The SNY Mets Broadcast is Elite
- ay2060a
- Dec 1, 2024
- 2 min read
The 2024 Mets season was one to remember. They started the season 0-5 and sat at a dismal 22-33 towards the end of May. However, with the emergence of giant purple friend Grimace, infielder/popstar Jose Iglesias, and the power of friendship and vibes, the Mets came within two wins of the National League Pennant and a trip to the World Series. While the season was an emotional roller coaster for Mets fans everywhere, one thing always remained consistent, as it has for the past 19 seasons. The Mets had one of, if not the best broadcast teams in baseball in play by play announcer Gary Cohen, alongside 1986 Mets champions Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. Gary, Keith, and Ron were consistently among Awful Announcing's top 5 on their annual top MLB TV broadcasts list, culminating in them taking the number one spot on this years list:
In an age of evolving broadcasts and fans receiving more of an overload of information than they ever have out of sports broadcasts, the Mets broadcast has perfected the art of balancing the sheer amount of information digital technologies give us with the old school broadcasting style of simply calling things as they see them. You always feel like you learn something new and interesting about baseball when you listen to the Mets broadcast.
Gary Cohen is an encyclopedia of knowledge when it comes to Mets history and baseball history. He has also delivered some of the most memorable and incredible play by play calls in Mets history. For reference, go to YouTube and watch his calls of Francisco Lindor's home run in game 161 against the Braves this year, Endy Chavez's catch in game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, and of course his call of Bartolo Colon's first and only career home run in 2016. Additionally, Gary has statistician Dave Fried who draws from various digital resources to provide the Mets broadcast team with interesting information to relay to the fans during the game. On the flip side is Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. These two are less about providing statistical tidbits and more about drawing from their extensive experience as players to give a straight and to the point analysis of what they see on the field. The contrasting styles and viewpoints of the Mets broadcast team make for a perfect balance.
To top it all off, the Mets SNY TV director John DeMarsico consistently puts on clinics in how to broadcast a baseball game in this day and age. Perhaps most notably, the Mets broadcast has made waves for their elite camera work when Edwin Diaz has come in to close games, with his signature trumpet-heavy song Narcos by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet blaring through the Citi Field speakers.
When it comes to MLB TV broadcasts, the Mets crew from top to bottom is simply the best of the best.
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