Brian Ler on WNYC, and yeah, tonight begins this year's subway series between the Yankees and the Mets.

It's a fun ritual in New York every year that pits the Bronx against Queens,

navy blue and white against a brighter blue and orange, and the different legacies and cultures

of the two teams and their fan bases, which we'll talk about a little bit. And we are thrilled

to have with us for a few minutes, the television voice of the New York Mets on their channel,

SNY, Gary Cohen.

Not so much to preview the games, per se, but to talk about life in New York as seen through

the Subway Series and from the broadcast booth. It's also SNY's 20th season as the Mets TV channel,

Gary Cohen, along with his partners, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez, have done the games all this time.

And SNY reached out to us to suggest having Gary on before the Subway Series, in part to celebrate their two decades.

So I said, have Gary Cohen on the show?

Let me think about it.

Yes.

Are you kidding?

What a treat.

So, Gary, it's great to have you with us.

Welcome to WNYC. Are you kidding? What a treat. So Gary, it's great to have you with us. Welcome to

WNYC. Thank you, Brian. It's an honor to be on with you. And I'll just say right up front that I watch

frequently. I've watched baseball for many years. And in my opinion, you with Keith and Ron

are the goat. You're the greatest of all time as a team doing baseball games, in my opinion, because you're not just calling the action.

You're having a fun and smart conversation the whole time you actually touch on a wide variety of non-sports things around the edges as you go.

And it's always such a pleasure, just to give the listeners one example.

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