Michael Kay gets Stephen A. hyped about his Yankees & calls MLB rule changes a HOME RUN | First Take

[@philo2189]

Love Michael Kay and Don LaGreca. Their show gives me such an old school real New Yorker sports radio feel.

[@ctcards2636]

Don's my favorite :-)

[@esmbackup1887]

I like that show and I'm from south Louisiana

[@jakeinator722]

They're the new generation of Mike and the Mad Dog

[@kingkeno7127]

There lame 😒 they talk about boring sport hockey is more sport then baseball anyday soon baseball player get hit they cry 😢 lmfao

[@omt4293]

@@jakeinator722 no they’re not lol 😆

[@jackharrist8180]

They gotta bring Michael on again when Mad Dog is there. Those two with Stephen A would be prime entertainment.

[@xavierrodriguez7836]

Facts

[@HR-ms6ed]

They had beef back in the day lol

[@Erawk]

@@HR-ms6ed did they have beef or are you referring to Kay having beef with Francesa? Kay and Russo appear to be pretty good friends now. They go on each other's shows, Russo was at their 20th anniversary party, etc., they seem very friendly now.

[@sirdapperdan2209]

Anything with Stephen A isn’t entertaining at all but you blm sheep still tune in lol

[@maxmx767]

Nah! They have to bring Kay and Francesa together 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’ll die right there hahahahahahahahaha

[@notoriouseagle1074]

My respect for Michael Kay has gone up over the last few years because he and Don actually give hockey love and know a lot about it.

[@prgmen13]

Molly with the “they don’t count” I would of walked off set lol

[@zachnolan1639]

Absolutely terrible response from an “analyst”

[@p-star7678]

Right smh

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

​@@zachnolan1639 That's because they aren't legit analysts. Michael Kay is.

[@alanye2311]

Rangers was the most accurate answer LOL

[@jamelokere680]

It is realistically, but SAS knows nothing about the NHL😂

[@samcalven12]

@Channel Name hockey is just recently sort of welcoming the Black community, so the black community ignored it. Not his fault. I just started watching hockey a few years ago. I tried to play when I was in highschool but they said I wouldn’t like it and didn’t let me

[@denistuohy2535]

@@samcalven12 sorry to hear that buddy

[@theprboy6118]

It’s true unfortunately but also sports in new York is getting better again so I’m still happy about the hype all these teams have going into there seasons

[@jackhumbach9086]

I mean yea their championship happens before the World Series

[@drodegennaromusic8492]

The Michael Kay Show is a top 3 radio/tv ESPN program. Right up there with first take and get up. So underrated.

[@matthewcabedelo1491]

The disrespect Stephen A gave the rangers is horrible I wonder if he realizes the NHL is on ESPN, respect to kayster for saying the rangers

[@dmh92577]

As a Hockey fan, NHL gets no love

[@LibraLee88]

Gonna Miss Showtime Patrick Kane But Glad for him The Hawks were gonna waste him and Toews as the members of those Cups are now Retired for the most part they were the only left

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@@dmh92577 it's the bottom tier of the 4 pro major leagues in the country! when it comes to the media and etc it's the nba, then nfl, mlb and lastly the nhl. it's pretty much been that way like forever and ongoing!

[@zachnolan1639]

@@1990Thunderbolt ironic given they require the most skill

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@@zachnolan1639 what does skill have to do with what I said?

[@JamboNo5_]

More MLB on here please. This was great

[@weho_brian]

there's no reason to talk about baseball, just like there's no reason to talk about "basketball" itself. most of the hot topics are on the players/individual soap operas

[@johansencontreras2186]

sadly mlb topics don't bring the views that basketball topics does

[@MM-or4kp]

Michael Kay and Stephan A killing it!!

[@tylerphillips8522]

Disrespect to hockey is crazy

[@samcalven12]

Yeah but hockey closed itself off. The sports leagues that thrive in this world are diverse with players from all backgrounds. Hockey has been strictly white guys from the North America and Europe. Thus it doesn’t have the same reach as other leagues.

[@Beebooks23]

@@samcalven12 unless u visit Canada

[@renac1053]

I only watched today because I knew Kay was gonna be on. He didn’t disappoint. Great segment and I would love to see Michael be a regular

[@maxmx767]

OMG! You need to watch every day. Please give us a chance. We need you! 🤡🤣🤣🤣

[@wildcard9370]

How do the Rangers not count? ESPN pays hundreds of millions of dollars to broadcast NHL games but let’s not have them count in our discussions. Some brilliant minds over there at ESPN.

[@westhoodqualzini7884]

Over the last decade espn has just hired nba and nfl guys so if it isn’t one of those sports your out of luck

[@zachnolan1639]

Espn is horrible at hockey representation

[@DontDrinkthatstuff]

​@@zachnolan1639 and baseball outside of Pasan/Kay

[@KeneticTV]

Classic ESPN, no respect to hockey, props to Kay for being smart enough to see the Rangers potential in bringing the cup home to New York

[@benshabsels1600]

What they said about hockey is a disgrace to the sports media

[@samcalven12]

Yeah but hockey closed itself off. The sports leagues that thrive in this world are diverse with players from all backgrounds. Hockey has been strictly white guys from the North America and Europe. Thus it doesn’t have the same reach as other leagues.

[@benshabsels1600]

@@samcalven12 thats not necessarily a reason when the NFL is 99% American and still does the best out of any sports league in the world except maybe the champions league

[@iAztrend]

How tf do the rangers not count? Rangers have the best chance out of all of them to win a championship. Come on people you’re in New York, hockeys a big deal

[@J__FAR]

Michael Kay is right on the money.

[@GeorgeKrutzik]

Fun fact: Gerrit Cole's record in the postseason is 10-6 with a 2.93 ERA. That is a better win percentage and ERA in the postseason than Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, and Max Scherzer

[@sim396]

Bumgarner's ERA in 36 innings in the world series is .25😬

[@therealwelfin]

@@sim396 that stat is incredible for the world series

[@themilkmansfuckinyawaaaf]

​@@sim396 that might be the best baseball stat ever honestly

[@ledzep9943]

@@themilkmansfuckinyawaaaf nah…. Barry Bonds would have to make 1,400 straight outs to drop his OBP below .400 Now THAT is the greatest stat of all time 🤣

[@Erawk]

Yeah, but those 3 guys have rings. Most players would gladly trade nice stats for a championship.

[@maliwopp1172]

y’all should have a NY segment with michael kay one day weekly

[@DangerDuzzIt]

I don’t care about this show, BUT when I knew the Kayster was going to be on I tuned in and didn’t disappoint. The man is a legend BRING HIM BACK.

[@AlecMorris-dv1pu]

Michael Kay is an impressive code switcher

[@realreal6.sb90]

Michael Kay is on first take today🎶🎵

[@MateMagyar88]

And he ain’t afraid to say what he’s thinking!

[@ctcards2636]

This was great. Stephen A even mentions Don :-) Good stuff

[@erikbruder-moore9995]

NHL should be calling up ESPN to get their sport of the network

[@samcalven12]

Yeah but hockey closed itself off. The sports leagues that thrive in this world are diverse with players from all backgrounds. Hockey has been strictly white guys from the North America and Europe. Thus it doesn’t have the same reach as other leagues.

[@samcalven12]

If they do that then hockey will suffer

[@jmb8134]

The disrespect to the NYR and NHL. Seriously ESPN needs to learn some hockey because these shows get the best ratings and there should be some hockey segments in there.

[@strangerewindz1309]

The hockey disrespect is actually insane!!!!!

[@albertsanchez9792]

Have Michael Kay regularly

[@MrChrisStingray]

Michael Kay is awesome. He makes great points.

[@nicholasgordon2232]

I would’ve straight up walked off the set when the disregarded the Rangers

[@stephenlondon3363]

One of the best episodes ever!! I knew Michael would more than old his own with Stephen A (and poor Molly as the usual referee LOL)

[@nymfan101]

Michael Kay is a way better guest than Mad Dog

[@xavierrodriguez7836]

U bugging out bro they both are really good guest in my opinion

[@minaaaaaaa1]

frrrrrr

[@nymfan101]

@@xavierrodriguez7836 Mad Dog is too much of a dog and pony show in my opinion

[@shakiemjeanjoseph428]

Michael Kay,The Voice of the New York Yankees

[@1990Thunderbolt]

yessir like chick hearn was the voice of the lakers!

[@robertk2007]

Thanks for letting us know

[@kaxmellerman7528]

He tried with that “Kane is able “ 😂

[@sandm1320]

Michael Kay the legend!!!🔥

[@Topo-yq3uh]

Michael Kay I grew up on his voice. He has a spelll over new york sports. PEROID.

[@s.soprano505]

I need more Kay on First Take.

[@edgehead411]

Great segment. Awesome move by ESPN to have Kay on. This is a great tandem because it was fun but it wasn't overthetop.

[@josephgarcia9244]

Michael jay has the best sports radio show in the country, we need him on first take all the time

[@FlossBarz1523]

Wow this is so cool to see these guys together

[@Destinedhellfire]

Imagine paying several billion dollars to buy the broadcasting rights to a sports league, only to dismiss it and say "it doesn't count."

[@strykermike85]

More baseball please 🙏

[@eraldinosound]

Michael Kay is the man

[@javierecheverria6046]

My guy the Kayster! Love Kay, Lagreca, Rosenberg and you!

[@johnpestano22]

NYY/NYM WS i would love to see it

[@skywalker1335]

That's my guy!

[@partin25]

More baseball ESPN!!!! And not just the I-95 teams either

[@notoriouseagle1074]

I mean they cover the Route 66 teams and a certain one on I-5 as well.

[@RoadtoGloryyyy]

Its about time Kay came on. He's Michael Kay!

[@UnbreakableKDL]

Maybe the problem with baseball is that every time a national show talks about it they just talk about how much they hate baseball

[@romeothompson9389]

You can’t force people to like the sport though I love baseball but if someone doesn’t you can’t put a gun to their head and make them have positive things to say that’s part of the reason why these rules were implemented

[@UnbreakableKDL]

@@romeothompson9389 I'd rather they just not talk about it then. All it does is add to the fake narrative that "baseball is dying"

[@ELRamunde69]

This is golden now.

[@MrEdGetDough]

This was nice to see

[@KingTReyDay20]

Love to see Kay here.

[@jandroman98]

Oh wow espn finally talking about baseball after a million years

[@29mailliw]

I get it in terms of speeding up game play but it will have adverse effects on pitchers in the long run . Speeding up throwing a ball overhand will lead to more injuries because of the speed and arm angles pitchers throws the ball as opposed to years past. I get it but it may be sooner or two years where pitchers will feel a lot of early discomfort due to a pitch clock

[@BrattyNerdGirl]

I hate the Yankees but absolutely love Michael Kay's homerun calls.

[@jacobrudy8522]

Not saying the Yankees would have won but what people fail to realize is the lack of pitching they had. Their bullpen got hammered by injuries and they had to rely on Clarke Schmidt and Lou trivino

[@jonathanjackson7673]

Interesting no one mentioned the NY Liberty

[@vripper390]

Make Baseball 6 innings bro.

[@iam_jacko]

It's about what you make! - Kay

[@matteocarlini27]

With the Extra Innings rule, Start the Circus Music.

[@DoRKthe1st]

Kayster really owned this 40 seconds in😳

[@Retired_channel]

"I dont wanna make an excuse" goes on to make an excuse

[@timmanto1022]

less games 82 games), a spending floor and expansion is how I could follow baseball.

[@user-mw7qw9sd2g]

1 reason why FIRST take is better with other host

[@Msteve-nt5bx]

Good pair 👍

[@emmanuelwood8702]

What a good acting job Stephen A should win an Oscar.

[@Joe_Ma99]

What a discrace. ESPN paid all this money to air NHL games and you have your employees saying it doesn’t count??

[@theprboy6118]

More baseball please!!!😊

[@brandensimmons653]

Every rangers fans were in a rage when sas said that but like everyone said "nobody cares about hockey boomer"

[@MonarchACE7]

Sadly they don’t get enough coverage like other sports but it’s popular with white people all around! I enjoy hockey but I don’t know the guy’s names. I can keep up with the puck on tv or live. Seems like people prefer football soccer ⚽️ than hockey. Everyone loves the fights! Idk what’s missing but it needs respect!

[@zachnolan1639]

*Every Hockey Fan is irate*

[@zachnolan1639]

*Every Hockey Fan is irate*

[@johnpestano22]

i agree make the game more faster so we can watch Boston/New York games usually take 4 hours or more to end that's ridiculous.

[@aa697]

So much hot air. Nice work if you can get it.

[@stevenjacob7198]

Stephen A.’s suit is fly 🔥

[@jakedupree7268]

Can't believe he actually said Rodgers is a top 5 quarterback of all time

[@AlexCrean]

One rule change from the past 2-3 years that not enough people are talking about that i cant stand and want to get rid of is the 3 batter minimum for relief pitchers. It changes the managerial strategy of how managers use relief pitchers and does away with the traditional role of a “specialist” RP, which was traditionally an initial role for a junior reliever in a team’s bullpen before they work their way up to being a primary setup man or closer. Now that they did the pitch clock thing the argument that fewer pitching changes makes the game faster isnt as big a deal. Restore the traditional strategy of the game! lets get rid of the 3 batter minimum and bring back batter by batter managing (managing to win the game, not just manage workload) and lefty/righty specialist relievers!! Do away with the 3 batter minimum!!

[@babobenson5203]

If a reliever can't get 3 outs, maybe he shouldn't be in the big leagues.

[@finnsteube9847]

Are the blue jays not in the American League anymore, did I miss something

[@martinsimo6127]

The disrespect to the blue jays is nuts

[@jeffreyabbey9592]

Giants are S Barkley and a bag of chips 😆 Love it!

