Keith Hernandez was TOO SMOOTH in the field! (Career defensive highlights!) 

Not offensively

June 14, 1987. Mets-Phillies. A crucial error kept him out 😂

Yep. Only first baseman I ever saw run the defense. That is usually the shortstops job.

Best fielding except for that crucial error on June 14, 1987 against the Phillies that cost the Mets the game and led to the infamous spitting incident 😂

To me he’s one of the most worthy of the HOF players from that era that isn’t in Akin to Graig Nettles, Bobby Grich, Lou Whitaker, Dwight Evans , etc. A leader ✌️ When he’s traded from the Cards to the Mets it changes the entire math of the NL East Whitney Herzog - Hey I love Whitey ! - But he must have with his sense known it was his personal worst call in gettin rid of Hernandez - And to their main rival and direct competitor ! Ouch ! The Cards had dominated the early 80s along with the Phillies (winning the series in 80 and losing it in 83) The cards win in 82 and runner up in 85 and 87 (one bad call from winning in 85) Now for the rest of the 80s the Cards have to deal with the Mets first and foremost With the Mets winning the East in 86 and 88and the series in 86 One way I know Mex was on the Mets before the 85 Series is that terrible call in the 6th game of the series followed by Jack Clark (who could hit when not hurt )at first base for the Cardinals missing that foul ball near a dugout (think it was the KC one ). I’m thinking: Mex Has that one and St. Louis wins their second series in 4 years :) That’d be worth an Ozzie back flip. Even a Mets fan can appreciate a rival like the Cards. ✌️ (Maybe better than anyone ;)

He’s not in because of what happened on June 14, 1987 😂

@@beani24329 haha nice. That was one magic loogie.

You know Keith Hernandez? ​@@beani24329

The original Canseco😂😂😂😂

Coke

I think he's Don Mattingly's equal.

@@KevinMiller-xn5vu I understand that WAR isn’t everything, but Keith has a much higher peak years WAR than Mattingly- 7 year WAR- best 7 years- Keith very convincingly better in that category. Keith does break into a Top 20 conversation all time and Mattingly does not. However, I’m still a huge Mattingly fan also. Keith’s better if you just take their 7 best years- easily.

@@domspadola3196 on the Mattingly vs Hernandez argument I think of Mattingly as more of a what might have been more than Hernandez. I think Mattingly had great talent but something say Luck was more on Hernandez’s side Although both playing for good teams almost exclusively Mattingly never played in the series (did he play in the playoffs at all ?) While Hernandez was the Firstbaseman on two series winners on two rival teams Both could ring up the batting Title While Yankees fans could dream of a triple crown that didn’t happen Hernandez was the better OBP and fielder Mattingly put up impressive numbers for a handful of seasons Hernandez was the NLMVP in 1979 (and perhaps could have been in either 82 and or 86 but wasn’t) Just more consistent than Mattingly who was a star who was reduced by injuries A players “toughness” is elusive Mattingly was both tough (self-evidently) and fragile (he got injuries that probably held him back from being that HOF) While to me Keith is a HOF He’s not in my mind a force like Foxx or Gehrig , But he’s a better player than some of the players who are being put in the Hall presently (Like Fred McGriff - Who hey, was a great player - But more valuable that Keith ? - Sorry, I’m not convinced 🤷‍♂️)

He asked Jerry Seinfeld to help him move after only hanging out with him one time. Maybe they are holding that against him as a character issue.

Teams of the 80s would get demolished by modern teams and that includes the big red machine, the 27 and 39 yankees and the 29 As. The gas house gang are essentially high schoolers. It's not even close. Just look at the ss position, pitching and average size of a mlb player. The 80s players would admit this. Just like the 80s teams would demolish the 1930s teams. It's called progress.

@@nap871 I’d put the 86 Mets up against any team today, and the big red machine would spank today’s teams..

@@ponytrekker8996 the good old days fallacy strikes again!!

ponytrekker8996: OK Boomer. There are some kids playing on your lawn you should yell at.

@@bauerj3398 hahaha

June 14, 1987. Mets-Phillies

Nice game pretty boy.

I’m not driving him to the airport

For all those who don't recognize the Seinfeld reference, the above comment is fiction.

@@jimwertherif that’s not the greatest scene in sitcom history what is?

@@timmathieu8918 I'm hardly an expert on sitcom history, but George's dad saying to Elaine "you're saying you want a piece of me??!" at the police station is sitcom gold.

@@jimwertherof course it is. It’s still hilarious

Didn't have challenges back in the day. If you just mean "hey blue, can you check with the home plate ump on that"- I don't think there were ever limits on such.

I love Ozzie, but he would have thrown a fit if he thought the call was wrong.

No. Both excellent first-basemen. Give it a rest.