Blue Jays Analyst Roasts Yankees, Michael Kay After Historic Sweep

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Jul 4, 2025 - 18:30

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Blue Jays Analyst Roasts Yankees, Michael Kay After Historic Sweep originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Blue Jays analyst Jamie Campbell had plenty of smoke for a “certain Yankees broadcaster,” last night after Toronto pulled off a historic sweep of New York.

Campbell came on the broadcast twirling a wicker broom from behind his desk, then gave it a good toss in the middle of his soliloquy. “We have been asked about this broom relentlessly these last couple of days,” he begins, glee beaming from his smirk. (We think people really asked THAT much about a broom DAYS ago? Were there tears streaming down their face as they asked?)

New York Yankees broadcaster Michael KayMitch Stringer-Imagn Images

“I can think of a certain Yankees broadcaster, in fact, who is gonna have to go on his show tomorrow and admit that the Blue Jays are a first-place team.” Not even gonna say his name. Shots fired.

It is hard to blame Campbell or anyone else for roasting Michael Kay, the target of Campbell’s ruthlessness. July 2nd, in the middle of the series, Kay claimed that “the Blue Jays are not a first place team…they should be a .500 team because of a +4 run differential. And the Yankees should have at least four or five more wins with a +105-run differential. They’re not playing great baseball.”

Well, they had already beaten New York twice. And now they beat ‘em two more times, straight.

I get the point he is trying to make, but you cannot say a team should or should not have more wins simply because of the run differential. It is such a watering-down of all that goes into an entire game.

Such a good record despite being in all these close games could even be spun as more impressive. They are constantly in dogfights but are still able to pull them out, and New York’s stats might point to them only being able to dominate the worst of the worst.

It was the first time Toronto had ever swept the Yankees at home in the history of their franchise. Maybe it was a bit much for a July victory, but it's against the biggest, coolest opponent, so I get it. Plus, Kay set himself up for it.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 4, 2025, where it first appeared.