Ex-MLB star recalls confronting Mets' famed announcer after negative coverage: 'Start rooting for us'
Gary Cohen is entering his 36th season as the Mets announcer
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gary Cohen is perhaps the most beloved baseball announcer by his home fanbase, but it apparently is not like that for all the players he announces for.
Cohen has broadcast New York Mets games since 1989, doing radio up until he signed onto the formerly team-owned television network, SNY, in 2006.
However, at some point during at least 30 years of calling Met games, a new Met had a bone to pick with the announcer, who was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame last year.
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Todd Frazier, #21 of the New York Mets, celebrates his second home run of the game in the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field on Sept. 11, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
Todd Frazier spent parts of three seasons with the Mets, including Cohen's 30th and 31st as a play-by-play man for the team.
Frazier's first year with the Mets, the 2018 season, was a dark time for the Amazins, as their 11-1 start was quickly erased thanks to a 33-62 stretch afterward, including a 5-21 June.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The following season was a bit better, as they were in the postseason race late following a bad start. However, at some point, Frazier caught wind of Cohen's apparent negative coverage of the team.
Despite the network being owned by the Wilpon family, who used to be the majority owners of the Mets, Cohen will fairly criticize the team when it is deserved. Apparently, that was too much for Frazier.
New York Mets TV Announcer Gary Cohen makes his acceptance speech into the Mets Hall of Fame prior to the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets on June 3, 2023, at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"People kept telling me back home, ‘this guy is cutting you up, he’s cutting the Mets up,’ I’m like, ‘Ah, that’s what they do, you know?’ I start looking into it. Players are like, ‘He’s always done this. We can’t stand it,'" Frazier said on "Foul Territory."
"And I went up to him one time and said, ‘Gary, I gotta talk to you man… What the heck is going on? I thought you’re a Mets fan.' He’s like, ‘I am,’ and he got p---ed off at me. I said, ‘Well, start rooting for us.'"
"We had our conversations back and forth," Frazier added. "It was a good five-minute conversation. It was actually in front of some players, too. We got a newfound respect for what he does and what I do. It was fine after that."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Todd Frazier, #21 of the New York Mets, celebrates scoring a run against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning during their game at Citi Field on May 23, 2019 in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
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This upcoming season will be Cohen's 36th calling Met games - he also calls Seton Hall basketball on the radio and has called Olympic hockey and March Madness, as well.
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