Michael Kay

Michael Kay (born February 2, 1960) is the main play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees on the YES Network and their broadcast television partner My 9.

A New York sports reporter, who started reporting at the Bronx High School of Science and then at Fordham University wrote for both the New York Daily News and the New York Post, Kay has been the Yankees' lead television announcer since 2002, after spending a decade partnered with John Sterling as the radio voices of the team on WABC-AM. When WCBS-AM acquired the radio rights for 2002, the same year the YES Network debuted, Kay moved to the television side while Sterling remained on the radio.

While generally not as flamboyant as radio play-by-play man John Sterling, Kay has developed his own style and notable on-air phrases. On radio and TV, Kay has been best known for saying "See-ya!" during his home run calls (it's also his signature phrase at the end of his broadcasts). He has also been known for his frequent signature description of the teams' uniforms at each ballgame, especially the "interlocking N-Y" of the Yankees' home jersey.

Since the late 1990s, Kay and Sterling have co-emceed the Yankees' annual Old-timers day ceremony (following in the tradition of the late Mel Allen and Frank Messer), players' number retirements and the City Hall celebrations after Yankees' World Series victories.

Kay also has a talk show in New York from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. EST on 1050 ESPN Radio. Kay has previously served as the post-game locker room reporter for the MSG Network. In 2002, Michael left the MSG post-game locker room to concentrate on the play-by-play announcer for the new YES Network. Kay is also the host of the YES Network's CenterStage, where he interviews people from all different branches of sports and entertainment, and he occasionally appears on ESPN's The Sports Reporters.