Yankees Michael Kay Loses It - Have A Listen
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A caller to Yankee announcer Michael Kay's radio show took Kay to task for mentioning Chien-Ming Wang's in-progress perfect game during a broadcast. According to the caller, it's against "baseball etiquette" to do such a thing, but Kay vehemently disagrees. So vehemently, in fact, that the conversation then moves on to American slavery, putting "people in the ovens." And then he calls someone else stupid and infantile.
Kay Loses It
The above link has the audio from his show, you won't believe it.
Kay Loses It
The above link has the audio from his show, you won't believe it.
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I have never liked Michael Kay and this just goes to show how much of an IDIOT this guy is.
Fire Michael Kay!
Fire Michael Kay!
The Red Sox are going down!
Fire Michael Kay!
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And his bringing up nazi germany and slavery is over the line.
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Sometimes I'm surprised that Al Leiter hasnt been fired yet for how he talks to Kay because he in fact does ridicule him during the broadcast.
<< <i> He sounds like that guy who sells baseball cards.
"This is a GEM MINT 10 Barry Bonds 1987 Topps, Let's see a close-up of this Barry Baby, GEM MINT 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>
And to recap, we just saw a Gem Mint 10 Barry Bonds Topps card! See ya!!! (The queerest HR call in the game!!!)
Getting criticized about talking about a No-hitter in baseball=Millions of Jews gassed in the ovens or Slaves coming here to the New World!
How does this jerk still work at YES Network in light of these statements made on the air in a belligerent, unapologetic fashion? If Campaneris and Jimmy the Greek got fired for what they said on the air, how does this clown skate by??
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<< <i>Hopefully he won't skate by. By any chance, is the rant any reason why Singleton was alone in Baltimore? Not considering why Paul O'Neill wasnt there....which he must have gotten his a$$ reamed out for. >>
Wasn't O'Neill present for yesterday's game? Thought it was just him and Singleton all day yesterday...
I'll happily give Suzy a push on her raft as she heads out to open water....
Remember last year, when Kay kept calling Kim Jones "Lil Kim Jones", to the point where there would be an uncomfortable smile and silence from her every time it happened (I think Lil Kim had just been arrested).... The word must have come down from the top to end that crap, as suddenly one day after months of it he suddenly stopped doing it...
<< <i>(P.S. Later in the broadcast, Kay says: "Jim Kaat is the best color commentator in baseball. And that includes Tim McCarver." >>
He is, however, absolutely right about this...
A guy in the booth announcing a perfect game has no bearing at all on said perfect game. A jinx is a mythical phenomenon. If he were sitting in the dugout and Wang could hear what he was saying, then that is different, as Wang may begin to press, or think about it, and that could change it. But a guy in the booth has no bearing. And jinx's are really childish when it is broken down. Kay is accurate.
Relating it towards the ovens, and blacks. Again, I was expecting to hear something over the line from what I read here. He was actually saying that believeing in a broadcaster jinx is very stupid, and likened the stupidness of the belief in putting blacks in slavery.. He wasn't giving credence to the practice of slavery, he was lambasting it and saying how foolish people were to embrace that 'idea'. He is likening the stupidity of that idea to the stupidity of the jinx idea.
Baseball Gods? Come on. Yeah, like there are Greek Gods? Like a guy named Atlas holds up the earth? People believed in all of that too. This is where Kay is coming from. He then proceeds to say he may not believe in any God's the way the world is. I have the same feeling all the time. His partner really disagreed with him on this. Maybe Kay recognizes the hypocrisy in relgions, and the fantiscism it causes. Sure they bring some good things. But maybe he also recognizes that religion's main purpose historicaly has been a way to control the masses?
The bottom line Kay is saying, is that people believe in stupid things often, and will blindly follow the preachings from people. Why? Ignorance is one. It gives them 'answers' is another. Gee father, how does the world stay afloat? "Well, there is a guy named Atlas who holds the earth on his shoulders." "Oh I see."
Blind faith is going to be the downfall of all of us.
This little tirade is hardly noteworthy. It is awful second rate radio of a pompous a$$ wigging out. Nothing he says is anything noteworthy. Skinpinch is correct that although it was absolutely IDIOTIC to bring up slavery and the Nazi ovens to use as an analogy to make his point he was indeed talking about those two subjects in a very negative light.
Again, bush league radio by a bush league broadcater. Nothing more and why would somebody start a THREAD about this? Do ya think he said something that would make Jimmy The Greek smile? Not even close.
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<< <i>Nothing more and why would somebody start a THREAD about this >>
None of that changes the fact that Kay is a dope. Ive never met or spoken to a Yankee fan who doesnt agree. If only the Yankees and YES could realize this and dump him once and for all. Still though, nobody is worse in my book than Waldman. She needs to dissapear before even Kay.
-- Yogi Berra
<< <i>Again, bush league radio by a bush league broadcater. Nothing more and why would somebody start a THREAD about this? >>
You really don't know why? I definitely thought it was worth posting that a key broadcaster in one of the largest markets in the US uses holocaust analogies and slavery references to make his point during a baseball discussion. Whether you like Kay or not, and regardless of what team he works for, the whole thing is certainly worthy of note - other broadcasters have gotten into hot water for similar comments.
