John Sterling's Giancarlo Stanton HR call unveiled, what it means and Twitter reaction

John Sterling has had nearly four months to conjure up his home run call for Giancarlo Stanton since the Yankees traded for the slugger on Dec. 9. On Thursday, it finally made its debut.

After Stanton smacked his first homer in his first Yankees at-bat, the iconic Yankees radio broadcaster let out the call. The problem? Most people pretty much have no idea what he said.

"Giancarlo, non si può stoparlo," Sterling seemed to say on his first attempt, which translates from Italian to "you can not stop it."

Sterling seemingly took some liberties with his Italian, as the Italian saying for his phrase is, "non può essere fermarlo."

Stanton later hit another bomb in the ninth inning, prompting Sterling to once again shout his new call – though this time it sounded more like the true Italian phrase.

As expected, the call drew both praise and ire from Yankees fans and the baseball world. Twitter certainly had its say:

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