Yesterday we were chatting on twitter about the 2026 World Cup. Someone pointed out that 2026 will be the 40th Anniversary of the 1986 Mets. I riffed a joke that the Mets will be too cheap to invite former announcer Keith Hernandez.
Then I started thinking….
Keith is 64. In 2026 he will be 72.
I struggle to imagine 72 year old Keith Hernandez driving back and forth from Sag Harbor.
Keith sounds like he barely wants to come now. Maybe that’s part of the act, maybe it’s real.
Maybe Keith will do a limited schedule some day like Kiner did.
Maybe Keith will decide he’s had enough.
Maybe SNY decides they can go with someone younger/cheaper/etc
Maybe Keith moves into one of the snazzy new apartments on 126th street and walks to work until he’s 100.
Point is, who knows. But we may be closer to the end of GKR than the beginning.
Gare? Only 60. He seems like a lifer. Like one of those guys that will be 85 and doing the PBP. Gare will be there in 2026.
Ronnie is only 57. Ron seems chill. Ron seems like he likes to work. Ron seems like he’s down for anything. Like if you called him right now and said, “There’s a baseball game in New Zealand in 24 hours and the plane is leaving now, you in?” he’d probably say yes and do it because you asked.
Ronnie will be there.
Old Man Keith? Hard to imagine. Although when I do imagine it – wow. Remember when Kiner got so old he was past all the Kinerisms and just was this old dude with GREAT stories and didn’t give a hoot. Now imagine 83 year old Keith Hernandez telling stories on air and not caring if Dykstra gets mad. Now that would be great to watch. Of course the Mets still won’t have won a World Series by then so I will still be blogging. Sigh.
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