Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez asks not to ca atlanta braves jersey small ll Phillies series, says he doesn't like watching them play
August 10, 2022
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The NL East is shaping up to haveMLB Kids Clothing one of the most exciting finishes to the MLB regular season, with three teams from the division (Mets, Braves and Phillies) challenging for a playoff spot.
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Despite that, Mets color commentator Keith Hernandez isn't interested in calling games with the red-hot Phillies, saying he doesn't enjoy watching them play.
"I've expressed to the front office — not the Mets front office, our frontMLB Toys office at SNY — that I hate doing Philly games, so I guess they gave me the series off," Hernandez said while calling the Mets-Reds game on Tuesday. "They're hot right now, I would like to see them. But as far as fundamentally and defensively the Phillies have always been just n atlanta braves alternate jersey ot up to it."
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Hernandez already was slated to miss this weekend's three-game series between the teams at Citi Field, as he will be in St. Louis for a 40-year reunion of the Cardinals' 1982 World Series champions. The "series off" he referred to is the four-game set at Citizens Bank Park next weekend.
Hernandez's comments didn't exactly sit well with the Phillies' broadcast booth, as both Tom McCarthy and JoClayton Kershaw hn Kruk responded to his statement on-air:
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