Michael Kay: "Nothing Short Of Brilliant........."

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  1. cagedlion

    cagedlion "I am the problem, and I am the solution."

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    explaining why Cashman and his herd are geniuses in
    developing their 'plan' for the present Yankee team.......
    they have a fluid roster with his pro active maneuvering
    of players 'up and down' from the parent club..... kudos
    to the Yankee front office.....they(Cashman & his assts.)
    are playing the game smartly. Wow! It must be nice
    to be on the Yankee payroll. I want to throw up.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    ...I forget which one it was, but during the game today when they announced that Gardner had been selected by Yost to the AS Game, one of them actually suggested that since Gardner no longer needed to be voted in, the votes he had received up till now should be transferred to ARod...I shit you not.
     
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  3. totus44

    totus44 Lord of the Dark Side

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    Fluid? Like water through a sieve? That describes both the defense and the mid to bottom batting order.
     
  4. cagedlion

    cagedlion "I am the problem, and I am the solution."

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    They should s
    It was Michael Kay. He's become such a shill
    for this organization.....I wonder if he gets a
    check every time he spews such nonsense.
    He has to fill quiet time on the air. Silence
    would be much more listenable.
     
  5. Rick2583

    Rick2583 Chairman of the board

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    I heard that too Ron, it was Kay, the corporate suck up. I've heard him say some really dumb things of late. Yes......................more then usual.
     
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    Yeah but Kay also wants a reaction. That's his job. If you listen to his show on ESPN Radio you know what's he's doing. No different than Francesa taking stances you know he can't possibly believe.
     
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    Two things are certain as we speak Michael Kay notwistanding:
    1) Yanks HAVE dipped into and used their farm system, and the players have contributed.
    2) Yanks are doing okay despite their bottom three and defense being a sieve.

    Just thought I'd throw it out there before I puked.


    I feel better now.
     
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    What I'd like to see and I think we will is Luis Severino getting called up. There's nothing left for him to do in the minors. He's 4-0 in AAA with a 1.99 ERA.
     
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    Yep. And I noticed Greg Bird has been promoted to AAA.
     
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    Schtick or not.....there is a better was to stir discussion of the "plan". This hyperbole just looks idiotic.
     
  11. Mattingly23NY

    Mattingly23NY Turning Fastballs Into Souveneir's ~

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    The nice thing about MLB Xtra Innings, is: all Home games are televised via YES. While all Road Games, are broadcast by the Home Teams Station......

    A nice relief of Kay and Cone. If Cone could only talk like he pitched, and just stay silent as well.

    But then there are some real undesirable Broadcasters on the Road: Ken Hawk Harrelson, "it gone", if I hear that again, I'm gonna' puke. Buck Martinez (stick with video games).......Worst Game Caller I've ever heard, was the Halos Homer- Rex Hudler,

    I get why Van Gogh cut off his ear, but not both....?
     
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    There's that word again......the grand plan of geniuses......!!
     
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    I still say one of the worst calls ever made was by Yankee broadcaster Bill White's call of the Bucky Dent HR. against Boston. And I loved White in the booth with Rizzuto & Murcer.
     
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    I was going to say I miss Scooter & Murcer, and White too......

    As much, Mel Allen one of my all time favorites, Ernie Harwell with Detroit, Red Barber, and WTF, Vin Scully was supposed to retire after last year with 65 Seasons, thats got to be one Hell of a Record, wonder who's 2nd and with how many years....?

    I thought Joe Torre by Himself, doing Angels Games for the Singing Cowboy; both play by play and Color Commentary, alone without that loud mouth know it all Reggie by his side for 2 miserable yrs. Joe was pure class tho' and did the games by Himself for several years, often with guest Commentators, like Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, et al.
     
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    On the Mets side I also enjoyed the threesome of Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy & Linsey Nelson.
     
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    Rick, who were the radio game commentators for the 1905 Giants, and Yanks also, you listened too....? I think Vin Scully called all those dead ball to present Bums games, so it seems.......:bgrin:

    Wasn't that before tube radios, when all games were fed to Fans via Tin Can and string, from the Ball Parks, from the Suburbs, and Manhattan; to the East tip of Long Island..........???

    Or didn't some games get called, by a guy standing on street corners, outside a teletype station, translating and relaying Morse Code; to the gathered fans; while yelling into a megaphone.......?:cheers:
     
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    Indeed, call Him up, no doubt we should see both Severino and Aaron Judge by September........both could easily make an impact (big splash) hopefully, during "the push" to Post Season........!
     
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    ...Francessa, Skip Bayless, and those like them obviously stir the pot with bombastic statements purely for the sake of creating rhetoric on their own shows...but I think I should feel safe from that kind of drivel during a Yankees game.
     
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    The Yes team does get out of control and tells some tales, but for blatant "homerism" take a listen to a Rays Broadcast headed by Dewayne Staats and crew with interjections by Todd Kalas. One obviously hears a lot of Rays propaganda in this area but Staats and crew are beyond ridiculous. Last game with the Yankees found Staats making comments about the Rays "sending a message" to the Yankees ect. Then you got Kalas making his stupid comments. There was an incident during a rain delay where the TB team was caught mocking Bob Sheoherd , a man whose vocal and announcing abilities went beyond any one in the business.
     
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    I forgot all about Dewayne Staats, and didn't know he was calling games. I'll have to force myself to sit down and take in a couple of Innings, only when Archer is pitching.

    Sounds alot like the out of control, hair on fire, Halo's Homer; bleeding Angels Red; Rex Hudler.
    If a Yank hit a HR, or drove in a run, even if a Yank made an incredible play, Hudler would NOT acknowledge what just happened, unless it was the Angels, and screw all the rest, was his policy/motto.........
     

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