CC Sabathia's Astros enemy roasts Yankees announcer before ironic broadcast assignment

When the MLB playoffs kicked off on Tuesday afternoon, as the New York Yankees chilled and awaited their next opponent, the voice of the Yankees was called into action.

While Michael Kay won't be announcing any Yankee games this October, he's still employed by ESPN, and will be utilized in the Wild Card round, at the very least. In fact, he'll be calling games that are pertinent to all petty New Yorkers; while the Detroit Tigers work to dethrone the Houston Astros, Kay will be there, accompanied by former Yank Todd Frazier on color commentary.

You know who won't like that? Anyone supporting the Astros.

Their concerns were voiced by former 'Stro Josh Reddick, who you may remember from CC Sabathia scolding him to "f*** outta here" during the 2017 ALCS. You also might remember him from definitely not wearing a buzzer during the postseason, no way, no how.

Former Yankees enemy Josh Reddick makes his feelings known regarding Michael Kay

I'll give Reddick this: I wouldn't love ESPN's booth for Yankees-Orioles consisting of Jim Crane, Richard Hidalgo, and Brian McCann. Would feel a touch biased if MLB packed the booth with iconic Astros to bloviate for all nine innings about their favorite Altuve heartbreakers. "Oh, yeah, wait, baseball's also going on right now! Apologies to anyone who hasn't muted us yet. Wouldn't this be more kickass if Jeff Bagwell were playing first?!"

But, still, this is a prime example of a retired athlete maybe, kind of, sort of forgetting that his replies are publicly available. Or the opposite. It's a prime example of an athlete knowing exactly where his fans reside, and what they want to read. Go 'Stros! Shut up, Michael Kay!

If we know anything about Kay, it's that he might take a little bit of secret (earned) glee if things go off the rails for Houston, but he'll never actively vocalize it. Astros manager Joe Espada's a former Yankee and a friend. He won't let the schadenfreude leak onto the airwaves -- you know, in the same way that Reddick definitely would if he were behind the mic for a Yankees gag.