ESPN New York’s Michael Kay all however stated “see ya!” to a radio producer he threatened to get fired on the air. (Watch the video under.)
Kay was internet hosting his ESPN radio present Friday afternoon when he heard Ray Santiago, a producer of ESPN New York’s “DiPietro & Rothenberg,” snipe that Kay’s present was on the downswing.
“I got to throw this out there. Is it the fear that this show is now on the rise, and that show’s kinda going in the other direction lately?” Santiago stated within the clip.
Kay ― a distinguished voice in New York sports activities recognized for his “see ya!” dwelling run name in broadcasting Yankees video games for the YES Network ― appeared to demolish the ESPN applications’ typically playful rivalry with a venomous rant.
“Ray Santiago made a comment about ratings? Do you realize, Ray, that all I’d have to do is make one phone call, and you would be on the unemployment line” Kay snapped. “You have the nerve to say something like that about this show? One phone call, which I’m considering making, and you will be fired!”
Kay advised “management” he would by no means cross-promote Santiago’s present once more, then continued his menacing.
“Remember Ray, I am really, really sitting on the fence right now about getting you canned, opening your mouth when you shouldn’t have.”
The New York Post reported that Kay’s present has lately been slipping within the rankings to rival station WFAN in the identical time slot.
ESPN, Kay and Santiago didn’t instantly reply HuffPost’s requests for remark.
Sports speak exhibits have been dwelling to volatility of late. The relationship of Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe seems strained after the “Undisputed” hosts quarreled once more ― this time over an insensitive tweet despatched by Bayless after Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest.
