Gary Cohen is either a human thesaurus or just another Major League Baseball announcer accepting word challenges from friends. During Sunday afternoon's New York Mets win against the Los Angeles Angels, Cohen dusted off "pulchritudinous" to describe an impressive catch by outfielder Carson Benge. The SAT-level word made its debut in the ninth inning as Benge helped secure a rare win for the Mets—and an even rarer series win—by laying out to rob Angels infielder Vaughn Grissom of an extra-base hit.

SNY analyst Todd Zeile was visibly impressed by Benge's spectacular catch, but he may have been even more impressed by Cohen's vocabulary. "I'm not going to say it was pulchritudinous, but I'm going to take your word for it," Zeile responded, earning credit for saying the word without asking Cohen to repeat it. "That was an amazing play."

Perhaps Cohen was showing off his Ivy League education as a Columbia University graduate with a degree in political science. Or maybe the renowned play-by-play voice is already searching for ways to make this season more palatable, given the Mets own the league's worst record. After all, Jason Benetti has admitted to accepting word challenges from players, and Joe Buck famously said "jub-jub" during a World Series broadcast at Conan O'Brien's request. Could Ron Darling—another Ivy League grad—have been texting Cohen, asking him to incorporate "pulchritudinous" into the broadcast?

The challenge for Cohen is that the Mets haven't done much worthy of such a lofty description this season. So if he took that request from someone, there's no guarantee he would have had the chance to use it—until Benge's highlight-reel catch gave him the perfect moment. For fans of the game, it's a reminder that baseball broadcasts can be as entertaining for their wordplay as for the plays themselves.