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WATCH: Gary Cohen claims he was ‘Nick Mangold’ of Pop Warner Football

Who says MLB’s new pace of play rules doesn’t leave any time for the Best Booth in Baseball to have fun between pitches?

During the Mets’ series finale win on Sunday in Miami, SNY play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen shared a little-known fact about himself. He played football as a kid, and the only position he ever played was center.

Yes, really. The whole story is pretty great, as is Keith Hernandez’s reaction to Gare’s position on the football field:

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