Mets legend Keith Hernandez complains baseball games are too 'lengthy'

New York Mets legend and SNY analyst Keith Hernandez seems to be a fan of anything that could decrease the lengths of MLB games. 

"I honestly feel that when I’m retired, when I stop doing what I’m doing now in the booth, I won’t watch baseball that much anymore," Hernandez said during an appearance on the "Tucker Carlson Today" program, per Brandon Contes of Awful Announcing. "It’s three-hour games now, three-and-a-half, when I played it was two-and-a-half. I still love the game, but they’re lengthy." 

Interestingly, Hernandez made those comments at a time when his broadcasting future is very much up in the air. On Dec. 29, Mike Puma of the New York Post reported that Hernandez was unsigned after his SNY contract had expired. Hernandez told Puma that he and the Mets' cable television home "just started talking right before the holidays" and that he expected negotiations to "pick up again" early into the new year.

Joe Pantorno of AM New York Metro reported on Thursday that a source claims "there doesn’t appear to be much concern that the former major leaguer — who has spent the last 17 seasons in the SNY booth — won’t return to the television booth for the 2023 season and beyond." As Corey Brock of The Athletic mentioned years ago, the trio of Hernandez, Gary Cohen, and Ron Darling is widely regarded as the best broadcast team in all of MLB. 

This past July, the Mets retired Hernandez’s No. 17. The following month, the 69-year-old hilariously went viral for complaining about having to call games involving the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies later had some fun at Hernandez’s expense, and many Mets fans who routinely follow the club via television broadcasts will hope that feud continues through at least the upcoming season.