Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen’s commentary through the Cubs vs. Mets recreation devolved as he slammed Cubs star Matt Shaw for taking time away from the sector to attend a memorial for his buddy Charlie Kirk, an invite that reportedly got here straight from Charlie’s widow Erika.
Charlie was an avid Cubs fan.
TPUSA Spokesman and Govt Producer of The Charlie Kirk Present shared final week, “Thanks to the @Cubs for honoring Charlie Kirk. As a Chicago boy, he was a lifelong Cubs fan. Only a few weeks in the past, he received to stroll the sector and shake the palms of among the gamers after a 4-3 win for his hometown group.”
Thanks to the @Cubs for honoring Charlie Kirk. As a Chicago boy, he was a lifelong Cubs fan. Only a few weeks in the past, he received to stroll the sector and shake the palms of among the gamers after a 4-3 win for his hometown group. pic.twitter.com/pN8Ew0w7vU
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 12, 2025
Cohen couldn’t discover it in himself to muster a single phrase about Kirk’s assassination, but one way or the other felt moved to criticize a person for mourning his buddy calling the choice “bizarre.”
Cohen stated through the broadcast whereas Shaw was as much as bat, “Shaw had Cubs world in a tizzy this weekend when he was not right here for a Cubs recreation with the Reds they usually misplaced 1-0 which his lack of presence was felt.”
“It was later revealed he was given permission to attend Charlie Kirk’s funeral.”
“I don’t wish to speak about any of the politics of it, however the considered leaving your group in the course of a race for any purpose aside from a household emergency, actually strikes me as bizarre.”
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“I don’t wish to speak about any of the politics of it, however the considered leaving your group in the course of a race for any purpose aside from a household emergency, actually strikes me as bizarre.”
– Mets Broadcaster Gary Cohen on Matt Shaw attending Charlie Kirk’s memorialHe was… pic.twitter.com/ZbkhH5S4Ho
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) September 24, 2025
What’s bizarre is criticizing a person for honoring his buddy.
Gary Cohen of the New York Mets has an issue with Matt Shaw attending Charlie Kirk’s memorial, who Erika Kirk personally REACHED OUT to Shaw to attend.
If this was a George Floyd funeral, I wager cohen wouldn’t have an issue!
— RyanAnthony (@RyanTonyNemo) September 24, 2025
The blokes who announce the sport ought to simply keep that method. Gary Cohen im disgusted the way you selected to react to a person HONORING his buddy who was brutally assassinated in entrance of hundreds of individuals and you’ve got the nerve to name him paying his respects “foolish” HOW. DARE. YOU. I… pic.twitter.com/tkGr0mEXgY
— JMedia (@jworld_news) September 24, 2025
MLB canceled video games as a result of a violent felon overdosed from fentanyl in 2020.
Tonight, the mets play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen discovered it odd that Matt Shaw attended the memorial service of his shut private buddy who was politically assassinated https://t.co/b2uOmUqVpq pic.twitter.com/G5S7SaM9QC
— Fortunate Teter (@TheMagaHulk) September 24, 2025
