SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen recalled Coleman's lone appearance on Kiner's Korner. "Choo Choo was very reticent and when Ralph was doing Kiner's Korner, he wanted to have all the players on," Cohen said Monday before the Mets' game in Arizona. "So he tried to do something to loosen Choo Choo up. He had Choo Choo on one of his postgame Kiner's Korners and to try to get him to talk he said, 'So Choo Choo, what's the story behind your nickname?' Answer was 'I don't know.' So he tried, 'So Choo Choo, what's your wife's name and what's she like?' Choo Choo said 'Her name is Mrs. Coleman and she likes me, Bub.'"