YES Network turns 14 years old today. We look at the network's changes, consistencies, and its current broadcast battle with Comcast.
Today marks 14 years since the first Yankees broadcast on YES Network, which was conceived in 1999 in the midst of the Yankees dynasty. The first game broadcast was a March 19th spring training tilt against the Cincinnati Reds and who else would be on the call but Michael Kay, who broadcasted Yankees games in the radio booth for a decade before assuming his role as the face of YES. Alongside former pitcher Jim Kaat (previously a Yankees broadcaster for MSG), Kay introduced the network's "Opening Day" from Legends Fields in Tampa, following a healthy portion of the theme song we've all come to know so well:
Kay brought his best KayFaces for his first YES broadcast, including the one seen above.