You know that Keith Hernandez actually put together this Twitter post just before displaying it because you can see a copy of The Post’s Saturday back page, “SAVAGES IN THE BRONX,” sitting under a coffee cup in the opening shot. Thanks for your patronage, Keith!
Then we get his unsurprising news, delivered delightfully if groggily:
“I will not coach the Mets. Sorry. I can’t put 12 hours into the ballpark like it’s required today. It’s just absurd.
“No, no. No way.”
All love and respect to Mr. Hernandez, whose uniform number 17 figures to be retired relatively soon by the Mets now that they’ve loosened up their policy on that front, but only the most nostalgic of fans pegged him as a candidate to succeed Mickey Callaway.