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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t (Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n On April 5, during the New York Yankees<\/a> and Miami Marlins<\/a> game, Yankees fans decided to chant \u201cF\u2014 Juan Soto!\u201d in the 8th inning<\/a>. Soto played in the Bronx during the 2024 season, but left after one year to sign with the New York Mets<\/a> as a free agent in December 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n It was an interesting time to use an NSFW chant at the former Yankees player since he\u2019s not playing for the Marlins, and the Mets don\u2019t play their crosstown rival until May. <\/span><\/p>\n As a result, Michael Kay of ESPN New York is calling out fans who partook in the chant, noting that it makes the Yankees, the biggest club in baseball, look like a small-market team. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an awful look,\u201d <\/span>Kay said on April 6 on ESPN New York<\/span><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not something that should become a thing. It\u2019s an awful look. You look like babies. You look like jilted lovers. You\u2019re upset that Juan Soto<\/a> left you for the Mets. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing that would have led you, a right-minded fan, to chant that [on April 5]. Nothing. You make yourself look small. You make yourself look jealous. You make yourself look like you can\u2019t accept the fact that somebody left you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, Kay defended Soto\u2019s decision, given that the Mets star was a free agent and could choose the situation that was best for him to continue his career. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJuan Soto didn\u2019t do anything wrong,\u201d Kay added. \u201cHe went to the Mets, who had a better deal on the table. When you look at everything, when you just look at the numbers, it looks like it\u2019s a difference of about $5 million. It\u2019s not. It\u2019s way more than that. And he made the decision he wanted to make.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean you make yourself look so small-town, where this becomes a thing like \u2018bleep Altuve,\u2019 and now it becomes \u2018bleep Juan Soto.\u2019 No, that\u2019s not good. That\u2019s a bad look for Yankees fans if this becomes a thing.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJuan Soto does not deserve it, No. 1. No. 2, you are giving ammunition to Mets fans to say, \u2018See? We\u2019re in their head. They can\u2019t get over the fact they lost Juan Soto.\u2019 What are you doing? Who are the people that did it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, Kay ended his segment on the matter, not understanding why there\u2019s animosity toward Soto, noting that in the one season he was in the Bronx, he helped get the team to the World Series. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t everybody,\u201d Kay said. \u201cIf it was everybody, I probably would have heard it through my headset. <\/span>But <\/span>it was<\/span> enough people <\/span>that<\/span> it <\/span>carried<\/span> over to the television, and they heard it.<\/span> Shame on all of you. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDisgraceful. Don\u2019t do that. You know how ridiculous it makes you look? What\u2019s the end game? To look jealous? To look small? All Juan Soto did in his one year with the Yankees was help them get to the World Series. That\u2019s all he did. And now you\u2019re going to bleep Juan Soto?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/strong><\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. More about Eduardo Razo<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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