Yankees radio voice Dave Sims missing Subway Series finale: ‘Laryngitis sent me to the IL’

Yankees broadcaster Dave Sims announced he would not be on the call for the series finale between the Mets and Yankees. 

Sims is dealing with laryngitis and the illness became too much of an issue to deal with for him to be behind the mic in The Bronx on Sunday night. 

“Anyone listening to Saturday’s game on WFAN heard my voice on its way out,” Sims wrote on X. “No amount of gargling, inhaling steam, hot tea with honey, or chicken soup has made the difference. First time laryngitis sent me to the IL in my 23 years calling baseball. Bummed to miss the rubber match of the Subway Series I. Go Yankees!”

The post was accompanied by a photo of Sims holding his head over a pot of presumably hot water, with a large cup of tea next to him. 

Sims is in his first year calling games as the radio voice of the Yankees after legendary broadcaster John Sterling retired last season. 

Emmanuel Barbari joined Suzyn Waldman in the booth.

Sims’ name had been in the headlines less than a week ago after he was ripped by WFAN morning show host Boomer Esiason for skipping broadcasts ahead of his first trip back to Seattle, where he had been calling games previously for the Mariners. 

“I’ve worked with Dave, great guy,” Esiason said on the “Boomer and Gio” show. “We love Dave Sims, but I’m gonna call it out as I see it. You just got started as the Yankee announcer, and he’s 40 games into his career as the Yankee announcer, and he decided to take off.”

He later added: “What are you doing? You just took the Yankee job! It’s supposed to be the job of your life. If he had been here as long as John Sterling had been here — if John wanted to take a weekend off later on in his career, totally acceptable.”

Sims will have a few days to heal up with the Yankees not playing again until Tuesday, when they welcome the Rangers to Yankee Stadium.