Blue Jays announcer goes after Michael Kay for ‘first-place' jab after Yankees get swept
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Sportsnet host Jamie Campbell wasn't going to let Michael Kay get away with his Blue Jays jab.
After the Blue Jays completed their four-game sweep of the Yankees on Thursday, Campbell threw some shade during the postgame show toward Kay — while not referencing the play-by-play announcer by name, but referring to him as a 'certain Yankee broadcaster' — after a prior comment about how Toronto doesn't reflect a first-place team.
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'I can think of a certain Yankee broadcaster, in fact, who is gonna have to go on his show [Friday] and admit that the Blue Jays are a first-place team,' Campbell said during the segment as he held a broom, 'because the standings prove it.'
3 Sportsnet host Jamie Campbell used a broom following the Blue Jays' win against the Yankees on July 3.
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At one point this season, the Yankees possessed a commanding lead in the AL East standings, but that quickly unraveled and then ultimately changed this series — when Toronto tied for the lead with a win in the third game and then moved into sole possession of first place with an 8-5 victory Thursday night.
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3 Michael Kay calls Yankees games for Yes Network.
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Kay, during a segment on his radio show Wednesday, cited a stark gap in run differential at the time as a reason why the Blue Jays, despite orchestrating a 21-10 tear after a 28-28 start, don't deserve to lead the division.
'The Blue Jays are not a first-place team, I'm sorry,' Kay said. 'If you look at the run differential, the Yankees' run differential is +105. The Blue Jays, after a 12-5 win, finally got in the positive yesterday; they're +4. Do you realize they should be a .500 team because of a +4 run differential?
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'And the Yankees should have at least four or five more wins with a +105 run differential. They're not playing great baseball. I'm sorry, they're not.'
3 George Springer gets drenched with water after the Blue Jays defeated the Yankees on July 3.
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The Yankees have lost 14 of their last 20 games entering this weekend's Subway Series against the Mets behind a slumping offense — struggles that even include Aaron Judge, to a degree — and inconsistent pitching that had a particularly rough series in Toronto.
They took another pitching hit Friday when Clarke Schmidt was placed on the injured list after exiting his Thursday start with forearm tightness.
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