Re: [閒聊] Michael Kay Goes Apeshit

[yyhong68 (come every now and then)]

這件事竟然還有後續，
感覺是在批Kay，不過不是太確定....
外加幾天前YES主播唱獨腳戲的事...

來自New York Dailynews的報導：

Meltdown just plain Kay-razy

Thinking before one speaks has never been a prerequisite for gaining
employment as a sports radio talkie. In fact, some mouths are
encouraged - in the name of ratings or buzz - to flap their yaps with
no regard for truth, accuracy, or rationale.

And yet, there are times when a talkie totally loses it. There is never
shtick involved when a guy has purchased a one-way ticket to Insaneville.
That's the city ESPN-1050's Michael Kay, who also is the TV voice of the
Yankees on the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, visited Friday.

Kay's meltdown (that's being kind) was triggered by the contention that
baseball voices can jinx teams they work for. During the discussion,
Kay was accused of putting the whammy on Chien-Ming Wang because
he once informed viewers Wang was pitching a perfect game.

The notion any announcer could put the kibosh on a no-hitter or perfect
game, by alerting viewers to the fact one is in progress, is absurd.
Still, it is one of those age-old superstitions some fans still believe
in.

Kay was right in taking issue with it. Unfortunately, he went about it
the wrong way. And wrong is not nearly a strong enough word to describe
the way he went about it.

In essence, a caller - Jimmy - pushed the right button to set Kay off.
He sent Kay to Wig City by simply saying it is against "baseball etiquette"
for an announcer or analyst to even mention that a pitcher is working on
a no-hitter or perfect game.

Kay became extremely defensive and defiant. He flipped, going into a full
scream/rant mode.

Kay: "... Why shouldn't I say it (that a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter
      or perfect game)? Tell me Jimmy. Why?"

Jimmy: "Because it's not baseball etiquette."

Kay: "... Don't tell me it's baseball etiquette. It used to be etiquette
     to have black people as slaves. ..."

You could hear Jimmy groan and the air going out of other listeners, too.
Kay's inappropriate comparison was over-the-top.

A few seconds later, he topped it.

Kay: "Jimmy. Tell me why? Tell me why I can't say it."

As if he was waving a red cape in a bull's face, Jimmy, again, parroted
his "baseball etiquette" line.

Kay: "That's a stupid, stupid thing to say. ... Baseball etiquette?
      There's a lot of rules that don't make sense. That's why there was
      Nazi Germany. Why did they march people into ovens? Well, that's
      what they told them to do ..."

Even I'm not presumptuous enough to try explaining how Kay's mind
(moving from no-hitters to "baseball etiquette" to slavery to Nazi Germany)
was functioning on this occasion.

Unless, of course, it was not functioning. So, never say "baseball etiquette"
around Kay.

Especially if his mouth starts to move. Or he's holding a bat. Or some other
blunt object.

See ya.

SOLO ACT: Friday evening, history was made on YES.

YES is kind of like that tiny car you see in the circus. The door opens
and 20 clowns come rolling out. In YES' case it is multiple broadcasters
pouring into the booth.

However, on Friday - for the first time on YES - one lonely announcer,
a solitary figure, Ken Singleton, worked the Yankees-Orioles game.
Singleton's solo flight became necessary when the plane taking
Paul O'Neill from Cincinnati to Baltimore was grounded due to mechanical
failure.

Singleton, doing play-by-play and analysis, and having to do all those
in-game commercials as well as pre- and postgame appearances, was smooth. ...
Despite the publicity concerning his domestic situation, Paul Lo Duca will
make his regular appearance today with Joe Benigno on WFAN, according to a
Mets official.

It will be very interesting to hear how Benigno approaches this spot with
the Mets' catcher.

DOG DAZE: WFAN's Chris (Mad Dog) Russo yesterday spent some time howling
about what "a terrible contract" Jose Reyes recently signed with the Mets
when compared to the pact David Wright just inked.

Russo also said Reyes' agent did a "terrible" job negotiating the contract
when it is compared to ones other high-profile shortstops have signed.

Perhaps Doggie, in an effort to educate his audience, will do a comparative
analysis of his contract and Mike Francesa's. Then we can determine Doggie's
expertise when it comes to evaluating contracts. And the kind of job his
agent did in negotiations with the FANdroids.

Originally published on August 8, 2006


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/story/441756p-372057c.html

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→ IronChef:He CAN be intelligent, but he WON'T be
推 HoJinChang:Never seen a broadcaster melted down like this
→ HoJinChang:See ya Jimmy the baseball etiquette
推 cplinn:慘....果然被修理  不知今天看不看得到他 Orz
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