Michael Kay goes scorched earth on Yankees fans who chanted ‘f–k Juan Soto'
Michael Kay goes scorched earth on Yankees fans who chanted 'f-k Juan Soto'
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For Michael Kay, the Yankees-Juan Soto tension is over.
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For Yankees fans, it's seemingly not.
As the Yankees were on the way to a 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks on Thursday, a 'f–k Juan Soto' chant caught on with fans throughout Yankee Stadium, although the Bombers were obviously not playing against their ex-star, who jumped over to the Mets on a $15-year, $765 million deal.
On Friday, the Yankees play-by-play announcer lost it on fans for the chant on his radio show, 'The Michael Kay Show.
But it was surprisingly not over a dislike of the foul language.
Michael Kay during the New York Yankees Old Timers' Day on August 24, 2024 at Yankee Stadium. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22 doubles in the sixth inning on April 4, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
'We hear this silly banter back and forth about big brother, little brother. You know what that was yesterday, everybody?' Kay said. 'I hate to say it, and you're not gonna like it. That was little brother nonsense,' Kay ranted. 'Why are you chanting about Juan Soto? Your team is winning. And that's what you're coming up with? You kind of should be a little bit embarrassed.
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'Shame on all of you. Really, shame on all of you. It's such an awful tiny look…You are still big brother. The Mets haven't won anything. They won a bidding war for Juan Soto. They haven't won a championship since 1986. It's been 39 years since they won a title, and you're chanting bleep Juan Soto? I don't get it. Color me confused. I don't get it, and it's a bad look. It's a bad, bad look…I think it's an awful, awful look by all of you. All of you! And I would have addressed it yesterday if I actually heard it through my headphones.'
The Mets (4-3) are above .500 for the first time this season after a home opener win, but they are not the 5-2 Yankees, who are off to a hot start as their torpedo bat success has been talked about at length across the league.
Mets fans hold up signs for Juan Soto during the Citi Field home opener. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST
With the Amazin's, Soto has gone 6-for-25 through seven games with one home run, three RBIs and a .827 OPS, though he did have a game-ending strikeout against the Astros on Opening Day.
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