100 Random Cool Mets Things #40: Kevin Burkhardt

KB meme

It still feels like KB is on extended vacation and will be back some day.

Here’s a perfect example of someone who made a tough assignment look easy – so easy that you didn’t notice how tough it was until you see someone else try to play the role.

KB segments never felt like interruptions, and they were informative.  Kev knew how to clown it up when the telecast needed it, and how to play it straight (or not at all) when it didn’t.

Now at Fox, he’s a Joe Buck flu away from calling the Super Bowl, and a beloved figure to the 21st Century Mets fan.