A message from Howie Rose…
A message from @HowieRose: pic.twitter.com/PwC89TDduy
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 19, 2026
Well this is a sad day. Hopefully Howie’s final broadcast will include the phrase “the New York Mets are the World Champions” – I mean hopefully it’s “Francisco Lindor of the (his new American League team) after Steve DFAs him strikes out and the New York Mets are the World Champions” but I guess the former would be ok.
One thing that caught my ear is “in one capacity or another.” As the Tale of Howie Rose And The Mets has become lore, what gets left out is that pesky period where the Mets wouldn’t let Howie come on immediately after Mets games because he was too critical of the organization. We’re not supposed to talk about that because it ruins the nice story, and since I think Howie is the best announcer in baseball, I will choose to play along and not talk about it.
I also feel bad that Howie thinks there will be postseason games. Will he call it a season on NFL Sunday Sep 20th for the final home game? Or will he wrap with a meaningless road game at Washington on Sep 27th. Boy, both of those scenarios suck.
Thank you for your service sir, ESPECIALLY “the young Howie Rose” who threw HEAT back on Mets Extra. I really miss that.
Someone who must be “happy” is Gary Cohen who likely gets to be the Master of Ceremonies heading forward. If not Gary, I have no idea who you’d even have do that. It’s not like we’re gonna ask Steve Gelbs to handle Opening Day.
Keith Raad finds himself in a good place. He could get 40-50 years out of being a Mets broadcaster. I don’t think anyone is ahead of him on the internal food chain.
Howie started in 1987. What if there is a CURSE OF HOWIE ROSE and they win it all in 2027????