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Gamly New York Mets leading TV station Gary Cohen did not apologize or did not refer to his recent criticism of Chicago Cubs player Matt Shaw to skip a game to join Charlie Kirk’s Memorial, during Cohen’s latest broadcast on Thursday.
After making the first comments during Met’s victory over Cubs on Tuesday, Cohen returned to the Gun broadcasting stall on Thursday for his first call since criticism of the rooki for missing the game to Kirk’s Memorial. Shaw came up to beat three times on Thursday, and Cohen did not mention his previous comments.
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Chicago Cub’s third Baseman Matt Shaw looks at the DUGOUT before the MLB game between Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels on August 22, 2025 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Shaw missed Cubs’ 1-0 loss to Cincinnati Reds Last Sunday to attend Memorial Service in Glendale, though manager Craig Counsell mentioned to the media that Shaw was not available to the game because he was at a funeral for a friend.
Cohen’s original comments about Shaw were brought up in the fourth lap and calling the decision To skip a game over to the memorial “weird.”
“I don’t want to talk about any of the policy for it, but the idea of leaving your team in the middle of a race for a reason other than a family meat really strikes me as weird,” Cohen said.
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Chicago Cubs’ Michael Busch (29) and Matt Shaw, back, celebrating after defeating the New York Mets in a baseball match on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Fellow Mets -Tv company Todd Zeile called Shaw’s absence “unprecedented.”
“It’s unusual, I think it’s at least unprecedented from my experience as a player, and I think it made it a little more unusual for it to be revealed only after it came to issue because he was assumed to be in dugout and maybe available, and it wasn’t, and that’s how it was revealed,” Zeile said.
The comments ignited the setback from fans on social media, with some fans promising to boycott the team until Cohen apologizes.
Kirk’s former chief of staff Mikey McCoy shamed Cohen for the comments in a post of X early Thursday morning.
“Just over a month ago, Charlie’s dream came true … He was given the opportunity to go to Wrigley Field and after – see his friend Matt Shaw hit a home drive.” Wrote McCoy on X.
“A month later, Charlie is gone and Matt Shaw receives setback to participate in his friend’s memorial. Shame over Gary Cohen …”
Shaw explained on Tuesday why he made it a point to join the memorial despite his team’s schedule.
“My connection with Charlie was through our [Christian] Believe, “SHAW said, before the kids opened a new series with the New York Mets on Tuesday, pr. Chicago Sun-Times. “And it’s something that drives me every day, the reason I am able to do what I do every day and that is something I am very grateful for.
Cubs’ Matt Shaw, Charlie Kirk and Sny’s Gary Cohen (Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images, Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images and Getty Images)
“I know without my faith and without the many blessings I have received in my life that I would not be here, be able to talk to you, be able to help this team eventually go and win championships.
“It’s something I really feel, really blessed, so regardless of setback it comes ok. I feel strong over my faith and that what was meant to have happened.”
