Michael Kay destroys ‘tone deaf’ Yankees for conjuring 2004 collapse against Red Sox

Michael Kay laid the wooden to the New York Yankees.

Talking on “The Michael Kay Present” on ESPN New York, Kay lambasted the workforce after psychological conditioning coach Chad Bohling distributed a clip to gamers utilizing the Yankees’ 3-0 collapse towards the Pink Sox from the 2004 ALCS as motivation after they had been going through a sweep towards the Astros.

“How in baseball God’s identify are you able to be so tone deaf as a company, as if to do this?” Kay requested. “How are you going to be that tone deaf? I imply speak about dangerous optics. Are you out of your thoughts? I talked to 3 gamers from the ’04 workforce. They had been outraged by the truth that their failure was getting used as motivation for the 2022 workforce.”

Kay shouldn't be delivering a drive-by scorching take. He has known as video games for the Yankees since 1992, first on radio after which on TV for the reason that creation of the YES Community in 2002. He continued to be incredulous.

“You might be utilizing the ‘04 Pink Sox comeback as motivation? The darkest second in Yankees historical past? How do you try this?

If George Steinbrenner was alive right now, any person could be fired to do one thing that. That’s tone deaf.” – Michael Kay pic.twitter.com/uXGT2IGhjt

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“How may you try this?” he yelled. “It could be like any person from Lincoln’s household, and also you’re making an attempt to show them about shootings in theaters and keep away from it. I imply, are you out of your thoughts? After which to make it worse, Eduardo Perez, who’s doing the sport with Dan Shulman on ESPN Radio, has Aaron Boone FaceTime with David Ortiz and Ortiz supposedly gave some recommendation.

“Aaron Boone has to say to them, ‘Thanks, however we’re not going there.’ And right here’s the superb factor, Don [La Greca] and Peter [Rosenberg]: They informed the media! Aaron Boone informed the media, ‘Oh yeah, we put collectively a tape of the 2004 Pink Sox.'”

As Kay alluded to, Boone matter-of-factly acknowledged displaying a video of the collection to the workforce.

Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone speaks to reporters after Sport 4 of the ALCS early Monday morning on Oct. 24, 2022.

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“We watched that video,’’ Boone informed reporters on Sunday. “We despatched it out to the coaches and gamers.” 

Kay conjured the spirit of the Boss.

“I hate to do it. I hate to do it. I hate to do it,” Kay mentioned. “If George Steinbrenner had been alive right now, somebody could be fired for one thing like that. That’s tone deaf!”