NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kay plans to leave Thursday for an ambitious reporting trip to Boston — the YES anchor's first trip to the war zone since early June — in anticipation of a crucial development on progress of the Yankees effort.
Kay will anchor the games from Boston Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
YES would not reveal many specifics of his plans in advance because of competitive and safety concerns. The trip, in the works for six weeks, anticipates the late-season Yankees surge that is expected in the last two weeks of September.
"You can't help but get a very detached perspective when you're not there and you're not witnessing things firsthand," Kay told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I'm curious about very basic questions regarding living conditions, about how much fear there is in the street, about how the players really are doing."
Kay and his traveling partner, WFAN correspondent Sweeny Murti, were fitted with 30-pound body armor vests in Brian Cashman's office on Tuesday. Both needed to send theirs back to add extra protection to the sides.
"Obviously, safety is a concern," said Kay, 46, who had suggested last year that being the last of his bloodline might make him think twice about such trips. "I'm not being cavalier about it. I think I feel comfortable with the measures that are being taken."
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Michael Kay To Report From Boston
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3 comments:
Goodspeed, Sir. But watch out.
I think he will be embedded, so that will help.
Alphonso said...
If this" on the ground" assessment of Boston, in the Green Zone no less, is going to be anything like our President's plan, Mr. Kay better plan on being there a minimum of 50 years.
Personally, when I last visited Boston near Fenway, walking the streets was like strolling around an Indiana Farmer's Market on a lazy summer day. Only 3 tourists were shot and 14 natives received parking tickets.
Of course, it was off season and I didn't have a translator.
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