Mets Announcer Tournament First Round: Gary Cohen vs. Jiggs McDonald

by James Kannengieser on Mar 13, 2009 8:00 AM EDT

Yesterday's results: Keith Hernandez (84%) def. Steve Zabriskie (16%). Keith vs. Kiner could make for an interesting second round battle. Here is today's matchup to close the week:

Gary Cohen VS. Jiggs McDonald

TV Tenure (2006-Present) TV Tenure (1982)

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Amazin' Avenue Mets Announcer Tournament First Round

Gary Cohen

236 votes

Jiggs McDonald

12 votes

248 votes | Poll has closed

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"It's outta here!"

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Mar 13, 2009 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

Cohen: Best announcer in New York? (all sports)

by James Kannengieser on Mar 13, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 13, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah, MLB really should hire him for the playoffs, for either TV or radio

He has such knowledge of all of baseball, and he’s right on top of every call. It’s a shame that they don’t. He’s 100 times more professional than just about every clown they run out there.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Mar 13, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Tough call

Sam Rosen is great too.

by JoshNY on Mar 13, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

And more versatile

by Reg Dunlop on Mar 13, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Fran Healy ftw!

“Well that’s a Can O’ Corn to Payton, you know Payton [Camera shot of Art Howe] there’s Art Howe! Payton grew up [camera shot shot of Mr. Met] there’s Mr Met! Payton grew up in Zanesville, Ohio home of the famous Y-Bridge…”

by Sokojoe on Mar 13, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I love the double "outta here"

When there’s a big HR like Beltran’s 2-out, 9th inning grand slam last season. Gary walks the fine line between homerism (he’s obviously been a huge Mets fan his whole life) and honest game reporting. Nobody does it better. Losers like Michael Kay could learn a lot from him.

2009 Mets: maybe its the Phillies turn to have a terrible bullpen?

by Greenpoint Ian on Mar 13, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm sorry

You just made up this Jiggs McDonald fellow didn’t you?

kincritical, exactly. I love that shit

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Mar 13, 2009 9:26 AM EDT reply actions

Ha

His inclusion in the top 16 is based mainly on the name “Jiggs”

by James Kannengieser on Mar 13, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Two votes?

Are there even two people who remember Jiggs McDonald announcing for the Mets? Until this tourney I had no idea.

by Reg Dunlop on Mar 13, 2009 9:43 AM EDT reply actions

Wow

this is like USC vs Hofstra

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Mar 13, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions

The ones that voted Jiggs

HAVE to be Islander fans

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Mar 13, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

by Prince on Mar 13, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

head size/shoulder width

jiggs appears to have irritated a new guinea head shrinker.

gary is proportional, trending towards megalocephaly.

my vote goes to the guy with the storage space and not the tiny face

Pedro offers you his protection.

by pj on Mar 14, 2009 8:05 AM EDT reply actions

ANOTHER METS ANNOUNCER

I don’t remember Jiggs McDonald broadcasting Mets games. I do remember the 1st replacement for Lindsey Nelson (circa 1979), an announcer named Lorn Brown, who was a great cure for insomnia.

by Common Knowledge on Mar 18, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions