Michael Kay went off on certain New Yorkers.
During an episode of “The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN Radio on Friday, the Yankees’ play-by-play announcer was not supportive of New Yorkers who are rooting for both of the city’s baseball teams in the MLB playoffs.
“Is fandom different now?” Kay questioned while on air with co-hosts Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg. “Why are you rooting for the Mets if you’re a Yankee fan? Are you out of your minds?”
Kay later added: “You can’t root for both!”
Rosenberg pressed Kay, questioning why it isn’t OK to root for both teams, but the host later responded.
“All of a sudden though, Yankee and Mets fans, kumbaya. I am not buying it!” Kay said. “And the ones that are, they’re not real Yankee fans. If they’re just reveling in the Mets having a great win, they’re not real fans!”
Actor Jerry Ferrara, best known for being on HBO’s “Entourage,” went on social media — as a Yankee fan — to say he was rooting for the Mets in the NLDS against the Phillies.
But Ferrara, also a Knicks fan, has his own reasons.
“I am not a Mets fan, I’m a Yankee fan, but for the first time in my life I could honestly say, I’m rooting for the Mets in the next round,” he said. “This is strictly my dislike for Philly fans after that Knicks-Sixers series. I would love nothing more than to see another New York team just drive Philly fans absolutely crazy. So Let’s Go Mets for one round and one round only.”
Both the Mets and Yankees begin their roads in the division series on Saturday.
