This could be considered one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports.
“My ’stache is back, and so are we,” announced an excited Keith Hernandez Monday morning.
The Mets great joined Walt “Clyde” Frazier at the Knicks legend’s West Side restaurant to unveil their new Just for Men campaign.
Keith Hernandez (left) and Walt “Clyde” Frazier team up again for a new Just for Men campaign.SNY; Getty ImagesAfter taking a four-year hiatus from filming the commercials, the cult favorites are back in their vintage broadcasters’ sports coats — and they aren’t giving grizzled, ashen facial fuzz any slack.
In the latest spot, which debuts today, the dye maestros descend upon a family man with a graying beard, harassing him to use their darkening elixir.
“The lines are very difficult, you know,” said Hernandez of their trademark cheesy rhymes like “Your ’stache is trash.” “It’s like Shakespeare,” he added.
Frazier said he and Hernandez easily slipped back into their judgmental alter egos.
“Keith and I have a chemistry,” said Frazier. “When we started [working on the ad] we hadn’t done it for two or three years, but after a half-hour, we said, ‘We’re really back, man.’ ”
When asked which of their lines they favor, Frazier said, “Obviously, ‘No play for Mr. Gray.’ ”
Hernandez added that people approach him in the airport all the time, screaming, “Rejected” — another classic Just for Men tag line. They also bring up his “Seinfeld” character and offer to help him move, a nod to the episode when he enlisted a reluctant Jerry to help him move apartments.
“I always get it in airports. I feel like OJ,” he cracked.
The men’s grooming brand also announced the launch of a “#beardspotting” search in which users can upload images of their most robust bristles. The winner will be decided by the famous color commentators in October.
Hernandez, who shaved his trademark ’stache in 2012 for charity, sprouted a new one during the recent NHL playoffs, when the New York Rangers were three games down against the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
During the press conference, the pair agreed that James Harden, the shooting guard for the Houston Rockets, has the best beard in sports, and lamented the evolution of grooming for professional athletes — including when long locks and facial hair were frowned upon by management.
The former Amazin’ says he prefers “Civil War-long” beards.
But Hernandez balked when The Post asked him to rank the best heads of hair on the current Mets roster.
“I don’t pay attention,” he said. “Girls look at men. Men don’t look at men.”
