{"id":422919,"date":"2023-04-15T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=422919"},"modified":"2023-04-15T11:33:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T11:33:09","slug":"michael-kay-reacts-to-being-criticised-for-bat-boy-comment-he-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/michael-kay-reacts-to-being-criticised-for-bat-boy-comment-he-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Kay Reacts To Being Criticised For &#8216;Bat Boy&#8217; Comment He Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Michael Kay chastised a bat boy for sporting long hair while wearing a New York Yankees outfit. And he doesn&#8217;t like how those statements were addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1976, when the late George Steinbrenner forbade the team&#8217;s players from sporting beards, beads, mutton chops, or long hair, the Yankees have upheld a &#8220;Neatness Counts&#8221; policy. The Yankees still adhere to the archaic, absurd, and downright insulting grooming standard even 50 years later.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"headline headline--single\">Michael Kay Reacts To Being Criticised For &#8216;Bat Boy&#8217; Comment He Made<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIf the players aren\u2019t allowed, I don\u2019t know if the bat boy should be allowed,\u201d Kay said on the broadcast. \u201cThere are rules. Rules are rules. He\u2019s disobeying two of them. I think there\u2019s facial hair, and, obviously, the hair is below the collar.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Kay calls out bat boy for breaking Yankees\u2019 hair policy: \u2018Rules are rules\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUDUnsMyeq\">https:\/\/t.co\/wUDUnsMyeq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FvxxIDTrJY\">pic.twitter.com\/FvxxIDTrJY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1645922072919457792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bat youngster is the son of Guardians radio host Jim Rosenhaus, something Kay was unaware of at the time.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Kay retaliated against criticism for his remarks regarding the bat boy&#8217;s hair. Despite the fact that our article was more of a recap than a criticism, we nevertheless suffered from his anger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Kay fielded criticism for these comments about a Yankees bat boy. <\/p>\n<p>His response: \u201cPeople suck\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S6EI1JvCUF\">https:\/\/t.co\/S6EI1JvCUF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwMx67GTz0\">pic.twitter.com\/EwMx67GTz0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barrett Sports Media (@BSMStaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSMStaff\/status\/1646630758470111233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We are unable to obtain video of Kay&#8217;s outburst since he made the remarks during a segment of his radio show that was not simultaneously broadcast on YES Network. However, it appears on the aforementioned podcast at about the 33-minute point.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tuRHlDzl41Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople on Twitter are saying \u2018Old man Kay giving this kid smoke.\u2019 I\u2019m not giving anybody smoke!\u201d Kay ranted. \u201cThis is really an awful time. It\u2019s an awful time. It\u2019s an awful time in our history as a planet, it really is, and as a human race. Everybody sucks. I\u2019m telling you, they really do. To dig into something like that and say I attacked someone. I didn\u2019t attack anybody!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, Michael Kay, leave the kid alone. You\u2019re neither his parent nor his employer.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XjnxpgWGnp\">https:\/\/t.co\/XjnxpgWGnp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glen Macnow (@RealGlenMacnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGlenMacnow\/status\/1646135925083107329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Based only on looks, Kay disputes a person&#8217;s eligibility to represent the Yankee brand. Kay reportedly questioned whether a person had the right to represent the Yankee brand based just on looks, according to outlets. Kay complains about the response she received when she questioned a potential Yankee brand representative based only on their looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got ripped on Awful Announcing, too. \u2018He\u2019s the same guy that tried to get a producer at ESPN fired.\u2019 No, I didn\u2019t, you clowns. You a-wipes,\u201d Kay continued. \u201cI never tried to get anybody fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Kay bemoans reaction to his Yankees bat boy comments, rips Awful Announcing as \u2018clowns\u2019 and \u2018a-wipes\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qdFFtXiMod\">https:\/\/t.co\/qdFFtXiMod<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGD0YfCzJT\">pic.twitter.com\/pGD0YfCzJT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1646869428343062528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is truly the bottom line: people suck! Everybody is out for somebody\u2019s throat. The world sucks!\u201d Kay continued on Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I feel guilty sometimes about bringing children into this. This place sucks. They do. They absolutely do! To get clicks, they\u2019ll sell their soul. To get ratings, people sell their soul. I can\u2019t live like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yankees announcer Michael Kay rips long-haired bat boy for ignoring team&#39;s 47-year-old clean-cut policy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N03ov20iK7\">https:\/\/t.co\/N03ov20iK7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dpwrTCkhuD\">pic.twitter.com\/dpwrTCkhuD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailOnline\/status\/1646135911413866499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Take A Look At Achraf Hakimi\u2019s Net Worth!\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/take-a-look-at-achraf-hakimis-net-worth\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Take A Look At Achraf Hakimi\u2019s Net Worth!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Michael Kay chastised a bat boy for sporting long hair while wearing a New York Yankees outfit. And he doesn&#8217;t like how those statements were addressed. Since 1976, when the late George Steinbrenner forbade the team&#8217;s players from sporting beards, beads, mutton chops, or long hair, the Yankees have upheld a &#8220;Neatness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":415987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[4559,7055,7056],"class_list":["post-422919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-michael-kay","tag-michael-kay-bat-boy","tag-michael-kay-bat-boy-comments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}