Mike never did get the union guy on the radio, even though he ordered his producer to get him on the phone. Tough luck for the producer.
Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show
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Mike is on form today discussing which old Yankee games exist on film. First, he revealed that Game 7 of the '60 WS survived because Bing Crosby "kaleidoscoped" the game. He is also apparently still unaware that the Don Larsen game was aired on MLB Network last year. And just now he dismissed out of hand a caller's suggestion that film of Babe Ruth's called shot has been found. Actually, two films of the shot have survived:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_Called_Shot#Rediscovered_16_mm_films
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_Called_Shot#Rediscovered_16_mm_films
Mike sounding completely crazy today. A caller suggested the idea of Jeter as player-manager if Girardi bolts to the Cubs. Mike was very receptive to the idea. Jeter could "absolutely" do it. It would take a player of his "stature" who is the "most revered" player in baseball. Of course, baseball is a regional game so no player is revered by all fans. He did say that Jeter would need a strong bench coach but that was the only thing that would be necessary for him to run the Yanks.
Francesa had the author of the new Mantle book on today...Francesa is soooo blind when it comes to Mantle...
Listened/watched a good chunk of today's show today for the first time in a really long time.
It's remarkable how consistently wrong he is on virtually everything, be it factual or opinion, particularly given how consistently knowledgable he was when he first emerged (admittedly 25 years ago now). His decline has been much worse than the much-slammed Bill Simmons (who also does deserve flak at times, but Francesa deserves way more), just a clueless blowhard who you'd move far away from if you happened to be sitting next to him in a bar for more than a minute or two.
It's remarkable how consistently wrong he is on virtually everything, be it factual or opinion, particularly given how consistently knowledgable he was when he first emerged (admittedly 25 years ago now). His decline has been much worse than the much-slammed Bill Simmons (who also does deserve flak at times, but Francesa deserves way more), just a clueless blowhard who you'd move far away from if you happened to be sitting next to him in a bar for more than a minute or two.
As Monty's Helmet said, a must listen tomorrow. I'll be taping the 1st half hour and I can have it on YT sometime at night. Can't wait to hear him bitch and moan.
If the Yankees lose and Giants win today, it should be Federally mandated that Mad Dog come back for tomorrow's show.
Starting right off by shitting on Girardi and the fans. And rightly so.
Fat Man is good when he's being critical.
Fat Man is good when he's being critical.
But, not surprisingly, pissed as hell at the guy who kept "Gardy" from catching Hamilton's foul fly.
Mike is explaining how he can tell if a ball is a HR or not. "If it goes behind the pole and I lose vision of the ball, if it disappears, then I know it's foul because it's behind the pole." He literally explained this for a full minute. He's telling it like he just came up with the theory of relativity.
It wasn't the stroke inducing, screaming rant that some of us were hoping for, but here is the show open if anyone missed it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1219113/WFAN Files/ShowOpenOct20.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1219113/WFAN Files/ShowOpenOct20.mp3
I'm pretty sure Mike just said that the Yankees need to get younger, so they should sign Werth and let Swisher walk... I wonder if he knows that Werth is 6 months older than Swisher? Maybe I heard that incorrectly, but I don't think so.
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That was definitely his train of thought
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Yep that's what he said. Because Swisher has had a couple of bad post seasons, the Yankees need to get younger by replacing him with an older player.
That was definitely his train of thought
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Yep that's what he said. Because Swisher has had a couple of bad post seasons, the Yankees need to get younger by replacing him with an older player.
Clearly, players only age when they're on the Yankee roster...therefore because Werth has never been with the Yankees, he's an infant.
Mike thinks the theory of relativity pertains to his cousins in Yonkers, Queens and Jersey City.
Man, I laughed my ass off when an ignoramus called (~4:30 pm) and confidently predicted the Yankees would win today because it was Mickey Mantle's birthday.
Fat Fuck Francesa used that exact same reasoning 6 years ago when he declared "Someday... A team will come back from being down 3-0 to win a postseason series in baseball. But not on this day" before ALCS Game 7, and the Sox ended up spraying their urine on Mantle's monument in center field.
The mystique and aura crap will never, ever die with that franchise.
Fat Fuck Francesa used that exact same reasoning 6 years ago when he declared "Someday... A team will come back from being down 3-0 to win a postseason series in baseball. But not on this day" before ALCS Game 7, and the Sox ended up spraying their urine on Mantle's monument in center field.
The mystique and aura crap will never, ever die with that franchise.
My fault, I saved the video file to my slower hard drive so it took too long to up this to YT. Here's fatty's monologue as it appeared on YES today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSK-omtiLJQ
(hey, at least you can watch in 1080p)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSK-omtiLJQ
(hey, at least you can watch in 1080p)
So it should be fun, no, esp in light of the fact that the Rangers didn't even have to break the (Lee) glass for a game 7?
