NEW York Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez nearly had his head taken off during a game.
During the second game of a doubleheader between the Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, a foul ball missed Hernandez by inches.
Keith Hernandez was nearly nailed by a foul ball that landed in the Mets broadcast booth[/caption]
Hernandez and his broadcast partner, Gary Cohen, got a big laugh out of his slow reaction time[/caption]
Despite the baseball whizzing up into the broadcast booth, Hernandez seemingly never noticed it coming his way.
“Cedric Mullins fouls one back this way,” play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen said.
“And that went right past Keith’s ear and he never saw it.”
After the play was over, SNY showed a slow motion view of the ball shooting past Hernandez’ head.
He didn’t react until a few seconds after the ball just missed hitting him.
“I mean we can laugh about it now,” Cohen said.
“But if that ball was just a few feet more to the left, you could’ve been done for the season.”
“That could have been dangerous,” Hernandez replied.
“Or maybe forever,” Cohen said.
“You could have been back in the incinerator.”
Hernandez said the near miss was because of his eyes, which are seemingly not as sharp as when he played Gold Glove defense at first base for the Mets.
“My eyes are going on me and so are my reflexes,” he said.
While Hernandez nearly got taken out by the ball, the Orioles broadcast booth saw the ball fly into the Mets booth and figured Hernandez got a glove on it.
“Well Keith Hernandez is in there, and he was a pretty good first baseman he probably caught it,” MASN’s Ben McDonald said.
Seeing that Hernandez was okay, fans got a big laugh out of his near-miss and shared their thoughts on social media.
MLB All-Star Game Starters 2025
Here are the All-Star teams for the American League and National League at the Midsummer Classic on July 15 at Atlanta’s Truist Park, voted on by the fans.
American League Starters
- Catcher: Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners
- First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
- Second base: Gleyber Torres, Detroit Tigers
- Third base: José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians
- Shortstop: Jacob Wilson, The Athletics
- Outfield: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
- Outfield: Javier Báez, Tigers
- Outfield: Riley Greene, Tigers
- Designated hitter: Ryan O’Hearn, Baltimore Orioles
National League Starters
- Catcher: Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers
- First base: Freddie Freeman, Dodgers
- Second base: Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Third base: Manny Machado, San Diego Padres
- Shortstop: Francisco Lindor, New York Mets
- Outfield: Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
- Outfield: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Chicago Cubs
- Outfield: Kyle Tucker, Cubs
- Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
“Could this be a Seinfeld episode?” one fan said.
“This is hilarious!!!” another fan said.
“Gold Glover, he knew it was gonna miss!” a third fan said with laughing emojis.
“Gary and Keith are the best in the biz,” a fourth fan said.
“11x GG winner right here!!!” a fifth fan said.
