Elite Sports NY · May 24, 2023
Did WFAN’s Evan Roberts help Yankees, jinx Rays with cheating joke?
SNYThe Rays have gotten off to one of the most dominant starts we’ve ever seen from an MLB team. But they’ve recently cooled down while the red-hot Yankees have crept back up the American League East standings. Was regression bound to hit Tampa Bay, or did Evan Roberts of WFAN just say what everyone else was thinking?
A couple of weeks ago, Roberts suggested the Rays are probably only playing so well because they’re cheating. While most of us around the tri-state area knew it was a joke, it angered some people down in Florida.
It also irked Rays players, who had t-shirts made up to respond to Roberts’ “allegations”: