Oh no Tim McCarver passed away.
If you are of a certain age, you learned a LOT about baseball from Keith Hernandez, but you REALLY learned a lot by Tim McCarver telling you what Keith was doing, and by explaining other things.
I know in later years (the Fox years) Tim fell out of favor, but that Tim, Kiner, Zabriskie booth was a strong one – and let us never forget that Tim McCarver rejuvenated Kiner from being a joke and really poor announcer who misspoke a lot, to the elder statesman storyteller Ralph that you remember.
It was Tim who taught us things like not making the first or third out at third base – you might be like “yeah no kidding” – but it was that sort of thing that he would teach us and we would remember.
You were always happy to hear Tim McCarver call a Mets game.
The other reaction I had was: Wait we put Gary Cohen in the Mets HOF before McCarver? That’s a major oversight. One of them revolutionized Mets broadcasts and the other has called a lot of games and has friends on the committee.
Like many things Mets, it will be a little too late, but something Steve Cohen should fix this afternoon.
If you’re a little too young, MLB.com did a good profile of Tim.
You guys put in Gary Cohen ahead of Tim? Seriously? Come on committee.