Michael Kay and David Cone are back to their normal banter.
During Sunday’s Yankees broadcast on the YES Network, a picture of a grandmother — listed as Rebecca on the on-screen graphic — and her granddaughter Hannah was shown on the screen to highlight fans at the games.
Kay had another thing on his mind.
“That doesn’t look like Hannah’s grandma. That’s a very young grandma right there,” Kay commented.
“See, I’m learning. I’ve got a filter, Michael. I did not comment on that,” color analyst Cone responded.
“But I could feel what you were thinking, and I didn’t like it,” Kay jokingly added.
The grandmother — whose name is actually Erika — took it in stride.
“Haha! Idk where they got ‘Rebecca’ from as my name is Erika and I’m about to be 60. Thank you, @RealMichaelKay and @dcone36 for the laughs!” she commented on Awful Announcing’s post.
Fans had some mixed reactions, though.
“Is that their attempt at humor?,” one user wrote.
“This was actually pretty funny.” another added.
On the field, the Yankees ended up dropping the game to the Marlins, 7-6. New York opened with a 3-1 lead after the first inning thanks to Ben Rice’s three-run homer.
The Yankees’ pitching, though, couldn’t hold the lead, allowing Miami to take a 7-4 lead in the eighth that it never relinquished.
The loss moved the Yankees’ record to 7-2, still sitting atop the American League East to start the year. The Yankees will look to regain their momentum in a home series versus the Athletics on Tuesday before traveling to Florida for a clash with the division foe Rays.
Kay has been the voice of Yankees games on YES since 2002 following a nine-year stint as a radio announcer. Cone, who pitched for the Yankees and retired from MLB in 2001, has been with YES since 2008 as well.
This season, Newsday reported that Cone would be calling more Yankees games for YES after also taking on a role with ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” coverage in recent years.
So far in 2026, the pair of Kay and Cone is already producing funny moments.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
