‘Weird, Egregious’: Mets Announcer Rips Cubs Rookie for Attending Charlie Kirk Memorial
26th September 2025
This past Sunday, some 90,000 people attended the memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. One of those in attendance was Chicago Cubs rookie third baseman Matt Shaw. Shaw missed his club’s 1-0 loss in Cincinnati. The Cubs are assured of making the playoffs which begin next week, and hold a small lead over the San Diego Padres for the first Wild Card spot in the National League, but the whole situation did not sit well with New York Mets veteran announcer Gary Cohen.
During Tuesday night’s Mets-Cubs game, Cohen decided to use his SNY platform to weigh in on Shaw’s decision. “Shaw had Cubs world in a tizzy this weekend when he was not here for the Cubs game with the Reds. A game they lost 1-0 and in which his lack of presence was felt.”
Cohen makes it sound as if the Cubs might have won, if only Shaw had played. I’ m not sure exactly how that was the case. The Reds did not score their one run on an error by Shaw’s fill-in at third base. Shaw is only hitting around .225, with an OPS near .680. Nothing great by any means.