On his Sunday show he suggested moving Capt intangibles to 3rd and Slappy to full time DH. A statue at 3rd and a $32 dollar DH. Comical.
Confidently on Friday he said this series is going seven. Yankees will make you earn it, we may lose but not in six. He was hedging for Lee. oh wish Dog was around for Monday's show.
Can you still get Sirius if you sign up to that stupid trial subscription thing?
Dog will be must listen radio on Monday with our boys winning the pennant. He needs to call in to Mike.
First weekday show since the Yanks are eliminated and he's blathering on about Brett Favre? Boo!
How funny is it for him to complain about NBC fetishizing Favre when he's doing exactly the same thing?
How funny is it for him to complain about NBC fetishizing Favre when he's doing exactly the same thing?
Some good stuff today. I've been listening to Felger and Mazz and watching Mike'd Up on YES. Hearing Mike give his solutions to the Yankee aging problems has been a riot. He's very big on moving Jeter to 3rd and playing ARod full time at DH. A caller suggested that there is a better chance of Mike managing next season. Mike got very angry...funny stuff. Francesca's answer to the SS position "get a young, dynamic SS to replace Jeter". When a caller brought up the possibility of bringing in Tulowitzki, Mike said something almost word for word, "no, you can't get him and don't need a guy like that. You could have gotten him last year when his value was down, but not now. I haven't had time to look up every team's roster regarding SS, but I could find one if I know they were making the switch." I can hear Theo laughing right now.
Joe Girardi's interviews on this show just crack me up for some reason----He always feels the need to refer to every single player by some kind of endearing nickname: Gardy, Tex, jetes, swish, Grandy, etc etc etc. it's almost as automatic as the Michael Kay "There's a strike" repetition.
Then the fans start doing it: This guy called in today and not only got in a jetes, a swish and a Gardy, but he kept calling Francesca Michael--- like they all are pals. he also kept referring to the Yankees as "We" People are just so amazingly annoying.
I MISS DOG ITS MUCH MORE ANNOYING WITHOUT HIM!!
Then the fans start doing it: This guy called in today and not only got in a jetes, a swish and a Gardy, but he kept calling Francesca Michael--- like they all are pals. he also kept referring to the Yankees as "We" People are just so amazingly annoying.
I MISS DOG ITS MUCH MORE ANNOYING WITHOUT HIM!!
Too start show with 20 minutes of football was amazing...I was looking at clock like keep going just ignore it Mike. Jets bye week and no Giants game til tonight too.
Mike used the last hour of his football show on Sunday to talk Yankees since the Jets had a bye and the Giants didn't play until Monday night.
Also, Mike knew he'd have extensive interviews with Girardi, Cashman, and the Yankee beat reporters later in the show. He figured he'd get the football talk out of the way at the beginning, and then devote the rest of the show to the Yanks.
To the last two posters, so what? If the Yanks had won games 6 and 7, would he have started with football? The Jets and Giants didn't even play over the weekend!
Uh, I have no idea what he would have done and I wasn't saying what he did was right or wrong, just throwing out a possible reason as to why he didn't start his show Monday with Yankee talk. Calm down (!)
Question: why does Francesa so openly root for the Yankees yet constantly deny he's a Giants fan?
Good question. I don't beleieve I've ever heard a proper explanation.
I do know that when Bill Parcells coached the Giants Mike was a fanboy because of his friendship with Bill. When Tuna left Mike pretty much rooted for any team Bill coached. Now that Bill doesn't coach anymore I'm not sure what to make of it. Mike was also tight with Ernie Accorsi and made no efforts to hide that. Dog loved the late George Young but that didn't stop him from hating on the Football Giants any chance he could (like his infamous SB XXV prediction).
Caller asked Mike today if he would have Russo on if the Giants won the WS and Mike said "I haven't thought about it to be honest, I haven't thought about it." Really? I find that pretty hard to believe. But, if he is telling the truth, then that's just fucking sad.
Damn shame no Mike and Dog tomorrow...may have to see if I can find free one day subscription to Russo. As sadly have just got used to solo Mike rather than spend $ on radio.
Doesn't get any better than leading off first half hour with serious Breeder's Cup talk. Ok hopefully he'll stop as really can't be that many folks that are into this that will call. Ok now it's back to Mickey Mantle talk, slight improvement.
Oh,the caterwauling going on during the end of the show over the latest Jeteh developments. I hope some of you heard it out there. Mike was over the top critical of what the Yankees were doing to the captain, and most callers agreed. Good stuff.