages and our interactions at home and on the road. Y’all rock! See you soon!”
Before starting with the YES Network, Shackil was an in-game host at Yankee Stadium and also freelanced for companies such as SiriusXM, Westwood One and Entercom. As an undergraduate student, Shackil attended Fordham University and studied communications where he participated at WFUV and also interned at Entertainment Tonight.
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