You’re guaranteed to hear Keith Hernandez provide fascinating commentary when you watch the Mets on the SNY broadcast.
Hernandez has earned the right to say what he wants about baseball. He is a two-time World Series champion and former National League MVP who had five All-Star appearances during his professional career.
But one of the most important aspects of the game to Hernandez is defense. Among first basemen, he is the all-time leader in Glove Glove Award wins. He is a huge advocate for baseball’s fundamentals, or “good fundies” as he calls them.
So when he doesn’t see that happening on the field, he isn’t happy, and he said he doesn’t see that when he watches the Phillies:
Keith Hernandez just said on the Mets broadcast that he has asked SNY not to make him call games against the Phillies because he doesn't like watching them play.
"As far as fundamentally and defensively, the Phillies have always been just not up to it."
— Stephanie Apstein (@stephapstein) August 10, 2022
Here is a more detailed version of what Hernandez had to say (via NBC):
“I’ve expressed to the front office — not the Mets front office, our front office at SNY — that I hate doing Philly games, so I guess they gave me the series off. […] They’re hot right now, I would like to see them. But as far as fundamentally and defensively the Phillies have always been just not up to it.”
You can watch the actual video of Hernandez from the broadcast below:
Let’s just say Keith Hernandez doesn’t enjoy watching the Philadelphia Phillies’ bad fundies pic.twitter.com/TvzM7FnIH4
— Metsmerized Online (@Metsmerized) August 10, 2022
According to Hernandez, in fact, he has asked his management team at SNY if he could call fewer Philadelphia games.
Hernandez, as expected, upset a lot of people when he made the comments. Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy called out Hernandez after a nice play by Alec Bohm, too.
After causing the frenzy on social media, Hernandez wasn’t sure why he was trending on Twitter.
