Funniest and weirdest part was Heyman waiting patiently on the line while Mike was doing the play by play.Now Francesa is just narrating a cop chase - some tractor trailer going crazy on a highway in Atlanta. Like the OJ thing, except it's just some guy.
Not really sports, IMO.
Totally! Lots of nervous chuckling from Heyman to remind Mike "Uh.. Hey I'm still on the line..."Funniest and weirdest part was Heyman waiting patiently on the line while Mike was doing the play by play.
Now talking about the outrageous ticket prices, and how the Yanks are reducing $2500 tix to $1250
It really does say something if Mets fans are, for the first time in history, choosing to rip David Wright instead of Carlos Beltran or Carlos Delgado.Edit - They all want Wright shipped out of town.
Did he mention:But he is all excited that they finally stood up to the big bad Red Sox and threw at Drew.
I will admit I didn't stay up so I didn't know Bay went deep right after Drew got hit. And Francessa neglected to mention Bay's at bat. That's just great.Did he mention:
a) That Drew might be the least likely player to get angry about it
and
b) The next batter, Bay, went deep
So, Francessa's excited that the Yankees hit a batter, but the Red Sox got 2 runs?
Ah, music to my ears.Mike again today praising the Sox over the Yanks calling them "tighter, tougher, better."
You're right, but Fatso always does throw in the, "...and they've been very very lucky. They've been trying to run Lowell out of town for years, they wanted ARod, they wanted Teixeira. So they lucked into some of it...".Mike again today praising the Sox over the Yanks calling them "tighter, tougher, better."
This kind of stuff is maddeningly stupid.You're right, but Fatso always does throw in the, "...and they've been very very lucky. They've been trying to run Lowell out of town for years, they wanted ARod, they wanted Teixeira. So they lucked into some of it...".
But to be fair, the RS have been lucky. Lucky in finishing second to the MFYs on several misbegotten acquisitions, deals the RS wanted to consummate. Lucky, maybe, in who happened to be on sabbatical when Beckett first arrived in town. Mike's examples are ill chosen, but you have to be lucky and good, and sometimes lucky is better.This kind of stuff is maddeningly stupid.
The reality is that every GM in the game should be doing what he can every year to improve the team. The Red Sox have not tried to "run Lowell out of town," what they've done is identified areas where they thought they could get better and went after the improvement. When it didn't pan out, they had Lowell in place or available as a free agent to fill the void.
That's not luck Mike, it's planning.
I was wondering this.I have a feeling Mike is going to come down hard on Sloba. Very hard in fact.
He might have gone that route if they had won. Instead he's pissed and he's going to take it out on them, especially JtC.I was wondering this.
I could definitely see him taking the "Yankees don't jump around the mound down 4-3 in the 4th inning" angle, but I could also see him sticking up for him.
Couldn't you say any team in any sport thats won a championship has been "lucky" though?But to be fair, the RS have been lucky. Lucky in finishing second to the MFYs on several misbegotten acquisitions, deals the RS wanted to consummate. Lucky, maybe, in who happened to be on sabbatical when Beckett first arrived in town. Mike's examples are ill chosen, but you have to be lucky and good, and sometimes lucky is better.
Yes. If nothing else, you need luck on the health front.Couldn't you say any team in any sport thats won a championship has been "lucky" though?
It's kind of a silly argument if it applies to everybody.
The only GM that can likely say they didn't get lucky on a move they wanted to make, but fell through on them, that in retrospect looks bad is Bill Stoneman. Because he never attempted to make a deal.
Yeah me too! I think he's gonna lose it today at 1pm.I just downloaded an app called Flycast on my blackberry just so I could listen to Mike today. Very excited.
I think he's more ripshit at YES for praising him.Nothing else but a Johnny Damon swing! Nothing else!
He's absolutely ripshit with Joba.