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Boomer & Gio

Cohen’s Comment, Destiny Debate

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Gary Cohen notes Cubs absence as crew debates ‘control your own destiny.’

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0:00.0

I want to talk about yesterday's Met broadcast.

0:02.6

Big Met fan, Ranger, a big Ranger fan as well, boom, we're looking forward to the season.

0:07.1

But regarding Gary Cohen, we love him.

0:09.7

He's part of our family in our house.

0:11.4

Gary Keith and Ron, not to get into the politics, start a part of it, but he, the kid

0:17.2

match off from the Cubs, the third basement, I believe, went to the funeral of Charlie Crack.

0:24.0

He was invited by his wife.

0:28.4

And Gary called it weird.

0:31.0

It took me back a little bit, and Todd Gio called it unprecedented.

0:35.5

Life is about people, I believe, and not about a sport.

0:39.6

They were friends, from what I understand, and it just took me back a little bit,

0:43.7

what Gary said, calling it weird, that this gentleman left the team to go attend his friend's funeral.

0:49.5

So I want to think what you guys think about that.

0:51.0

I mean, I didn't, I quite frankly, didn't like his commentary,

0:54.5

and I'm not going to now dislike Gary Cohen over it. He's a great broadcaster. He's been a

1:00.5

part of my life for a long time. I thought it was completely unnecessary. And it just felt like,

1:05.3

you know, Gary Cohen's whole life is baseball. And baseball is a very serious thing for him.

1:10.3

But Matt Shaw saw his friend get shot and killed,

1:14.8

got shot in the neck in front of his family, and his wife requested that he be there. And

1:21.5

Gary Cohen's got a problem with that because the Cubs are in a pennant race? Like, have we lost all

1:26.8

touch with reality here?

1:28.3

Well, some have.

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