Cubs player’s Charlie Kirk memorial decision faces criticism from Mets announcers
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New York Mets publisher Gary Cohen criticized Chicago Cubs player Matt Shaw for missing one of the team’s games to attend Charlie Kirk’s funeral last weekend.
Cohen’s comments came during Sny’s Tuesday night when Mets played against Cubs, Shaw remained a bat in the fourth kick and described the decision as “strange”.
“I don’t want to talk about the politics of this, but the idea of leaving your team in the middle of a race for any reason other than emergencies is hitting me as strange.” He said.
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Chicago Cubs interviewed the third master Matt Shaw (6) after a match against Rate Field against Chicago White SOX on 26 July 2025. (Patrick Gorski/Imagn Images)
Mets publisher Todd Zeile called Shaw’s absence “unprecedented”.
Zeile said, “Unusual, at least as a player, unprecedented as a player, and I think he made it a little more unusual that he did not emerge until he was thought to be in the shelter and perhaps because it was thought to be present.” He said.
Cohen and Zeile were criticized on social media for their comments about Shaw’s absence.
Shaw missed the loss of 1-0 puppies Cincinnati Reds To join the Commemoration Service in Glendale on Sunday, the manager Craig Counsell said Shaw was not available for a game because Shaw was at a funeral for a friend.
Shaw explained why he joined the monument despite his team’s program.
“The independence with Charlie [Christian] Faith, “said Shaw, Cubs before opening a new series with New York Mets on Tuesday Chicago Sun-Times. “And this is something that pushes me every day, the reason I can do what I do every day, and this is something I am very grateful.
“I know that I will not be here, I can talk to you, that this team can at the end of this team to win and win the championships without belief and without many blessings given to me in my life.
Cubs’ Matt Shaw leaves the team to join Charlie Kirk Memorial Service
Chicago Cubs Third Master Matt Shaw (6) On September 19, 2025, a two -round host ran against the fourth shot against Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park. (Katie Stratman/Imagn Images)
“This is really something I feel really blessed, so it’s good, no matter what backfire. I feel strong about my belief and what should be.”
Shaw, Kirk and Arizona in the same apartment complex while living in the last offseason, he added. Shaw said the two remained in contact during the MLB season.
Shaw said he was emotional when he found out that Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10th.
“When this happened, I came to many emotions,” he explained. “I didn’t foresee that this would happen. [teammates] Supporting me and something I will remember all my life will happen. “
Shaw was drawn from Cubs’s series that night before a match against Atlanta Braves.
According to Shaw, Kirk, a native of Arlington Heights, a northern suburb of Chicago, said, “It was one of the biggest Cubs fans I’ve ever met.” In fact, Shaw said he was his wife Erika Kirk, who wanted to join the monument. After a meeting with Counsell and some of his teammates, Shaw felt that his decision was accepted.
“Charlie and I connect so closely because of our belief.” “This is something that pushes me every day, something I always think about. So, if people wonder who I am and what I stand for, I want to make sure that my belief and many blessings I have given can be here and I can support the people around me, I want to make sure that I can love the people around me.”
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Matt Shaw of Chicago Cubs was against Tampa Bay Rays in Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 2025. (Michael Reves/Getty Images)
Puppies were among the MLB teams Pay tribute to Kirk to end “all political violence”.
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