Aaron Judge!!

[Ceetar]

People break 61 year old lesser records all the time. Pete Alonso literally broke the same caliber of record 3 years ago. Did he get back pages and cut-ins?



Michael Kay (And Sterling) are their announcers. that's what they want. Garbage franchise gets it's garbage sound byte.



I don't think I've ever even heard the Maris HR call? I think I watched the 61* movie though, was it in that?

[batmagadanleadoff]

=kcmets post_id=110066 time=1665000845 user_id=53]
Well, I guess Michael Kay was my small issue. And I was fine to leave it at that.

Until someone brought up Bonds* in a thread about a guy who broke a 61 year

HR record. It's really not that hard to 'get' if you go back and re-read.



That's all you get, so make it last.

[Edgy MD]

Harp.

[whippoorwill]

Who the hell is Michael Kay?

[kcmets]

=whippoorwill post_id=110078 time=1665002770 user_id=79]Who the hell is Michael Kay?

[whippoorwill]

No idea.. from reading above I'm guessing a Yankees announcer

Sometimes living in the sticks is a good thing

[whippoorwill]

I'm of the WPIX Scooter Rizutto era. And I might even that name wrong lol

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know Michael Kay by name only. I wouldn't recognize his face or his voice.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know Michael Kay by name only. I wouldn't recognize his face or his voice.

if you look upon his face you immediately turn to stone. It's why jeets never had any range at SS.

[Edgy MD]

Sometimes, I'm thinking about Michael Kay. Or, actually, I think I'm thinking about Michael Kay, but I'm actually thinking about John Sterling. Sometimes, I think I'm thinking about John Sterling, but I'm actually thinking about Michael Kay. I conflate.



But when I think, what I think is that it's a ridiculously bad situation that this staggeringly successful franchise has not only employed such poor broadcasters, but they've allowed them to stick around and become insinuated into the Yankee brand, so everybody has to pretend these guys are real assets to the brand when they aren't, and generations don't realize that they're playing out "The Emporer's New Clothes" on a nightly basis, and things don't have to stink this much. Making a change would be the organization admitting that they've been feeding folks garbage all these years. So instead, they keep feeding it, thinking maybe they can try to council these guys into retirement some day, but knowing that if they even try, some columnist would get wind of it and whip up a woefully misinformed fan rebellion.



The same thing happened with Rizzuto for two-plus generations. Folks were convinced they were lucky to have him when they in fact deserved far better.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Edgy MD wrote: Sometimes, I'm thinking about Michael Kay. Or, actually, I think I'm thinking about Michael Kay, but I'm actually thinking about John Sterling. Sometimes, I think I'm thinking about John Sterling, but I'm actually thinking about Michael Kay. I conflate. But when I think, what I think is that it's a ridiculously bad situation that this staggeringly successful franchise has not only employed such poor broadcasters, but they've allowed them to stick around and become insinuated into the Yankee brand, so everybody has to pretend these guys are real assets to the brand when they aren't, and generations don't realize that they're playing out "The Emporer's New Clothes" on a nightly basis, and things don't have to stink this much. Making a change would be the organization admitting that they've been feeding folks garbage all these years. So instead, they keep feeding it, thinking maybe they can try to council these guys into retirement some day, but knowing that if they even try, some columnist would get wind of it and whip up a woefully misinformed fan rebellion. The same thing happened with Rizzuto for two-plus generations. Folks were convinced they were lucky to have him when they in fact deserved far better.

Was it Kay or Sterling who was featured in Fman's KTEs with Suzyn Waldman? Which one does the horrible "It's high, it's far ..... it's caught by the second baseman" call?

[kcmets]

High and far is Sterls. I have to admit, I like him...

[whippoorwill]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know Michael Kay by name only. I wouldn't recognize his face or his voice. if you look upon his face you immediately turn to stone. It's why jeets never had any range at SS.

Lol

[vtmet7]

=whippoorwill post_id=110021 time=1664988199 user_id=79]
Were you guys this rough on Hank Aaron?

[stevejrogers]

[FIMG][/FIMG]=vtmet7 post_id=110222 time=1665151831 user_id=80]
=whippoorwill post_id=110021 time=1664988199 user_id=79]
Were you guys this rough on Hank Aaron?

[ashie62]

=whippoorwill post_id=110082 time=1665003130 user_id=79]
I'm of the WPIX Scooter Rizutto era. And I might even that name wrong lol

[vtmet7]

I'm of the WPIX Scooter Rizutto era. And I might even that name wrong lol Frank Messer and Bill White here

who'd a thunk that was going to be the "best" yankee booth of our lifetimes? you would think that a team that has such a storied history, and has people wearing their hats all over the world; could afford to hire better announcers than the shitshow announcers that they hire...between the "it is high...it is deep...it is an AGone for ARod" idiot and the "ohhh myyyy gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd....Roga Clemens is in George's box" lady...the yankees notoriously have the most facepalm type of announcers in sports

[Ceetar]

It's very Yankees to have something pretty historic (more than Judge!) in Suzyn Waldman in the radio booth for ever, and not let her speak (do PbP)

[metsmarathon]

=vtmet7 post_id=110225 time=1665155205 user_id=80]the yankees notoriously have the most facepalm type of announcers in sports

[nymr83]

=Ceetar post_id=110226 time=1665155453 user_id=102]
It's very Yankees to have something pretty historic (more than Judge!) in Suzyn Waldman in the radio booth for ever, and not let her speak (do PbP)

[MFS62]

I liked Red Barber from his days announcing Brooklyn games, and still liked him when he carried over his easy going style to the MFY booth.



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