THE BLUE JAYS ANNOUNCERS ARE BITCHES

 Aaron Judge is just a really good home run hitter. He's pretty disciplined at the plate even though he does strike out, but for the most part he's productive at the plate, really coming into his own the last few years.  It's impressive. 

Last night the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 7-4.  Judge had 2 home runs.  Now mind you, the history between the Yankees and Jays as of recently has been toxic. You have to blame Vlad Guerrero for that. After all, he just likes to start stuff just for headlines. But what he doesn't seem to understand is no one cares about Vlad Jr.  Yes, the Jays are a good team, but what do I care is Vlad likes the Yankees or not. No one cares.

Did the Blue Jays broadcast expose Aaron Judge cheating & looking into the Yankees dugout to see signals before the pitch??? 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/VsKHWiPepn

— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) May 16, 2023

But back to last night, it's what happened during Aaron's at bat that had the Blue Jays announcers in a tizzy. Awful Announcing writes:

"...one of the home runs has generated some controversy, or at least chatter... During that at-bat, Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez, calling the game for Sportsnet, had a different observation. They noted that Judge was looking in an unusual direction.

“You don’t wanna go throwing allegations around without knowing, but…

Martinez, himself a former catcher, noted that based on where his eyes were going, Judge could not have been glancing back at the catcher, trying to steal the sign.

Then, right before Toronto pitcher, Jay Jackson delivered his 3-2 pitch to Judge, Shulman said that Judge “just did it again...

Martinez said “Once again, he’s looking at something, then the next move is that powerful swing, and he blasts one to center field. I’ve not seen that before with him. I’ve not ever seen that.”

So this is what we do now, we accuse players during game play. We build a narrative to cater to our audience, right Jays booth?  Maybe Judge saw a stray cat. Maybe some chick was flashing her cans. My point is to come right out and accuse the guy of cheating during a live broadcast, and mind you, they acted like they weren't accusing, but they were, it's pathetic.

Now Judge explained himself, even though he really doesn't have to.

ESPN writes:

"The Yankees slugger looked sideways for a moment before driving a 114.9 mph scorcher off right-hander Jay Jackson.

"There was kind of a lot of chirping from our dugout, which I really didn't like in the situation," Judge said."

Whatever the case, the haters that are going to continue to blast the Yankees and Judge for garbage allegations are ridiculous.  The Yankees haven't won anything in years. We are an average team at best.  If we were cheating, we're pretty bad at it.  So hey Dan and Buck, go scratch, your broadcast sucks.

I hope our YES guys have a field day when the Jays come to the Bronx, because the Jays announcers just started a war.

Sad.

SUE THE YANKEES? GET OUTTA HERE!

New York fans have a reputation for holding their sports teams to a higher standard of excellence, but it now appears they’ve got a litigious streak.

Andrew Rector, who famously dozed off in the ballpark’s lower level during an ESPN broadcast of the Yankees-Red Sox game on April 13, filed a lawsuit this week in the New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx claiming that disparaging remarks made by the announcers caused emotional distress.



Rector names Major League Baseball, ESPN, the New York Yankees, Dan Shulman, and John Kruk as defendants in his three-page complaint. He does not specify the amount of damages being sought. (You can read the full document here.) So just what did the ESPN announcers say to hurt Rector’s feelings? The lawsuit alleges: 

“[A]nnouncers like Dan Shulman and John Kruk unleashed avalanche of disparaging words against the person of and concerning the plaintiff. These words, include but not limited to ‘stupor, fatty, unintelligent, stupid’ knowing and intending the same to be heard and listened to by millions of people all over the world…”

The complaint is strange considering that if you watch the clip of Rector dozing off at the ballpark the announcers never say any of the insults he alleges in his lawsuit. I can’t see this complaint getting very far in the courts (I mean c'mon, how do you fall asleep during a Yanks/BoSox game?) but if Rector needs to take his online humiliation out on someone, Joe Buck is certainly more deserving than Shulman and Kruk!

--Alexis Garcia, BYB's "Eye on MLB" Columnist
Twitter:  @heylexyg



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