Truly, no MLB team manages to turn disappointment into comedy quite like the New York Mets. And even when SNY announcer Gary Cohen tries to inject some optimism into a broadcast, the Mets find a way to remind him that they’re still the Mets.
The timing of that couldn’t have been any better (or worse, if you’re a Mets fan) on Sunday.
With the Mets leading by a run in the top of the ninth inning against the Diamondbacks, Cohen pointed out that the Mets had lost five games this season that they had led through eight inning. He said that they were hoping to avoid a sixth such loss, and he could hardly complete the sentence before Ketel Marte blasted a go-ahead home run.
“Mets have lost five games this year that they led after eight innings. That is an enormous number. Trying not to make it six.” pic.twitter.com/E9GRMliwvl
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 3, 2024
If that isn’t an all-time announcer jinx, I don’t know what is. It was the Metsiest of Mets sequences.
That was also Marte’s second home run of the game, and the 439-foot shot secured the D-backs’ 5-4 win.
