VIDEO: Mets Broadcaster Gary Cohen Rips Jason Vargas for Refusing to Apologize to Reporter
By Michael Luciano
Because the New York Mets were falling short of their monthly quota of stupid, a manager fighting for his job and an aging starting pitcher threatened to beat up Tim Healey, Newsday's Mets beat reporter. While manager Mickey Callaway, GM Brodie Van Wagenan, and the Mets organization have expressed their condolences, even if Callaway's seemed a bit forced, starting pitcher Jason Vargas has remained defiant in his refusal to mend fences with Healey. Mets broadcasters Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez took Vargas to task over this, criticizing his pettiness and immaturity.
Gary Cohen on how Jason Vargas handled his appearance with the media on Monday. pic.twitter.com/yVB4BLxfzK
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 27, 2019
Hernandez made one of the more salient points when he mentioned that Vargas has no reason to spew this negativity and hostility towards the media when your "young core" of Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario probably shouldn't be influenced in that manner.
Here's the conversation between Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez in the bottom of the third inning about Jason Vargas on SNY: pic.twitter.com/GPU7YEDYuh
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) June 27, 2019
That poisonous atmosphere, created in part by a 36-year-old pitcher and a 44-year-old manager, around young guys can't be viewed as a positive.
.@Mets broadcaster, Gary Cohen, is a stud. Right now on @SNYtv he took Jason Vargas to task for his altercation in Chicago and for not apologizing to Tim Healey. Cohen showing no fear of any ramifications from Vargas or team. Saying what’s right. Awesome.
— Michael Kay (@RealMichaelKay) June 26, 2019
It wouldn't be June in another season of losing Mets baseball without something out of the ordinary trying to bring down the house.