And It Didn't Take Michael Kay Long to Get Into Midseason Form

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Some highlights from tonight's Yankees-Red Sox game:

The Yes Network finally added OBP to the infographic that they show at the bottom of the screen when players come up. It had previously been BA, HR, and RBI, and I was hoping that they'd get rid of RBI, but I guess that's here to stay for now. It would be nice to add SLG but I don't think we're quite there yet.

Yes also added a constant pitch count in the score box at the top of the screen, making them, as far as I know (having checked nowhere but my memory, but still) the first network to have this up there. This led to Michael Kay simultaneously praising Yes for having it there but trashing baseball for being so concerned with pitch counts, which makes sense to everyone, if by everyone you mean Michael Kay.

Yes had a commercial for Slomin's home security that had me almost on the floor with laughter. Bad dialogue, worse acting. I look forward to a full season of local commercials from Yes and SNY. A quick top three local commercials in New York history:
1. Computer Mechanics on Calll
To start, the Long Island accents really get me in the right frame of mind for this one. The chubby guy with the stacks of paper... why does he have so much paper? If they're having a network problem, doesn't that imply that all the reports are online to begin with? Isn't this guy just adding to the problem by crumpling dozens of important documents in his hands? Also, the boss who says they need to call the geek, he just abandons all responsibility. "Network problem? Shit, I have no IDEA what to do! Underlings, figure this out!"
2. Giuseppe Franco This one gets better with time because I've seen him interviewed on SNY and he is the exact same guy from the commercials. He does a bro-hug with Gary Busey, as if that's going to make any sane person want to buy his hair product... one of the guys who speaks on behalf of the product phones his statement in, and it sounds like the guy is in a tunnel. They use that instead of literally any production assistant just reading two sentences on a piece of paper... risk free trial!
3. Two Brothers Scrap Metal - Apparently video doesn't exist on the internet for this one. It's a 30 second Jersey Shore audition that encourages you to make the most of what must be many opportunities to dispose of scrap metal laying around your house.

For some reason, Daryl Strawberry is throwing out the first pitch at Shea tomorrow. Go Mets. Yowza.