Remember when Mets’ pregame was hosted by Howard Cosell? No, me neither. I wonder how far into W-A-Beatle-C that they bothered to interrupt the hits with awful baseball. And it’s not like WOR didn’t own a radio station, I wonder why they split the rights.
A rare audio recording of the Mets’ first game captured the voice of Howard Cosell, still emerging as a broadcaster, as host of the team’s pre- and postgame show.
Source: On 50-Year-Old Tape, Sounds of Mets’ Awkward First Steps – NYTimes.com
