Yankees broadcaster takes issue with 'wrapping sports in the flag and preaching patriotism'

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New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay appeared to take issue with "wrapping sports in the flag" as Team USA stars preached patriotism during the World Baseball Classic this month.

Paul Skenes, Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge were among the players who discussed what it meant to wear the USA on their chest. Team USA manager Mark DeRosa even brought in Robert J. O’Neill, the man credited with killing terrorist Usama bin Laden, into the locker room to speak to the players before their game against Canada in the quarterfinal.

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Michael Kay during the New York Yankees Old Timers Day on Aug. 24, 2024 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. (Andrew Mordzynski/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Kay said those types of things made him a "little uneasy."

"The thing that makes me a little uneasy … I don’t like wrapping sports in the flag and preaching patriotism and bringing in SEAL Team 6 people. The only uniform that counts to me is the one that’s worn by the men and women of our military," he said Wednesday on ESPN New York radio. "They decide wins and losses. You don’t represent me because you have USA on the chest. I don’t believe it."

Sports columnist Mike Lupica, who was on with Kay, said bringing in a member of SEAL Team 6 was a "little dodgy" to him and added that anytime politics is brought in sports it opens up a "rabbit hole we don’t want to head down."

DeRosa explained earlier in the week why he brought in O’Neill.

United States Bryce Harper celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning in the