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.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.
Only human. Raismann and Mushnick rip him whenever they can.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.The best part is when he wakes up, startled, and immediately starts barking at his producers.
Any more quotes? I'm sure it will be on youtube later, but i'd love to hear what he said today.He is now addressing the sleeping issue. It was his sons fault.
“I did close my eyes during the Sweeny interview and that was on TV and it's become this bone of contention because I guess everything we do on this show does,” Francesa said on Thursday’ show. “But I promise you, I was never asleep. I promise you. I promise you I won’t come in without sleeping because my wife said I can’t do that anymore.”
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Mad Dog does 5 hours. 2-7Francesa 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.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.
“We’ve gotta be fair. I mean, Mike nodded off. He probably would’ve been better off just saying, ‘I nodded off, my error.’ It can happen. Listen, he’s been doing that show forever so it can happen,” Russo said. “I don’t think Sweeny took offense to it but Mike did nod off, no question about it.”
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.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.
I think that's the worst series anyone has every played. They said it was the 2nd lowest team BA in LCS history."The worst series the Yankees have ever played"
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.I think that's the worst series anyone has every played. They said it was the 2nd lowest team BA in LCS history.
They were also swept in 1922 by the Giants, and of course by the Royals in 3 games in 1980.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.
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."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.