Another cool thing from an era gone by, the sort of thing that would never matter now. But in a world of limited sports coverage, Kiners Korner was a wonderful low budget weird exploration into getting to see players, not just Mets players, but opposing players, on TV outside of the game.
Basically the post-game show would be Ralph talking to whoever they could grab. Sometimes it would be a legitimate star, sometimes it would be a random dude from the hallway. Now add on top that Ralph wasn’t exactly Johnny Carson Jon Stewart, it was wonderfully awkward cool television.
I know Ralph became Saint Ralph the longer he stayed on TV, but there was a time there when (as a kid) you’d wonder who the hell this guy was. Why was he on TV? Then you’d look at his career stats and realize that this guy was a really good player. Then as you got older you saw his dating resume, and yeah this guy is HOF quality.