John Sterling is in a quandary.

Sterling, the oft-imitated but truly inimitable radio voice of the Yankees, thinks he has come up with a great home run call for Giancarlo Stanton, and if Stanton hits as many home runs in his first year as a Yankee as he did in 2017 for the Miami Marlins, Sterling will repeat it, with his unique vocal inflections, some 59 times in 2018.

But there is trepidation because one of the great joys in Sterling’s life is when fans approach him and repeat back to him one of his trademark calls — “That’s when you know you’ve got something” — and he’s not sure Stanton’s will clear that bar.

“This one is so different,” he said. “It’s an Italian phrase that rhymes. I don’t know if anyone will get it. I’m really worried. Well, not really worried. In fact, I’m not worried. Let’s say I’m mildly concerned.

“Boy, I hope it works. It may not.”

Stanton is not of Italian ancestry — he is of African-American, Irish and Puerto Rican descent — but the sound of his first name was enough to inspire Sterling to summon his amateur Italian to create what he believes will be a worthy addition to a catalog of personalized home run calls that already includes Thrillas by Godzilla (for Hideki Matsui) and A-Bombs for A-Rod (for you know who).