Michael Kay rankled by SNY ad for 'best booth in baseball' during his radio show
Michael Kay (right) took exception to an ad by SNY calling Ron Darling, Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez the best booth in baseball during his radio show Tuesday. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke; Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris
Which baseball broadcast booth is the best in New York -- SNY or YES?
SNY thinks it has the best one with Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez, and the network took out an ad on Michael Kay’s ESPN Radio show before Tuesday’s Subway Series opener to back up its boast.
Kay is the Yankees’ play-by-play man on YES.
Awkward!
“Enjoy the Subway Series with the best booth in baseball,” the ad on Kay’s show intoned.
When Kay came back from break, he disagreed with what had just been stated on his airwaves.
“I mean, do you expect me to just take that lying down?” Kay said, according to AwfulAnnouncing.com. “I think our booth is the best booth in baseball . . . I’ll take (Paul) O’Neill, (David) Cone and me over Gar, Ron and Keith. I would. I mean, they’re great, but so is our booth. The way you want people to watch is to say, ‘Join the best booth in baseball?’ I’m sorry, I think we’re the best booth in baseball.”
Yankees vs. Mets will be settled on the field. SNY booth vs. YES booth? That’s up to the viewers.
Anthony Rieber covers baseball, as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL. He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since July 5, 2004.