New York Yankees: How Michael Kay is Trying To Emulate John Sterling, Howie Rose
September 2, 2011 · Harold Friend · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
Is New York Yankees television commentator Michael Kay jealous of John Sterling?
The New York Yankees radio announcer—known for many things, not all of them complimentary—is identified with two calls. One of Sterling’s calls usually occurs at least once a game, while the other is heard about 95 to 100 times a season.
Whenever a batter hits a deep fly ball that might be or actually is a home run, Harold Moskowitz— sorry, John Sterling raises his voice to inform listeners
“It is high, it is far, it is—caught at the wall,” or, “It is high, it is far, it is gone.”
Sterling’s call after the Yankees win is the infamous, “Thuuuh Yankees win. Thuuuuuh Yankees win.” His entire body often shakes as he makes the delivery.
A few years ago, Sterling’s former partner Michael Kay started telling his audience, “Let’s do it,” as the first pitch of the game was about to be made.
That didn’t work out too well since most fans were and are unaware that Kay says it.
Recently, Kay has attempted an even weaker challenge to Sterling’s call after the Yankees win. Kay tells fans that they should “put in on the left side.”
That is truly creative.
Perhaps Kay heard a fine broadcaster, Howie Rose, who has been telling New York Mets fans to “put it in the books” for many years after the Mets win (I am a Yankees fan. I do not like the Mets, but the truth is the truth).
To say that Kay is prone to exaggerate or project is not an exaggeration.
After the Yankees rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers in the first game of the second playoff round in 2010, Kay told everyone that the series was over. We all know how that ended.
Kay is slightly egotistical according to some.
Paul O’Neill, it has been reported, “jokingly” calls Kay “big head.” Mariano Rivera calls Kay “Cabezon,” which means big head in Spanish.
When Phil Mushnick, a New York tabloid sports writer who covers the media, accused Kay of using material from Mushnick’s column on his radio show without giving proper credit, Kay laced into Mushnick something fierce.
Part of Kay’s outburst included his saying that when he dies “more people are going to be sad than happy” but when [Mushnick] dies “more people are going to be happy than sad.”
Kay attended Fordham as a young man. Kay and the greatest broadcaster of all, Vin Scully, have two things in common: they both went to Fordham and they both call baseball games. That’s where the similarities end.
The sooner Kay realizes that, the sooner everyone will be happy.
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