04/07/2021
Keith Hernandez has been a lot of fun on SNY’s Mets’ broadcasts over the years, from having his phone go off during a spring training game to accidentally flipping off SNY cameras and telling stories about Dr. Seuss-inspired ties to buying pretzels on air to offering accurate-if-coarse criticisms of Tanner Roark when he thought he was off the air. Hernandez (seen at left above) has also long been known for his devotion to his cat Hadji, and that led to an interesting moment on SNY’s broadcast of the Mets’ 8-4 road win over the Phillies Tuesday night, where the broadcast briefly was interrupted by an iPad call to Hernandez from the person who was supposed to feed his cat. Hernandez then explained what was going on, and then that explanation was briefly interrupted itself by Gary Cohen (seen at right above) calling a home run from Mets’ left fielder Dominic Smith: