Mets announcer Gary Cohen made a bad Yoshinobu Yamamoto mistake

Aug 18, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) pitches in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

Gary Cohen got a little bit tripped up during Tuesday’s game.

The longtime New York Mets TV announcer Cohen was on the call Monday for the Mets-Los Angeles Dodgers game at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the broadcast cut to Dodgers infielder Hyeseong Kim sitting in the dugout.

Unfortunately though, Cohen got Kim (who is of Korean descent) mixed up with teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto (who is of Japanese descent). “Yamamoto looking on,” said Cohen over the shot of Kim.

Take a look at the video.

"Yamamoto looking on"

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In fairness to Cohen, 67, the Mets broadcast might have set him up there. At the time, the SportsNet New York broadcast had just aired a graphic of Yamamoto, who was slated to take the mound during Tuesday’s game versus the Mets.

The Dodgers would go on to win over the Mets on Monday by a final score of 4-0. Though these kinds of misses are more the exception than the rule for the Mets Hall of Famer Cohen, that was reminiscent of the time that TBS accidentally misidentified another pair of Asian players.