Criticism
Sterling is regularly criticized by Craig Carton and Phil Mushnick for his inaccurate calls. Much criticism stems from calling balls home runs that are not, mixing up fair and foul balls, and his home run calls, which some people view as "over-the-top" or "too much". Despite this criticism, he has amassed a fan base among some Yankee fans.
Jim Norton of The Opie and Anthony Show routinely mocks Sterling's player nicknames and his emphasis on the "mmm" sound before saying "mmm-it is high, mmm-it is far...."
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Famous quotes containing the word criticism:
“...I wasn’t at all prepared for the avalanche of criticism that overwhelmed me. You would have thought I had murdered someone, and perhaps I had, but only to give her successor a chance to live. It was a very sad business indeed to be made to feel that my success depended solely, or at least in large part, on a head of hair.”
—Mary Pickford (1893–1979)
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—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“Parents sometimes feel that if they don’t criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn’t make people want to change; it makes them defensive.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)