David Cone Not Returning To Yankees (YES) Booth
Via Bob Klapisch -
It appears [David] Cone’s short but brilliant run in the YES broadcast booth may be over. Sources say Cone is out after a heated disagreement with network executives.
A spokesman confirmed via e-mail: “David’s contract is up. We’d love to have him back, but he’s in the process of evaluating his various options. … He may not be back based on what he decides.”
Cone’s skill and confidence grew appreciably in the past year. Like former-Met teammate Ron Darling, he had a graceful way of explaining baseball to casual fans, but also was immersed in cutting edge sabermetrics.
Michael Kay said, “I’d come into the booth five hours before a game and Coney would already be there, buried in the computer, looking up stats. He took it very seriously.”
Betcha the MLB Network picks up Cone in a heartbeat. This will be a loss for the YES Network, if you ask me.
I agree..Coney was my fave
This sucks… I hope MLBN picks him up. I wonder if the disagreement had anything to do with YES being afraid that Cone would be inappropriate? Meh, at the end of the day, I’m not too happy that Cone may not be coming back, I liked that he was “real” in the booth.
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Now if YES would just get rid of Kay’s BFF Leiter, the booth would be much better.
K-V-C wrote:
Ugh I hope you never get your wish.
Too bad, Cone was a favorite of mine.
YES told Jim Kaat it had no room for him last yr. Maybe they’ll be smart enough this time and get him back.
Cone was not my favorite, but he was a plus.
I prefer Leiter and Singleton to him, but Coney was O.K.