"With a potential $60 million-$65 million annual extension reportedly waiting in the wings, ESPN is clearly wanting to make a significant investment in his future. Whether you love McAfee, tolerate him or cannot stand him, there is little denying his ability to generate attention."
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
"I was only going to use it to mess with people. I did not plan on it being big at all. But it lends to what I do, which is find stuff. And because it’s sports, it makes it that much better for me."
"Really it's everybody's own individual feeling, but to ask Major League Baseball to take an eraser out and say Bonds out, McGwire out, Sosa out, they're not gonna do it."
The New York Post reports that the situation is "in flux". The game is scheduled to be on Amazon Prime Video as part of deal that gives the subscription service 21 Yankees broadcasts this season.
"This is when I get to bring new people and new eyeballs to my streaming service. And I'm sure they'll have more signups than they've had almost any other day of the week."
“The first I learned of this is from The Post’s website,” Kay told The Post. “At first blush, I would feel very uncomfortable taking the assignment away from someone else.”
“We thought it would be really cool to take that to the next level and have them do an alternative-cast of the game," Matt Duarte, YES’ vice president of strategy and business development said.
The ESPN New York lineup consists of DiPietro & Rothenberg from 5:00 AM-8:00 AM, before airing the national ESPN Radio lineup from 8:00 PM-3:00 PM before The Michael Kay Show airs in afternoon drive from 3:00 PM-7:00 PM.
"It's bittersweet. What I will do is just be grateful. I'll be grateful for the 26 years with Salem, and the 50 years in the business, and the wonderful people that I've worked with."
"I was only going to use it to mess with people. I did not plan on it being big at all. But it lends to what I do, which is find stuff. And because it’s sports, it makes it that much better for me."