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Andrew Joseph

Announcer Michael Kay perfectly summed up the Yankees’ demoralizing collapse against the Marlins

This past weekend couldn’t have gone much worse for baseball fans in New York. The Mets dropped three of four to their NL East rival Atlanta Braves (outscored 34-3 in the three losses) and somehow didn’t come away with New York’s worst loss of the weekend.

That unfortunate distinction belonged to the New York Yankees.

The Yankees had a chance to win their series against the Marlins on Sunday and went into the ninth inning with a comfortable four-run lead. In fact, no Yankees team had lost after holding a four-plus run lead in the ninth inning since 2021 against Houston. It looked like they were in for a happy flight to Atlanta, but then the wheels fell off. The Marlins put together a rally with four hits, two walks and a massive error to win, 8-7.

When Jake Burger’s walk-off single to left completed the comeback, Yankees announcer Michael Kay summed up the embarrassing loss to perfection.

And let’s be honest: That loss deserved all the criticism from the Yankees’ own broadcast booth. The Orioles should take notes.

They have baseball’s No. 2 payroll (behind the Mets) and are in last place in the AL East.

Fans appreciated Kay’s willingness to call the Yankees out after such a terrible defeat.

This was how Twitter reacted

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