Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone gave the impression to be ready for every thing throughout spring coaching, aside from the truth that YES broadcaster Michael Kay was rising a beard.
The longtime Yankees play-by-play man caught the skipper off guard in the course of the postgame information convention after their 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins at Steinbrenner Discipline on Monday.
“He can pitch up along with his fastball, and I believed he threw some good cutters in there… and does Michael Kay have a beard?” Boone stated with shock as he was talking with reporters, according to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.
“The Michael Kay Present” account on X had some enjoyable with the state of affairs by quoting the publish by the MLB.com reporter and responding with a waving emoji.
“Sure he does,” the present additionally stated, responding to the query about Kay’s beard.
The Yankees got here away with a win in a sport that noticed offseason acquisition Juan Soto double within the backside of the third to tie the rating earlier than the Bombers added seven extra unanswered runs.
Jorbit Vivas hit a three-run homer within the backside of the seventh inning to make it 9-2.
Kay made headlines final week when he eviscerated the Mets for what he described as an offseason the place administration was “derelict of their obligation.”
“It is a man [Steve Cohen] who purchased the group and stated he was going to win a championship inside 5 years,” Kay stated. “That is Yr 4; they ain’t successful a championship this 12 months, and everyone retains [going], ‘Nicely, there’s a plan.’ Nicely, what’s the plan?”
The longtime Yankees broadcaster did acknowledge that he would seemingly be labeled as “Yankee Boy” earlier than he went on his rant towards the Mets.
Kay has been a part of the YES Community broadcast since 2002 and was a part of the Yankees radio broadcast group from 1993-2001.
He started internet hosting a drive-time radio present on ESPN New York in 2002.