[@lookingbaseball7583]

Michael Kay killed this what a job

[@jblaze600]

Astros have the Yankees number. Yankees never have enough pitching by the post season.

[@campbellmunn]

27 championships to 1

[@BryanC725]

This did not age well whatsoever 🥺 THE YANKEES ARE BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaimegomez5078]

BRING BACK MICHAEL KAY!!!!!

[@aa697]

Hey Remember Mike Hargrove aka the human rain delay . Former manager of Cleveland.

[@SDSOverfiend]

It wasn’t those 3 guys the Yankees missed…. It was their bullpen they miss because they had leads in all those games and couldn’t hold it. Offense was’nt the issue.

[@superbrownbrown]

*I'm no huge hockey/NHL fan, but Smith and Qerim have some nerve saying that the New York Rangers "don't count". The NBA is the SHINE BOX of professional sports.*

[@85Nightmareracer]

i agree with Michael Kay The I have a feeling that the Rangers Will might win First

[@wildbill60]

I check back in Oct

[@conbomb4877]

Michael Kay knows, I’m way more concerned about the Yankees hitting (besides Judge) than the pitching.

[@gregoryanderson2752]

Stephen A almost said hunky when saying the only thing he knows about hockey

[@dessy073]

“SeeYa!!!!”

[@freddygaulman5493]

If every college baseball team is filled with 20 year olds who all played throughout high school and middle school then how are they losing the younger generation??

[@romeothompson9389]

Viewers bring in the money and pretty much no young person is watching baseball maybe a very select few are pursuing a career in it but it takes viewers to make money

[@anthonytaylor7928]

They meant because MLB don't market and promote their stars even non sport fans know LeBron and Patrick mahomes

[@kevinmccabe3984]

Are you saying college baseball is as popular as the mlb? I think you misunderstood the point. No one said baseball would lose all of its young fans, but they are losing a good percentage. Most of the fans they’re losing don’t care about college at all.

[@freddygaulman5493]

@@kevinmccabe3984 Baseball players hunt and fish when they not playing. I know SAS wants them to be out partying in hollywood like nba n nfl guys do but they just don't care about that lifestyle. ESPN wants them to do the the extra social media stuff that consumes young people.

[@kevinmccabe3984]

@@freddygaulman5493 having a pitch clock isn’t “extra social media stuff” those two things aren’t related

[@shootthejay7002]

Honestly ESPN needs to talk about baseball more and yes I know there the mlb network but still. they act like football and basketball are the only sports that exist.

[@LuisPerez-gg2jo]

Nice

[@DbeeM]

Pitch clock is a terrible idea.

[@esmbackup1887]

It's pretty fast

[@mg-fx5dn]

That’s what I thought for the first two batters of the first spring training game I watched. Now I love it and baseball has always been my favorite sport. The pace makes it more exciting

[@Jason09_]

Don’t nobody wanna watch a 18 inning game in the regular season , i don’t mind the extra inning rule

[@Ant_370]

You must be part of the young generation that Michael Kay is talking about. In 2018, in the World Series (Boston/Dodgers), there was a 18 inning game in game 3, and it was one of the greatest games I've ever seen. The back and forth between both teams, the Dodgers were changing pitchers every inning it seemed while Nathan Evaldi came in for Boston and basically pitched a complete game (he came in the 9th inning and pitched in to the 18th) he made one mistake to Max Muncy, a leadoff HR to end the game. Find the highlights to this game on KZbin and as great as that video will be, it was even more great watching it live.

[@Jason09_]

@@Ant_370 If you knew how to read then you would see i said “regular season”. Playoffs is fair game

[@esmbackup1887]

​@@Ant_370 I saw that game live and I couldn't believe how long it lasted. It sucks we won't get a marathon game anymore.

[@claytonbrown9816]

That you people like myself like that. Your part of the reason baseball is going to ruined

[@mg-fx5dn]

I think you’re being a drama queen. This won’t “ruin” the game. People always say stuff like that whenever they have to deal with change and adjustments. I’ve always loved baseball and these rules won’t change that

[@Tonyconstanza]

So after 2 pick off attempts a batter can take a huge lead and the pitcher can’t do anything about it. Expect baserunners to exploit this and more stolen bases.

[@jeffreyabbey9592]

Go MLB !!!

[@juanco26]

Please bring Michael more and get rid of mad dog

[@chghfd4946]

Astros didn't have Brantley and Jose Abreau in the lineup last year either. Sooooo

[@lordquastheonly]

How come no one is talking about how the bases are 3 inches bigger

[@joshuap935]

Walks should be a second base ruling!!!!!! Any walk is an auto double.

[@dovidwerde7264]

Michael!

[@Abrasoul27]

Imagine having a national broadcasted program completely dismiss a millions followed sport 😂