ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith isn’t exactly a baseball expert — something he’s admitted in the past — but when it comes to New York teams, there’s no denying Smith’s passion.
And while the Yankees hold the AL East’s best record by nine games, they’ve been the worst team in baseball since the beginning of August. Tuesday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Rays was the Yankees’ 11th loss in 14 games, dropping their record to 8-17 since the All-Star break. With still plenty of time left in the season, you’re already starting to see some panic in the Bronx.
Plus, you know things are bad when Smith has to give the Yankees a Knicks-level rant. We reached that stage on Wednesday.
Stephen A. Smith just absolutely roasted the Yankees pic.twitter.com/K8T8pYp7LR
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 17, 2022
During Wednesday’s edition of First Take, Smith ripped the Yankees as their shocking slump continued into a fifth straight series loss. Here’s a sample of what he said:
“The Yankees, you look like trash right now. You look like flat-out trash. You’re worse than how it smells from the sewers in the Bronx. And I was born in the Bronx. I know what the hell I’m talking about. I’ve taken the D Train many times in my life. I got family on Webster Avenue, for crying out loud. Y’all straight garbage! There’s more expected from the New York Yankees!”
As far as Stephen A. rants go, that was pretty good. One of his best — though someone should tell him that Hank Steinbrenner died in 2020. MLB fans also had thoughts on the latest rant from Smith.
This was how Twitter reacted
The Yankees are playing so bad they got Stephen A Smith talking baseball on first take 😭 https://t.co/NaTWVAN9Nc
— Briggs Loveland (@BriggsLoveland) August 17, 2022
We so bad we made Stephen A fake care about baseball 😂 https://t.co/pjmQ7ecnXv
— Fernando Calderon (@ElCaballoNando) August 17, 2022
How are you going to criticize judge when he literally has carried this team on his back the whole season? A player is a allowed to be in a little slump after producing and coming through in clutch situations. https://t.co/evLZCxFR2l
— Grace 🇮🇹 (@graziellanyy) August 17, 2022
Not sure why people are saying SAA doesn’t know anything. This was a good bit. He’s not wrong. https://t.co/wI47J7auEn
— JAKE ELLENBOGEN (@JKBOGEN) August 17, 2022
“Aaron Judge, you got 46 home runs, I appreciate that, but -” is probably the funniest start to a sentence I have ever heard in my life https://t.co/aVBvsxrcG7
— Kevin Higgins (@Kevin_Higgins_) August 17, 2022
“if you wanna keep your ʲᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵇᵇᵇᵇ” lmao https://t.co/7Jt9bOZg8k
— todd bonzalez (@doinkpatrol) August 17, 2022
Someone needs to take this audio and put it in a Mets hype video https://t.co/sfBFnoj67M
— Kat (@katatbat12) August 17, 2022
I'm crying. https://t.co/kM3Qrfm6N9
— Kimmy The Pooh (@kimmythepooh) August 17, 2022
You know it’s bad when shows on ESPN are talking about how bad the Yanks are https://t.co/QV2dqkUF4Q
— Jonny's Lasagna ⚾️ (@JLasagna43) August 17, 2022
It really is bad for the Yankees right now.
