In an interview with The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, YES Network announcer Michael Kay admitted what many already knew: he wants to be on the call for a potential Aaron Judge historic home run.
Judge currently sits at 57 homers on the season. The Yankees record is 61, hit by Roger Maris in 1961.
Kay might not get the opportunity, however. The Yankees begin a four-game series against the Red Sox next weekend, with only one of the four games airing on YES Network.
“I’ve thought about it,” Kay said. “I’m not going to be selfish. When he does it, he does. It will be a bummer if YES is not covering it. Forget about just me, but for YES, that would stink. It is what it is. And if he hits it on one of the days that we’re not doing the game and we just have to live with it.”
Kay told Marchand he hasn’t considered what he would say in the moment when Judge potentially delivers the record.
“You get a little nervous because you want to do it justice,” Kay said. “You don’t ever want to mess up his moment. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about putting my imprint on it. I just want to know 40 years from now when [Judge] watches this that you know, it’s not going to be a screwed up call for him. I just think about making the call, but certainly not what I’m going to say.”
