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Hi mom!

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So while I was setting up Bob Ojeda’s SNY.tv chat last night, SNY’s Mets broadcast cut to Bob and I sitting in the studio getting prepared. We knew they might cut to us to promote the event so I wasn’t totally surprised, but no one told me they were about to cut to us right then. So you’ll note my initial shock when I notice myself on the monitor:

Keith was spot-on, incidentally. I was working as Bob’s caddy, so to speak. And while I’d prefer it if Keith mentioned me on-air to praise me as the greatest genius that ever walked the face of the earth and not to note a less glamorous aspect of my job, Keith Hernandez talked about me on TV, and that’s kind of awesome. Not trying to gloat or anything, but, you know, I’m a Mets fan and he’s Keith Hernandez.

If I knew that was going to happen when it did, I probably would have come up with something funnier than staring at the computer screen and masking my terror. Metal horns, maybe, or the sign of the Wu. Good lord, man, think of something.

Rob Dibble and Ray Knight go at it

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Hat tip to Can’t Stop the Bleeding for this video of the MASN studio analyst (and former Met) getting in a tiff with the MASN in-game analyst (and current jackass).

I probably catch about as many Nats broadcasts as any other non-Mets big-league team, but for some reason, it feels like I see three times as many. I think that has something to do with Dibble’s behavior, which vacillates between buffoonish, pompous and just plain old goony. He makes Mark Grace look like Vin Scully.

To Dibble’s credit, I’m pretty sure I once saw him throw at a batter and charge the plate. Also, one of the CStB commenters points out, “He’s like Kenny Powers except completely unlikeable in every aspect.”

That’s a pretty good call, and until now I had never realized how much they actually sound alike. Add a tiny bit of southern twang to Dibble’s jockish growl and you’ve got Kenny Powers, spot-on.