Watchdog

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.