"I'm Keith Hernandez"

[soupcan]

I love reading Mushnick. Entertaining, observant and I usually agree with him.

Today though I don't. I just think Keith is funny.









WE KNOW: YOU'RE KEITH HERNANDEZ

September 7, 2007 -- "GILLIGAN'S Is land" had Thurston Howell III; Mets' telecasts have Keith Hernandez, the one and only.
We warned you, even before Hernandez began as an SNY/Mets regular, that he'd be a load. That's because his strengths and weaknesses are roughly the same. His arrogance, condescending manner, impatience, sarcasm, naughtiness, knowledge, and brutal candor would make him both cherished and scorned.

But he must lose, or at least curtail, one habit, the one where he makes it seem that he considers his gig (calling games, traveling to and from them, and anything else that comes with the job) drudgery, as if such backbreaking work is beneath him.


OFF BASE: Keith Hernandez's shtick � that
working Mets games is such hard work � was
on display this week during the Mets' 10-day
road trip.

If he's only half-kidding, that leaves half-serious.

Wednesday, late in the Mets-Reds game, Hernandez went on a patrician trip that would have left divas feeling neglected and Louis Vuitton holding the bag. When Gary Cohen said that after the game the Mets have one scheduled road trip left, Hernandez made it sound as if it were his prison release date. "That's outstanding!" he said.

Just before that, Hernandez complained he "couldn't get anything to eat" in Cincinnati on Labor Day because, "The Morton's steakhouse was closed." How terribly sad.

But kinda funny, too. How many public figures, on a televised baseball game no less, would say such a thing? For those scoring at home, dinner for two at a Morton's, if you're a moderate eater and drinker, will run you about $200.

Also, after Cohen said boothmate Ron Darling would be appearing at an SNY promotion in New York the next day, Hernandez said there was no way he'd spend an off day doing any such thing.

Nope, Hernandez later said, he'd be landing at 7:40 at LaGuardia, where, "I've got the car waiting; it's already ordered." The next day, he continued, would begin with him and his wife breakfasting "at the Java Nation in Sag Harbor, then we'll come back and just laze around the pool."

Geez, Keith, why not just throw the cabana boy a few bucks and have him laze around the pool for you?

Cohen gave Hernandez's itinerary a moment's thought, then said, "Can I tell you something? Our lives couldn't be any more different."

Again, Hernandez sounded too serious to be completely kidding. Regardless, that get-me-out-of-here stuff was better left to Phil Rizzuto, who made it a charming (and active) element of his on-air persona. And he didn't even pretend he didn't want to be there until he was on the job for 20 years.

On the other hand, had Hernandez's butler only phoned ahead to let Morton's know he'd be in town . . .

[Frayed Knot]

I think Keith is funny AND Mushnick is right.

[metirish]

I like it when a game is boring and too long that keith will often say so,and I find myself agreeing with him,and now with the September call ups Keith complains about all the coaching changes as do I at home.But when a great game is in progress I can tell he appreciates it,like when he did the 17 inning game in Houston or some of the recent games against the Padres and Phillies.

[TransMonk]

I love Keith. He's honest and there's nothing wrong with that. Especially when it's dry, sarcastic honesty.

I watch a lot of out of town games and there are very few (if any) color guys in the NL who explain the intricacies of the game, both physically and mentally like Keith and Ron do.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: I think Keith is funny AND Mushnick is right.

Me too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Some days he gets so restless, I'm just convinced that he's still on coke.

But I don't admit it because he's a Met and Steve's right about me.

[soupcan]

Why don't you accuse John Sterling of taking amphetemines?

You could make a case for it AND he's a Yankee.

[Frayed Knot]

The only thing I'm going to accuse John Sterling of - aside from a massive case of self-aggrandizement - is bad eyesight!

He screwed ANOTHER homerun call the other day; this time describing a Jeter 2B as a HR before reversing himself a few seconds later when he finally realized that several OFers were chasing the rebound off the wall and all the baserunners were still sprinting.
Most of the on-air FAN crew likes replaying Sterling calls for all sorts of reasons and it seems like he makes at least one egregious error per week.

[seawolf17]

http://imkeithhernandez.com/

[Frayed Knot]

Gary & Keithy acknowledged the Mushnick column tonight without specifically saying so.

Gary: So Keith, how was your off day?

K: Well, me and Lovey went down to ...


then later after saying that one of his tasks was mowing the lawn

G: You mean you mow your own lawn?

K: Sure

G: Well that might come as a surprise to some people



Mushnick & his counterparts at the other papers: Raissman (NYDN), Neil Best (Newsday), Richard Sandomir (NYT), carry big sticks in this town and those being watched always know that they are no matter how much they want to pretend otherwise.
I always get a kick out of Francesa & Mad Dog (who get relentlessly hammered by Mushnick) claiming they don't read those columns - but then knowing exactly when to fire back after they've been taken to task by one of them.