No, Gary Cohen did not copy Harry Carary by taking off his shirt during SNY's telecast from the upper deck at Shea Thursday.
Yes, part of Cohen's inspiration for doing a game from the stands came from Caray.
"I remember when Caray did games from the bleachers; I think we were there [in Chicago] at least once when he did that, and I thought it was a really cool thing,'' Cohen said.
"That provided some inspiration for thinking about doing this, no question."
SNY executive Curt Gowdy Jr. said he has a picture of his father calling a Red Sox game at Fenway from the stands.
I told the SNY people that if they really had guts they'd send the announcing team to the bleachers at Yankee Stadium to call Friday night's game.
No dice.