Amazin’ Conversations with Jay Horwitz
Sep 22, 2026 · 21 min · 11 segments
SNY’s Steve Gelbs joins Jay Horwitz to discuss his evolution from Mets field reporter to play-by-play broadcaster and the advice that helped him find his own voice in the booth. Gelbs shares how Howie…
Steve GelbsGuest
Jay HorwitzHost
You know, I get asked a lot, especially out here at Citi Field, every year, how do you think the Jets are going to do this year? And especially lately, there's been a lot of reasons for optimism that it was going to turn, whether it's bringing in Aaron Rodgers or some of the draft picks that they had and the young talent.
And every year that that expectation gets raised even a little bit, it seems to be an epic disappointment.
And so my token answer has become, you know, until it happens, it's not going to happen.
However, It is, for me, that week one was the best sign that I've seen since I started doing this job.
Why, in your opinion? Because it was the first time where they didn't just win a game against the team they should have beaten.
Whereas so often the wins that we've covered have been really sloppy wins, last second field goals, things of that nature.
We were joking that when you ask about the energy of the show, that postgame show is probably the least amount of energy that we've had because it was just so boring in its competency.
You know, I get asked a lot, especially out here at Citi Field, every year, how do you think the Jets are going to do this year? And especially lately, there's been a lot of reasons for optimism that it was going to turn, whether it's bringing in Aaron Rodgers or some of the draft picks that they had and the young talent.
And every year that that expectation gets raised even a little bit, it seems to be an epic disappointment.
And so my token answer has become, you know, until it happens, it's not going to happen.
However, It is, for me, that week one was the best sign that I've seen since I started doing this job.
Why, in your opinion? Because it was the first time where they didn't just win a game against the team they should have beaten.
Whereas so often the wins that we've covered have been really sloppy wins, last second field goals, things of that nature.
We were joking that when you ask about the energy of the show, that postgame show is probably the least amount of energy that we've had because it was just so boring in its competency.
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