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When New York Yankees fans tune in a transmission from the Yes Network, Michael Kay’s voice, the game announcer for team game, is usually the one who welcomes them to another game.
However, as the camera emerges, yes, the Yankees analyst, David Cone, the five times World Series and Award -winning champion Cy Young, is usually on his left.
Cone has been one of the most reliable color commentators in baseball, for its adoption of analysis, a great vision of its 17 years launching a 3.46 of the race with five different teams, including Yankees for six seasons, and much more.
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David Cone smiles after launching the first ceremonial launch before the game between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees in the Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photos of Mary Decicco/MLB through Getty Images)
But with all the statistics and knowledge that the cone possesses, there is also the ingenuity: the entertainment factor that can only be classified as “CONEY-ISS”.
It is not necessarily the same as the “yogiifices”, so the Yankees Great Yogi Berra was known, but nevertheless, the cone metaphors throughout the YES transmissions offer a nostalgic sensation of the past that feels correctly in the modern MLB of today.
And if you ask you to know about those “Coney-Iss”, it is quite humble with respect to its origins.
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“I think it is probably influenced by other people in the game. You are always stealing something from someone, everything has been done before,” Cone told Fox Digital, laughing.
When the show ends to the game and it is time for the first release, the cone is usually the one that broke the Yankees starter for that night. And that breakdown almost always begins with cone saying “Toeing the slab”, in reference to the mound.
Baseball fans will know other phrases that take away their tongue as the “worm burner”, to refer to a very affected land ball, but others are perfectly placed metaphors when you can find the right time, which is what he learned from a former player turned into a bushy pitcher like him.
“For me, it was Dennis Eckersley,” the reliever of the Hall of Fame that is also located in the Fame Hall of the Massachusetts broadcasters for his work as a color analyst of Boston’s red socks. “Dennis Eckersley had a bit of this jargon for himself. I think he was the one who originally coined a ‘piece’. For him, it is when a pitcher had to leave the mound after giving up the winning race.
David Cone launches the first ceremonial launch before the game between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees in the Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photos of Mary Decicco/MLB through Getty Images)
While Cone has some original jokes in the transmission of his years, it is a sponge when it comes to listening to something he loves, like “oil swing.”
“The first time I heard someone say ‘the telephone cabin swing’, as if you were swinging in a telephone cabin. Someone who is complete [Kansas City Royals former reliever] Dan Asenberry, he taught me that in the early 80s, then, part of this is ingenious, with his own ingenuity he can intervene there and create his own metaphor. “
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One of Cone’s favorites, who says he is an original of which he is proud, was the first time he started a “Gump Forrest ball” during a transmission. During Tom Hanks, acclaimed by critics, his Forrest Gump character argues where he was shot during his time in the Vietnam War.
“That is easy to call, a Forrest Gump ball. His famous line in the movie, ‘in the buttocks,” said Cone. “You are always looking for pop culture references, musical references if possible. And that kind of thing is something you should be open, but not forced. Look for opportunities to use them.”
When Cone calls a game in the Yankee Stadium stand, the “Boogie Down Bronx” is always a fans favorite. He said he “fell in love” for the culture of hip-hop while playing at the Bronx, so he has made a point over the years to connect to that side of the story surrounding the stadium.
“That is a tribute to the pride of Bronx,” he explained. “There is a reason why it is called ‘Boogie Down Bronx’. Check its hip hop history, and it is attributed to being the place of birth [of it]. So, yes, it is only the pride of the Bronx. “
The former New York Yankees, David Cone, poses for a photo before the game between the New York Yankees and the Houston stars in the Yankee Stadium on June 24, 2022 in New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
From calling a dirty slider like a “frisbee”, to say that a pitcher “had some traffic, but avoided being beaten in the middle of the road,” there has been a phrase for each situation that seems when the cone is in the microphone.
Everything is made for the love of the game.
“I think it comes from trying to be light, fun and entertaining when it is appropriate,” he said. “The game lends itself to that at certain points. When the game crawls a little when it opposes a really full game. Then, the game is called itself at that time. There are certainly opportunities to be light, fun and entertaining when you can because people look at these games to escape what is happening. That connection with the Yankees over the years.”
