It might be wise for Stephen A. Smith to stick to basketball and football for a while.

Smith, the legendary talking head who's become synonymous with ESPN, was asked about the New York Yankees during Wednesday's edition of First Take.

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Smith launched into a diatribe about the Yankees, and specifically, he talked about the team's two-headed monster in the middle of the lineup, Juan Soto and Aaron Judge.

During his rant, Smith (confidently) shared an incorrect fact, and Yankees' fans were quick to point it out:

Based on the replies to this video on X, many of them were not pleased about it:



I completely agree with the sentiments of the first tweet in this group. The highlight of this clip for me was not Smith's error, but rather, the smirk of a man (Chris Russo) who knew Smith had made a mistake.

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"Mad Dog" Russo has been a sports radio host in New York City for decades. He knows EXACTLY how Yankees' fans respond when something like this happens.

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