David Cone Might Not Return To Yankees Booth -- SNY Should Give Him A Call
by James Kannengieser on Jan 3, 2010 5:31 PM EST
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It appears Cone’s short but brilliant run in the YES broadcast booth may be over. Sources say Cone is out after a heated disagreement with network executives.
Klapisch confirmed his sources' story with a Yankees spokesman (an example of strong reporting, no snark). Coney would make a fine addition to SNY's stable of analysts and the network would be wise to at least check in with him. He is a charismatic commentator, mixing intelligent analysis with some entertaining stories. Think a combination of Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez. He's even into sabermetrics! Gary, Keith & Ron, the best announcing team in baseball, are entrenched in the broadcast booth so Cone's role would likely be as a studio analyst. Who knows if he is open to such a role or what his salary requirements are, but this is an opportunity worth pursuing.
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Cone isn’t coming back? That really sucks. He was a great announcer for the Yankees and I enjoyed listening to him. If the Mets got him for SNY, he would be a great addition for them.
I wouldn't mind Coney in the booth.
It seems like a good fit for him, too (even though SNY doesn’t necessarily seem to be hiring. We’ve had a rotating cast of analysts in the studio, with Maz and Ojeda, though, so maybe 2010 will have someone new as well). As an organization, we’ve always “taken him back”, so to speak, and as a player, he wanted to “come back”, so just maybe…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 3, 2010 5:45 PM EST reply actions
I wouldn't mind it.
Why not have a fourth guy ready to fill in during Keith/Ron’s days off?
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jan 3, 2010 5:48 PM EST reply actions
If anyone would replace one of those guys, it would be Cone.
Just pontificating here, because I’d like GKR to stay entrenched, but Ron might be sort of expendable with Coney in the booth.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
I think Ron has a good repport
with keith that Coney woulnd’t quite have, at least short term. If Cone was willing to take Mazz’s spot in the post game, I would be happy although, to be fair to Mazz, he did improve from a ruff debut.
the number one issue facing the Mets is finding that one guy who’s going to say "get on my shoulders and ride me to the championship."
Carlin v. Molina Eat-Off: The winner gets a one-year deal with the team, in whatever fashion, while the other can never show his face around these parts again
One of two evils will be forever banished, and food producers around the region will get a huge pick-me-up in sales.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 3, 2010 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
And Carlin would be better behind the plate!
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Jan 3, 2010 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
Anywhere where I don't have to hear him.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 3, 2010 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
therapy is a wonderful thing
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Jan 3, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
forget cone, i want leiter
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
lol i see what you did there
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
Just got it too. +1
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 4, 2010 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Hey Coney, why don't YOU have a dance?
Seriously though, I wish Cone the best of luck in whatever happens. I enjoyed watching him on YES, and if he does make the switch to SNY, I will enjoy watching him there as well.
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Jan 4, 2010 12:47 AM EST reply actions
Nooooo, no, no, no.
Cone, on the surface, is nice. But if you’ve ever listened to one of his broadcasts, like I have (goddamn Yankees-fan roommate), you’ll have a headache in about 10 minutes.
All he does is spew statistics. Percentage after percentage, mostly about how many curveballs he’s throw and whatnot. It’s fine for the first inning, but when he repeats it in the second, third and fifth inning, it sucks.
Put him in the studio, not in the booth.
maybe he can just get his own show on SNY...
it would be better than loudmouths and some of the other crap SNY plays
As a network, SNY really does blow.
It’s paid programming until 12, which is fine. Then you get an hour of sports news, the next couple of hours dedicated to college sports, or something else I usually don’t care about too much, then around nighttime we get all those sports shows, and then in the prime time hours, if it’s not baseball season, more crap.
YES totally has SNY beat, in terms of good programming. SNY needs a Yankeeography-like show.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 4, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Cone's style is a bit stale
and boring. Maybe he’d be better with Keith or Ron, but I always found him pretty sedate when he does Yankee games. I actually have trouble figuring out who’s talking when I watch a Yankee game because Leiter, Cone and O’Neill all sounded alike to me.
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