Tag: Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez shared his intrusive thoughts about an inflatable Grimace during the Mets’ live broadcast

We’ve all had the same intrusive thought, Keith Hernandez.

After a disastrous start to the season, the New York Mets (coincidentally) turned their year around the moment McDonald’s character Grimace started becoming a regular fixture around their games. I assure you, that is a real sentence.

Now, with Grimace becoming increasingly popular around the Mets’ home stadium, even New York’s broadcasters are letting their somewhat intrusive thoughts fly. Take Keith Hernandez, for example.

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During the Mets’ matchup with the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon, an off-the-cuff conversation with play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen about an inflatable Grimace went off the rails quickly.

It turned into Hernandez sharing his most honest thoughts — he’d love to pop it with an ice pick. Oh man, that is hilarious:

Honestly, since Hernandez poses the question, I can’t lie.

I would love to take even a needle and pop that Grimace costume. Can you just imagine how satisfying that would be? Oops! Then again, that is also me expanding on a thought I probably wouldn’t otherwise share, especially on live TV.

Featured image courtesy of SNY

Keith Hernandez roasted himself for forgetting his TV shirt: ‘I’m just a dunderhead’

Good thing someone had duct tape and a marker!

As a New York Mets legend, Keith Hernandez is used to making headlines for the organization as a player and now color commentator. He probably wants to rewind and redo the full sequence of his day on Sunday.

Before the Mets took on the St. Louis Cardinals on the road, Mets play-by-play broadcaster Gary Cohen addressed the “elephant in the room” during pregame introductions. Hernandez had forgotten his usual PIX11 broadcast TV shirt. As a result, he was forced to wear one with a makeshift logo, seemingly pieced together with duct tape and a black marker. The difference between his shirt and Cohen’s was quite obvious.

Rather than make up some weird excuse, Hernandez acknowledged he just made a mistake during his travels and roasted himself for his blunder out of shame live on PIX11 air:

Hernandez could’ve taken this anywhere. In fact, the broadcast didn’t even necessarily have to acknowledge his shirt faux pas. But no, he is a professional. And professionals like him courageously admit when they’re wearing a broadcast polo scrambled together out of necessity.

Phillie Phanatic hilariously confronted Keith Hernandez in the Mets’ booth with a blow-up doll of Keith Hernandez

The Phanatic doesn’t quickly forgive and forget, Keith!

It’s been an interesting past week or so between Mets legend Keith Hernandez and the Philadelphia Phillies.

First, the now-SNY broadcaster said he doesn’t like calling Phillies games because he thinks the team has poor fundamentals. That, of course, understandably angered the city of Philadelphia. A little later, the local Phillies broadcast poked fun at Hernandez with his “seal of approval” any time the Phillies made a solid defensive play.

With the Mets and Hernandez visiting the Philadelphia (-120) on Friday night, you just knew the Phillies would have another stunt ready.

Though I don’t think anyone was ready for the mascot, Phillie Phanatic, to bring a blow-up doll of Hernandez (!) and a fake gold glove (you know, for defense) to confront the broadcaster in the Mets’ booth.

The results were predictably wild:

Oh man, that’s hilarious! Talk about a commitment to a bit. I mean, for the Phanatic, the poor guy might be taking Hernandez’s slights a little more seriously. Kudos to Hernandez for laughing it off and being a good sport after sparking up some tension in this NL East rivalry.

The Phillies’ broadcast hilariously responded to Keith Hernandez’s criticism of Philly’s defense

A funny way for Phillies fans to get back at Keith Hernandez.

Keith Hernandez got himself into some hot water with Philadelphia Phillies fans earlier this month when he said on a recent SNY broadcast of a New York Mets game that he hates doing Philly games.

Why? Because the Gold Glove winner dislikes their fundamentals and defense. And while he’s not wrong — the Phillies are more built to hit dingers as fair as their lineup goes — he angered all of the city.

But the Phillies’ broadcast from NBC Sports Philadelphia has gotten back at Hernandez, with a “Keith Hernandez Fundamental Play” sticker for slick defensive plays. LOL.

Check out what had fans buzzing on Wednesday:

Keith Hernandez reveals he hates calling Phillies games, angers the entire city of Philadelphia

Keith Hernandez likes watching good fundamentals.

You’re guaranteed to hear Keith Hernandez provide fascinating commentary when you watch the Mets on the SNY broadcast.

Hernandez has earned the right to say what he wants about baseball. He is a two-time World Series champion and former National League MVP who had five All-Star appearances during his professional career.

But one of the most important aspects of the game to Hernandez is defense. Among first basemen, he is the all-time leader in Glove Glove Award wins. He is a huge advocate for baseball’s fundamentals, or “good fundies” as he calls them.

So when he doesn’t see that happening on the field, he isn’t happy, and he said he doesn’t see that when he watches the Phillies:

Here is a more detailed version of what Hernandez had to say (via NBC):

“I’ve expressed to the front office — not the Mets front office, our front office at SNY — that I hate doing Philly games, so I guess they gave me the series off. […] They’re hot right now, I would like to see them. But as far as fundamentally and defensively the Phillies have always been just not up to it.”

You can watch the actual video of Hernandez from the broadcast below:

According to Hernandez, in fact, he has asked his management team at SNY if he could call fewer Philadelphia games.

Hernandez, as expected, upset a lot of people when he made the comments. Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy called out Hernandez after a nice play by Alec Bohm, too.

After causing the frenzy on social media, Hernandez wasn’t sure why he was trending on Twitter.

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The Mets’ booth had the most ridiculous NSFW-ish talk about strokes that had them in stitches

Oh my.

Oh man. Here’s further proof that the New York Mets’ booth on SNY with Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling is the best in baseball.

During the Mets’ 11-5 win over the San Diego Padres, Hernandez started talking about New York “stroking out” eight hits, when Cohen started laughing.

Here’s where it got wild: Cohen thought the phrasing wasn’t great medically, because “stroking out” means having a stroke.

But Hernandez? He thought Cohen was referring to … something much more NSFW.

This is comedy gold, Jerry, gold. Just watch this whole thing play out and tell me you didn’t watch it like five more times:

LOLOLOL.

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