Neil Best of Newsday reports that SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen will not be doing any postseason games for WOR radio as had been speculated by some.
According to Best, Cohen was criticized in some quarters in 2006 for doing guest innings in the Mets’ radio booth during the NLCS — which became more noticeable when he called several key moments, including Endy Chavez’s famous catch in Game 7.
Cohen is now scheduled to appear on pre-game and post-game shows during any home games during the postseason for SNY.
Josh Lewin will continue to partner with Howie Rose on radio except for Game 3 of the NLDS when Wayne Randazzo will cover for him while Lewin works the San Diego Chargers’ Monday Night Football game.
Bob Raissman of the Daily News ripped into Cohen last month, accusing him of big-footing it in 2006 when he pushed his way into the radio booth for the Mets postseason broadcasts.
“The last time the Mets made the playoffs someone thought it would be a swell idea to move Gary Cohen into the radio booth to do two innings of each playoff game.”
“This was big-footing at its worst. Rose and McCarthy had worked almost every regular season game only to have postseason innings stolen by Cohen.”
Raissman says the move treated Howie Rose and Tom McCarthy like two schleps who were incapable of calling such huge games.
I didn’t really see what the big deal was if Gary called an inning or two. Cohen is beloved by the fans and it would have been a nice gesture for someone who most regard as the voice of the Mets.
