Good morning Mets fans! Former Mets radio play-by-play announcer Josh Lewin will be a part of the Boston Red Sox’s radio play-by-play rotation, in addition to his new job as the San Diego Padres’ radio pregame and postgame host. Lewin confirmed the recent news about both jobs in a letter to Mets fans. Lewin will also continue to call basketball and football games for UCLA. Latest...
The Mets are once again moving radio stations, ending a four year run with WOR. According to 710 WFAN, the organization has reached a multi-year deal with Entercom, the leader in sports radio. The deal will make 880 WCBS the new home of New York Mets baseball starting in 2019 and going through the 2025 baseball season. The station will provide in-depth pregame and postgame coverage. WFAN, the...
Gary Cohen has signed a multi-year contract with SNY and will remain the Mets play-by-play man for years to come. Cohen, 58, has been the play-by-play man since SNY came into existence, and is nominated for the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award in 2017. The Mets broadcast team is one of the best in the business, with Mets greats Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez also on SNY, and Howie Rose...
The Mets charter flight bound for Los Angeles made an unscheduled stop in Detroit on Thursday night due to a health issue involving WOR radio play by play announcer Howie Rose. The Mets were traveling from JFK to LAX for Friday’s series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers. WOR released the following statement: “The Mets flight en route to Los Angeles yesterday landed in Detroit to...
Here’s the press release from the Mets: The New York Mets and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment today announced that Seth Everett will join the radio broadcast team for Mets games broadcasts on WOR 710 AM, the new radio home of the Mets. Everett, a nationally known voice of baseball, will host a 30-minute pre- and post-game show before and after every Mets regular season game. Howie...
The New York Mets and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment today announced Howie Rose and Josh Lewin will return as the radio voices for Mets games broadcast on 710 WOR, the new radio home of the Mets. SiriusXM baseball host Casey Stern is the leading — and probably likely — candidate to replace Ed Coleman for the pregame and post game show, multiple sources told ESPNNewYork.com....
Who is Josh Lewin and why is his name suffocating my Twitter timeline? Of course I’m kidding, I know that Josh Lewin is that legendary Mets announcer who has entertained the Flushing faithful for decades with that warm and folksy voice that makes one seriously consider turning off the TV and opt for the radio instead. Oh no, wait, that’s Bob Murphy I was thinking about, never...
I watched the season premiere of Mets Hot Stove on SNY which was kind of a bore-fest of full of week old rumors that have been beaten to death already here on MMO or on Mets Twitter. There was one item of note and that was the announcement that Ron Darling had agreed to a multiyear deal to remain part of the SNY broadcast team. It was the best 23 seconds of the night… With Darling’s...
Looks like the New York Mets won’t be homeless after all… Reports are now coming in that the Mets are close to a deal with Clear Channel Media to broadcast their games on WOR (710 AM), according to Neil Best of Newsday and Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News. The good news here is that Howie Rose will still be broadcasting as the radio voice of the Mets, however whether...
Two teams that are undergoing a rebuilding process, the Mets and Marlins, hooked up for a three game series in Miami with Fish winning two and the Mets salvaging the finale. Most Met fans realize (I think) we’re looking at 2015 and beyond. While Marlins fans remain shellshocked by the stripping down of their team in only their second season in a new ballpark, Mets fans may need seven years...
Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record is hearing that the Mets are ready to announce Josh Lewin as the replacement for Wayne Hagin in the WFAN radio booth for the 2012 season. Klapisch says that the former Texas Rangers broadcaster would be signed to a one-year deal. It was Neil Best of Newsday, who first reported that Lewin had emerged as a leading candidate for the job. Lewin, 43, has called games...
