Can a cartoon bring fresh faces to the challenging business of regional sports networks? The New York Yankees think so. The Yankees’ YES Network is launching its first animated series, part of a ...

Now Batting for YES Network: A Children’s Cartoon The regional sports network controlled by the New York Yankees thinks there's room to expand into kids and family fare, alongside baseball games.

Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay will appear on Season 2 of “Bronx Buds,” the baseball-themed animated children’s series that streams on the Gotham Sports App.

The YES Network, TV home of the New York Yankees, is expanding into animation with a turn-back-the-clock Saturday morning series called Bronx Buds.

'HexClad Presents Bronx Buds' Returns for a second season Aug. 9, joined by guest stars and YES broadcasters Michael Kay, John Flaherty, Meredith Marakovits and Nancy Newman.

That made it an easy answer for the Yankees broadcaster when creative directors at YES Network approached him about appearing on Season 2 of “Bronx Buds,” the baseball-themed animated children ...