Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show
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Mike just said Jeter should finish in the top 5 in the MVP vote this season. To his credit, he was shooting down a caller who thought he should be THE MVP, but come on, this is exactly why Poz needed to invent the word "Jeterate." There are currently 41 players in the AL with a higher bWAR than him, 2 of whom play in his own infield.
Edit: Make that 55 players in the AL with a higher bWAR than him, forgot to include the pitchers.
Edit: Make that 55 players in the AL with a higher bWAR than him, forgot to include the pitchers.
Without devolving into a discussion over why you would think that MVP should be decided by a single stat, I think Francesa has a point. With injuries and offseasons around him in the lineup, rotation and bullpen, with the exception of Swisher, Jeter's consistency this year has made him "valuable" to a team that is still in first place.
If Francesa's point was simply that the injury ridden Yankees have derived value from Derek Jeter's good season, than, yes, he'd have a point. But he said Jeter was that he was one the 5 most valuable freaking players in the league.
Any quips like 'I know my critics...Raisman...will have a field day with this. And, you know what, let them have their day, you the listeners are what I care about, etc' He loves an opportunity to lash out.
My impression was he's asking them what's next after Murdy stops talking. Sweeney sure went on for a long time. I almost fell asleep, too, watching the video.
Listening to the opening of Mad Dog's show. He goes to the break and says a lot things to get to. He says we need to get to sleepgate.
Any more quotes? I'm sure it will be on youtube later, but i'd love to hear what he said today.
Francesa does a 5-1/2 hour show five days a week from 1-6:30 p.m. Are there any other talk show hosts who go more than 4 hours? I'm thinking Massarotti when you add in his Baseball Reporters hour at 6 p.m.
D.A. goes from 7 to midnight. Technically, Mikey Adams is on from 6-11, but between the Sox and Celtics he's works an awful lot of shorter shifts.
A 5+ hour show is certainly rare for the daypart shifts however.
I love this story, I hope it just keeps going.
Dog weighs in ("gotta be fair Mike!!"):
Dog weighs in ("gotta be fair Mike!!"):
Mike gets annoyed with callers who insist he fell asleep:
One more thing to love about the Francesa-nap story: the sudden wealth of attention he's getting, which leads to descriptions like this from David Roth at the Classical:
"He's grandiose and petty at once, which is not exactly a new combination, but which is one to which he has added new and weird Escher-ian dimensions, little grouchy stairwells to nowhere and corridors that twist biliously back on themselves before plunging into shallow pools of Diet Coke. While it's impossible to gainsay his work ethic—he talks about something he barely cares about, to people he cares not at all for, in the company of co-workers he plainly disdains, for five hours a day, every day—Francesa is also pretty frankly repellent in most ways. If an undercooked veal chop could also develop a Long Island accent, it would be Francesa. If Sean Hannity's trolled-out soul poured all its sour essence into eating parm-style sandwiches with Bill Parcells, it would be Francesa. If Donald Trump got an ulcer that could wear a headset and interrupt people, it would be Francesa. All of which is to say that I am, regrettably, fascinated by the guy."
"He's grandiose and petty at once, which is not exactly a new combination, but which is one to which he has added new and weird Escher-ian dimensions, little grouchy stairwells to nowhere and corridors that twist biliously back on themselves before plunging into shallow pools of Diet Coke. While it's impossible to gainsay his work ethic—he talks about something he barely cares about, to people he cares not at all for, in the company of co-workers he plainly disdains, for five hours a day, every day—Francesa is also pretty frankly repellent in most ways. If an undercooked veal chop could also develop a Long Island accent, it would be Francesa. If Sean Hannity's trolled-out soul poured all its sour essence into eating parm-style sandwiches with Bill Parcells, it would be Francesa. If Donald Trump got an ulcer that could wear a headset and interrupt people, it would be Francesa. All of which is to say that I am, regrettably, fascinated by the guy."
All I see is a lot of wasted breath and print over a guy nodding off for a few seconds because he was up late with a sick child. But maybe I just blacked out for a short spell and missed something...
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He's still better radio than almost anyone else around doing sports talk. I like that he's mostly without stupid schtick. Boomer and Carton are fun, but there's just so much extra noise with all their little games, sound effects, tricks, guy talk, etc. Mike is really pretty straightforward, which I appreciate. He's not exactly a saber guy, but he's not a total troglodyte either -- he gets the importance of OBP at the top of the lineup, which all by itself puts him ahead of a lot of guys talking baseball. He can be pompous and arrogant, and occasionally totally wrong-headed, inconsistent and a bit of a bully. But he's also pretty good at what he does.
