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Jeff Pearlman (who has authored two baseball books, one based on the 1986 Mets and one on Barry bonds), former newspaper writer and current ESPN.com writer, says the New York Mets have the best TV broadcast team. That includes Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez.

"Two years later, the Emmy award-winning Darling is part of what has to be considered major league baseball's top three-man broadcast team, along with play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen and analyst Keith Hernandez. The SNY trio is funny, insightful, and -- most importantly -- brutally honest. When the Mets blew yet another pennant race game to the Washington Nationals Tuesday night, Hernandez trashed stars Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes, holding little back as their defensive gaffes helped New York lose yet another critical contest. Darling willingly chimed in that pitcher Jorge Sosa was inexplicably, inexcusably out of position on a play. It's the sort of stuff fans need to hear; the sort of stuff the crosstown Yankees' TV and radio announcers (John Sterling, Michael Kay, Suzyn ("Roger Clemens is in George's box and Roger Clemens is coming back! Oh my goodness gracious! Of all the dramatic things I've ever seen!) Waldman et al) refuse to utter."


I concur. Call it homerism or whatever but this is the best baseball broadcast team I can remember listening too. The Mets have had some bad broadcasters in the past (Fran Healy) but this trio is insightful and entertaining. Sadly, they only do regular season games. They do in-studio coverage of the playoffs on SNY however.


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