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You really don't know why? I definitely thought it was worth posting that a key broadcaster in one of the largest markets in the US uses holocaust analogies and slavery references to make his point during a baseball discussion. Whether you like Kay or not, and regardless of what team he works for, the whole thing is certainly worthy of note - other broadcasters have gotten into hot water for similar comments. >>
nahhh, no way Jerry. You have mistaken these comments for those that are disparaging to Jews or African Americans. These comments in no way shape or form are degrading to either ..... so what you are saying is that he should get in trouble simply for being a FOOL and bringing up these two topic to prove a silly point of his in a baseball debate?
Hey, I have no problem with Michael Kay losing his job. I wish for it more than a few times per year. Unfortunatley, NOTHING Kay said should or will get him into hot water.
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Instead of Kay saying 'look, I understand your point, but I feel that I didn't jinx anything', he goes into this tirade. It really was self-serving and an insult to those who suffered through the holocaust.
At the very least he should offer a public apology for being so insensitive.
<< <i>If I had family who went through the holocaust, I'd be outraged that this guy would bring it up in the same breath as a baseball discussion.
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I absolutley agree. How IDIOTIC it was for Kay to bring this up in a baseball conversation. BUT, it is barely noteworthy IMO as he did not make public disparaging remarks about either topic. He FOOLISHLY used these two histoically tragic topics to try and proove his point about it being perfectly fine for a broadcater to mention the dreaded word "perfect game" or "no-hitter" while the game is in progress.
STUPID ? Yes Enough for him to feel any real backlash? Nahhhhh
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You must be kidding! The YES network is about as biased as any other hometown network, maybe more so. If you "tell it like it is" and that means criticizing the Yankees, George will send you sailing on your way!
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Skin, no one is saying that the caller was right to criticize Kay for mentioning the no hitter, though most people in baseball, especially the players themselves would agree with the caller on this one, but that the analogies that Kay made between something as trivial as a no-hitter being broken up and slavery and the Holoucast were terribly insensitive to a large segment of the population. Such analogies minimize the significance of the suffering those people and their families endured and certainly have no place on a sports talk show.
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Point is that Kay even comparing this situation to Jews or African Americans is just plain STUPID.
Kay certianly calls a biased game. I find Kaat and Singleton to be especially nonbiased. They give facts and call an even game. They make it especially easy to listen.
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I am 52, born in the Bronx, and grew up listening to Yankee baseball (and other teams) on the radio. You didn't have all the access like we have today, so if you were a baseball fan, you always had your transistor radio at your side and flipped around on the stations and listened to games. Besides the Yankees, I could pick up Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, Indians, Braves, Mets, Twins and even some West coast stuff late at night. Heard many great broadcasters. From the Yankee side, heard Mel Allen, Red Barber, Rizzuto, Bill White, Murcer, Healy and others. It has always been a part of BASEBALL TRADITION that broadcasters don't jinx a guy pitching a no-hitter, a perfect game, a guy who has a shot to hit for the cycle.
Michael Kay is an ass. Part of what makes baseball a great game, a part of our culture and an institution are it's traditions handed down from father to son. He can obviously do whatever he wants to do, but his discourse to support his finger in the face of tradition is absolutely ludicrous. What a clown to respond in such a way to a baseball fan who appreciates the traditions of the game.
In addition, he is now a poster child that fuels the fire of why baseball fans dislike anything to do with the Yankees. As a long time fan, I am disgusted by his actions and find him to be a disgrace from the standpoint of the legacy of the great broadcasters who proceeded him.
<< <i>He doesn't kiss yankee bum
You must be kidding! The YES network is about as biased as any other hometown network, maybe more so. If you "tell it like it is" and that means criticizing the Yankees, George will send you sailing on your way! >>
I disagree. I always thought Kay was not overly biased, and always thought he did a decent job. I even like his "Centerstage" program on YES. I am disappointed that he made those remarks -- seems out of character to me, but maybe he is a different person on the radio show (which I have never listened to before).
-- Yogi Berra
<< <i>And I have always thought that Kay was THE most biased team announcer I have ever listened to.
Absolutely - hands down, no question about it! Anyone who would say otherwise has probably never even listened to him.
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Absolutely - hands down, no question about it! Anyone who would say otherwise has probably never even listened to him. >>
Well that is about obvious as saying the sky is blue. Did ya think you re-invented electricity with that one Jerry? As the Red Sox sink Jerry decides to pick on Yankee announcers and Yankee Stadium. Never mind that the Red Sox are a shell of their former one shot wonder championship team.
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Absolutely - hands down, no question about it! Anyone who would say otherwise has probably never even listened to him. >>
Well that is about obvious as saying the sky is blue. Did ya think you re-invented electricity with that one Jerry? As the Red Sox sink Jerry decides to pick on Yankee announcers and Yankee Stadium. Never mind that the Red Sox are a shell of their former one shot wonder championship team. >>
One could say the same about the once 'mighty' yankees - overspending for past-their-prime vets in a desperate attempt to win championships, ignoring the formula that got them back to prominence in the first place.
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<< <i>And I have always thought that Kay was THE most biased team announcer I have ever listened to. >>
Guess you've never heard a White Sox game...
I used to listen to his radio show, but it has become less and less about sports. Why can't there be sports radio about sports? I don't want to hear Kay flirt with the traffic reporter or talk about his dates or the movies.
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<< <i>And I have always thought that Kay was THE most biased team announcer I have ever listened to. >>
Guess you've never heard a White Sox game... >>
Good point - you might be right about that. I saw a White Sox broadcast earlier this year, and couldn't believe those guys. It was fun for an inning or so (everything was "us" and "them") but after a while, it was just plain annoying.
-- Yogi Berra