I don't care about the nodding off thing. Sweeney Murti's Yankee reports are generally pretty tedious.
I don't care about the nodding off thing. Sweeney Murti's Yankee reports are generally pretty tedious.
Listening to Mike cover the Ryder Cup is brutal, topped off by him throwing out Rocco Mediate as a Ryder Cup captain candidate.
Mediate has never played in any international competition for the U.S., and he has two career wins.
Mediate has never played in any international competition for the U.S., and he has two career wins.
Yeah, there are no official rules, but the PGA of America tends to favor (no surprise) past PGA champions. If they can't get that, they look for major champions. They also look for someone in the 45 - 55 age range. And past Ryder Cup experience is essential. Rocco fits the age profile, but that's about it.
No surprise that Mike either knows nothing about this or just doesn't care.
Fat Man themed article on Grantland-- http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8452270/the-jets-giants-mike-francesa-bad-weekend-nyc-sports
A very somber and introspective Francesa today. Downtrodden might be the best word to describe my favorite person of all-time.
I think that's the worst series anyone has every played. They said it was the 2nd lowest team BA in LCS history.
They played 39 innings and scored in 3 of them. They never held a lead, not once, not a 1-0 lead after the top of the first. It was an abysmal performance on the offensive side. They didn't pitch all that poorly (until game 4, they had only allowed 11 runs in 3 games), but it's hard to imagine a worse offensive performance in a best-of-seven series. Of the 6 runs they scored, 5 came via the home run (and 2 of the 3 home runs they hit were to RF in the new toilet). Just no offense whatsoever.
The Yanks have been swept twice before, in 1963 by the Dodgers and in 1976 by the Reds.
So Koufax and Drysdale (with Johnny Podres starting Game 2) and the Big Red Machine. I'd say the Tigers were every bit as dominant but as a team they're clearly not in their class.
So Koufax and Drysdale (with Johnny Podres starting Game 2) and the Big Red Machine. I'd say the Tigers were every bit as dominant but as a team they're clearly not in their class.
Girardi on with Francesca now. Doesn't know why the hitters all went cold. A few good breaks might have turned the tide, etc, but it just snowballed. No discipline issue with ARod -- just did what he thought he needed to do each day to try to win games. Thinks Nunez can be an everyday player, as a shortstop, that Nunez can learn better defense.
Right before the Girardi interview, he was debating with a caller whether this loss was worse than 2004. Francesa said no, caller said yes..."At least they were competitive in 2004!"
L-freakin'-O-L.
L-freakin'-O-L.
They were also swept in 1922 by the Giants, and of course by the Royals in 3 games in 1980.
I truly miss The Mad Dog on days like this. Mike as the adult and Mad Dog as the 9 year old sugar junkie.
Russo took his shots yesterday, though he wasn't over-the-top about it because the MFYs looked semi-pathetic during the series. At 6:05 he called on the Crack Committee by name (listed 5-6 guys, including Eddie Coleman, Gary Cohen, and Mr. Met Bob Heussler " who's stuck doing updates while MIke cries") to rise up and celebrate.
Russo was killing Cano... "Can you run to first base please?"
He was particularly excitable this week, and when he gets like that the malapropisms run wild. He referred to one manager (can't remember who) as a Reconnaissance Man (instead of Renaissance), and when he got off track on his subject yesterday he said, "enough of that... I regress..." (instead of digress). Hysterical.
Russo was killing Cano... "Can you run to first base please?"
He was particularly excitable this week, and when he gets like that the malapropisms run wild. He referred to one manager (can't remember who) as a Reconnaissance Man (instead of Renaissance), and when he got off track on his subject yesterday he said, "enough of that... I regress..." (instead of digress). Hysterical.
My favorite part of Mike's show yesterday was when Mike turned his attention from the Yankees to college football.
"And LSU misses The Sugar Bear."
Yep, Tyrann Mathieu was a Heisman finalist. Francesa doesn't know his name or his nickname. Keep in mind that Francesa is a Heisman voter.
"And LSU misses The Sugar Bear."
Yep, Tyrann Mathieu was a Heisman finalist. Francesa doesn't know his name or his nickname. Keep in mind that Francesa is a Heisman voter.
Reminds me of when Mutnansky was recently trying to pay tribute to Troy Brown on his show while Brown was there and said "Troy Brown embolizes what a Patriot should be."
For those who missed it, this youtube channel has both the intro and the Girardi interview from Friday's show: http://www.youtube.c...t/videos?view=0