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David Cone’s cringey quip about Blue Jays player’s lips tattoo creates awkward YES Network scene

Nypost · · 365 words · By Matt Ehalt
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“Monday’s YES Network’s broadcast took a slight detour when Cone noticed Blue Jays outfielder’s Yohendrick Pinango neck tattoo of a pair of red lips”
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While evidence confirms David Cone is a commentator for YES Network and Yohendrick Piñango is a Blue Jays outfielder, there is no evidence in the provided search results regarding a specific broadcast detour involving a red lips tattoo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As one of the most successful clubs in Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees are also one of its oldest teams. Part of that success derives to its radio and television broadcasts that have been …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_broad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 46%), Amazon (which owns 15%),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YES_Network
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“the Yankees’ eventual 7-6 come-from-behind win over the rival Blue Jays”
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The provided evidence includes general links to scoreboards and news for the Yankees and Blue Jays, but no specific game result of 7-6 is mentioned in the snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The official scoreboard of the Toronto Blue Jays including Gameday, video, highlights and box score.
https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/scores
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web search NEUTRAL — CBS Sports has the latest New York Yankees news and information, including team scores, stats, highlights and more for the 2026 MLB season.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYY/new-york-yankees/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_ibLqxqcU
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“play-by-play man Michael Kay then noticed the awkwardness of the back-and-forth”
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Wikipedia and official Yankees sources explicitly confirm that Michael Kay is the television play-by-play broadcaster for the New York Yankees on the YES Network.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Kay (born February 2, 1961) is an American sports broadcaster who is the television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York Yankees and host of CenterStage on the YES Network...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kay_(sports_broadcaste…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters
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web search NEUTRAL — Kay has his detractors — what play-by-play announcer in his 24th season wouldn't? — but you know what you're going to get from him when you tune in. The same couldn't be said in 2002, when Kay was a g…
https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/michael-kay-yes-twx6pck…
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“O’Neill proceeded to get in a one more jab Cone, who he played alongside for five years from 1996-2000 before they became broadcast colleagues”
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The evidence confirms Paul O'Neill and David Cone are broadcast colleagues and were part of the Yankees' successful era (1996-2002), but the specific date range of 1996-2000 as teammates is not explicitly verified by the provided snippets; only general tenure is mentioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul O’Neill seemed to approve of Juan Soto’s bat flip following his home run Tuesday. USA TODAY Sports. Hey, Coney, would there be anything more hand-me-down sad than a 12-year-old performing an MLB …
https://nypost.com/2024/06/27/sports/paul-oneill-and-david-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Posts about Paul O’Neill written by markdhogan.From 1996 through 2002, the Yankees won 5 World Championships, 7 American League Championship Series and made the playoffs every year except 2008.
https://markdhogan.wordpress.com/tag/paul-oneill/
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Kay, Paul O'Neill and David Cone in Yankees broadcast booth."I know you were asking about this, Paul, that Monkey D. Luffy has the properties of rubber after accidentally eating one of the dev…
https://awfulannouncing.com/tag/paul-oneill
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“Pinango told Sportsnet. “I liked it, so I did it.””
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While there is a Sportsnet article about Yohendrick Piñango, the provided snippet does not contain the quote 'I liked it, so I did it' or any mention of a tattoo interview.
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web search NEUTRAL — Yohendrick Alexander Piñango is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut in 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohendrick_Piñango
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web search NEUTRAL — Yohendrick Pinango picked up his first career RBI with a base hit as part of a three-run third inning that helped the Toronto Blue Jays build up a 3-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-yohendrick-pi…
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web search NEUTRAL — "When people ask me how many tattoos I have, I typically say three." Former WWE legend and 'Glass Onion' star Dave Bautista breaks down his tattoos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94MlE9CxDCU
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