Michael Kay Whore Watch

With things already looking bad, I had to keep turning away from yesterday’s Sox/Yankees fiasco because Kay wouldn’t shut up about poor Slappy and how he’s being unfairly criticized. I even think that the play in question, while bush league, wasn’t quite as heinous as many others do. (I’m much more upset about Proctor intentionally skulling the Greek God of Walks.) But then I turn back in the eight inning, and Kay is not only still pissing and moaning about it, but ups the ante by claiming that Slappy has been “vilified”…while players who used steroids get a complete pass! As Singleton–someone who actually belongs in a major league broadcast booth–gently tried to point out, the moralistic hysteria about players accused of using steroids could scarcely be higher (cf. any time Barry Bonds steps to the plate), but Kay was adamant. If not sure if it’s quite as pathetic as Bubba Crosby: Fastest Man In Baseball!, but it’s up there. Having to listen to this is almost enough to make the pending Fox broadcast today tolerable. Almost.

I also note that Fox is buying ads for its feeble “comedy” The 1/2 Hour News Hour on Al-Yankeezera. Hey, they know their market: the Yankees are certainly a team for Republicans, and Michael Kay is about as aesthetically distinguished in his field as Joel Surnow is in his…