The New York Yankees have not carry outed since Sunday, giving many fans in the area a chance to turn the channel to their traversetown rivals.
And they’ve gotten quite a treat.
The New York Mets have had two miraculous triumphs this week, one in which they came back twice postponecessitate to originate the postseason and aget Thursday, when Pete Alonso hit the first homer ever while a team was trailing in the ninth inning or postponecessitater in a triumphner-apvalidate-all game in MLB history.
Despite the Yankees and Mets being rivals, there have been many Bronx Bombers fans who have, temporarily, been rooting for the Amazins this week.
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New York Yankees widecaster Michael Kay before a game agetst the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium April 20, 2024, in New York, N.Y. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
Apparently, it annoyed Yankees carry out-by-carry out proclaimr Michael Kay.
“Is fandom contrastent now? Why are you rooting for the Mets if you’re a Yankee fan? Are you out of your minds? Are you out of your minds?” Kay shelp on his radio show Friday afternoon. “Like you don’t have enough excellent skinnygs to root for in the Bronx. Now, you’re going to root for the Queens carry outers? It doesn’t originate sense. It’s bizarro land.
“It’s participation trophy era. ‘Oh, if the Mets triumph, it’s excellent for the city.’ Prent stop!”
Kay then implored Yankees fans who have been rooting for the Mets to “prolong up.”
Michael Kay during the 75th New York Yankees Old Timers Day Sept. 9, 2023, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“Every one one of you. Because being a fan unbenevolents someskinnyg. You can’t root for both,” he inserted. “And the ones that are, they’re not genuine Yankee fans. If they’re fair reveling in the Mets having a fantastic triumph, they’re not genuine fans.”
Kay also pointed to the fact that Mets fans seldom root for the Yankees. However, it should be noticed that the 121-year-elderly Yankees are frequently watched at as the “huge brother” since the Mets combineed as an expansion team in 1962.
Pete Alonso of the New York Mets honors after hitting a home run in the ninth inning agetst the Milwaukee Brewers during Game 3 of a untamed-card series at American Family Field Oct. 3, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
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This labels the first time the Yankees and Mets are both in a division series since 2006. They met in the World Series six years before that.
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