XM MLB Chat: YES Network brass couldn't possibly be Yankee fans

Which is fine, but casual disregard to the point of neglect is not. In one recent example, they replayed classic game 4 of the 2001 World Series Monday night (final score 4-3 Yankees in 10 innings). I've seen their version of this game before, the last time being a few years ago. The same botched editing job was present a few years ago that appeared last night.

The Yankees are losing, bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, score 3-1 Diamondbacks. One man on base, Tino at the plate, Yankees trailing in the series 2 games to 1, Yankees can't score runs for anything.
Tino hits a 2 run home run, tying the game. The place is bedlam,
the dugout mobs Tino.

Finally, Michael Kay says approximately, look at that, what a great curtain call by Tino Martinez. The camera never shows Tino making the curtain call, has some other footage then just shows his back as he's halfway down the dugout steps. I looked to see if he was holding his helmet, but couldn't tell from the shot. This kind of moment is rare, the curtain call itself is rare, and special to fans. A fan of any team knows this. It comes up on sportstalk radio.

If YES didn't have the footage of him coming out for the call, or waving his helmet, fine, although it would be a mistake not to have it. But to have the explicit audio exclamation of Michael Kay saying look at that, what a nice curtain call, and having no video to match, shows depraved indifference in Stamford (if that's where these guys still hang out). It's pretty basic. If you don't have the footage, don't put audio in saying, hey look at that.

It's impossible a Yankee fan is anywhere on the premises, nor possibly anyone professional at all. They might use the excuse they edited it in the interest of time or something, but that wasn't the case here. They spent substantial time showing players jumping and milling around after Tino got back to the dugout.

The YES Network can do whatever Goldman Sachs wants. Which includes allowing a botched editing job of a great recent Yankee moment to be replayed for years. Not asking for a homer, just someone who doesn't feel casual disregard for the special points of the team. I noticed this attitude on the YES Network long ago, so I avoid the channel as much as possible. I was very happy when the Yankees were on MSG.