this is not really an a-hole ripping that he seemed to be promising earlier
kinda disappointing
kinda disappointing
Mike'd Up: The Mike Francesa Show
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QUOTE (RingoOSU @ Jun 19 2009, 01:48 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368663
Caller: when he's on, Joba is the second best starter in the American League after Halliday
Mike: (hangs up) Good bye. What planet are you on?
I am kicking myself for not listening to Francesa today. Thanks for all the recaps - it's hilarious, especially the one above. Love delusional Yankee calls, since it give Mike a chance to do just that.
BTW, isn't it Fracesa with one s, not two as in the title of the thread?
Caller: when he's on, Joba is the second best starter in the American League after Halliday
Mike: (hangs up) Good bye. What planet are you on?
I am kicking myself for not listening to Francesa today. Thanks for all the recaps - it's hilarious, especially the one above. Love delusional Yankee calls, since it give Mike a chance to do just that.
BTW, isn't it Fracesa with one s, not two as in the title of the thread?
QUOTE (EastCoasterOutWest @ Jun 19 2009, 05:15 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368973
Girardi: we weren't swinging the bats well
re: Joba: he's got a 4 ERA, in top 50 in AL
Joba's ERA is 3.89. Which is like 26th.
Girardi: we weren't swinging the bats well
re: Joba: he's got a 4 ERA, in top 50 in AL
Joba's ERA is 3.89. Which is like 26th.
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 19 2009, 04:06 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368959
The fawning is a little too much at times, but in all honesty he has had to deal with an incredible amount of injuries just to his pitching staff, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. And yet they have roughly the same record as the Yankees.
They play the shitty A's and shitty Mariners.
The fawning is a little too much at times, but in all honesty he has had to deal with an incredible amount of injuries just to his pitching staff, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. And yet they have roughly the same record as the Yankees.
They play the shitty A's and shitty Mariners.
QUOTE (RingoOSU @ Jun 19 2009, 05:40 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2369018
They play the shitty A's and shitty Mariners.
26-17 against non-divisional opponents
They play the shitty A's and shitty Mariners.
26-17 against non-divisional opponents
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BTW, isn't it Fracesa with one s, not two as in the title of the thread?
yes and no, there's one "s" and one "n" too. :lol:
BTW, isn't it Fracesa with one s, not two as in the title of the thread?
yes and no, there's one "s" and one "n" too. :lol:
QUOTE (Wingack @ Jun 19 2009, 05:33 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2369009
Joba's ERA is 3.89. Which is like 26th.
Yeah, but it's like saying Daisuke had the 7th best ERA among starters in baseball last year. He did, but he walked a ton of guys, couldn't get into the 7th inning, etc... Joba and Daisuke last year are valuable, but ERA isn't telling much of a story there.
Joba reminds me of '06-'07 Lester. Too many walks, can't put guys away, can't pitch deep into games, but these guys can get themselves out of their jams pretty well, so they're not killing their teams. The difference is, Lester added velocity, and improved, Joba lost velocity and has regressed.
Joba's ERA is 3.89. Which is like 26th.
Yeah, but it's like saying Daisuke had the 7th best ERA among starters in baseball last year. He did, but he walked a ton of guys, couldn't get into the 7th inning, etc... Joba and Daisuke last year are valuable, but ERA isn't telling much of a story there.
Joba reminds me of '06-'07 Lester. Too many walks, can't put guys away, can't pitch deep into games, but these guys can get themselves out of their jams pretty well, so they're not killing their teams. The difference is, Lester added velocity, and improved, Joba lost velocity and has regressed.
QUOTE (jtn46 @ Jun 19 2009, 05:50 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2369038
Yeah, but it's like saying Daisuke had the 7th best ERA among starters in baseball last year. He did, but he walked a ton of guys, couldn't get into the 7th inning, etc... Joba and Daisuke last year are valuable, but ERA isn't telling much of a story there.
Joba reminds me of '06-'07 Lester. Too many walks, can't put guys away, can't pitch deep into games, but these guys can get themselves out of their jams pretty well, so they're not killing their teams. The difference is, Lester added velocity, and improved, Joba lost velocity and has regressed.
I'm not listening to the show, but from the post I quoted it sounds like Francessa said he had a 4 ERA and which is Top 50. That hardly an accurate statment.
He has been disappointing, trust me I know he is on my fantasy team his WHIP is a killer with all those walks, but he has been keeping the team in games (just two losses) it's not like he has been Wang bad or even Liriano or Nolasco bad.
Yeah, but it's like saying Daisuke had the 7th best ERA among starters in baseball last year. He did, but he walked a ton of guys, couldn't get into the 7th inning, etc... Joba and Daisuke last year are valuable, but ERA isn't telling much of a story there.
Joba reminds me of '06-'07 Lester. Too many walks, can't put guys away, can't pitch deep into games, but these guys can get themselves out of their jams pretty well, so they're not killing their teams. The difference is, Lester added velocity, and improved, Joba lost velocity and has regressed.
I'm not listening to the show, but from the post I quoted it sounds like Francessa said he had a 4 ERA and which is Top 50. That hardly an accurate statment.
He has been disappointing, trust me I know he is on my fantasy team his WHIP is a killer with all those walks, but he has been keeping the team in games (just two losses) it's not like he has been Wang bad or even Liriano or Nolasco bad.
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 19 2009, 04:21 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368895
Here comes the whiner line. Waah, the Sox are done with their west coast trips. Waah, the Sox don't have to play nine straight road interleague games. Waah, waah, waah.
Lol boo hoo
Is Fatso saying this or are the callers? I hardly think a series with the Mets classifies as a road series.
Here comes the whiner line. Waah, the Sox are done with their west coast trips. Waah, the Sox don't have to play nine straight road interleague games. Waah, waah, waah.
Lol boo hoo
Is Fatso saying this or are the callers? I hardly think a series with the Mets classifies as a road series.
QUOTE (bankshot1 @ Jun 19 2009, 09:08 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368964
5PM News teaser: ARod out the next 2 games due to fatigue.
"We're tired of watching him play" ... NATSTOWN!
5PM News teaser: ARod out the next 2 games due to fatigue.
"We're tired of watching him play" ... NATSTOWN!
I don't know if you can find it online, but Artie Lange went on Russo's show and had a tremendous anti-Francessa rant when he believed Francessa had trashed him ("I saw him at the Knicks game, I wonder if they charged him for 3 seats") and then turned on Chris telling him he screamed like a lunatic. I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard. It was like everything I had been thinking about those 2 since I started listening to them. I wish Artie called WFAN 2 years ago.
Lange called back and apologized after, because Mike actually sort of complimented Artie, saying Buck's show sucked and that Artie was the only compelling thing about it.
Lange called back and apologized after, because Mike actually sort of complimented Artie, saying Buck's show sucked and that Artie was the only compelling thing about it.
Here's a couple of clips from today's show.
The first one is the show open from 1:05 to 1:20.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1219113/NatstownRantPt1.mp3
The second includes the always entertaining Mike from Montclair and ends with the JAG comment.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1219113/NatstownRantPt2.mp3
The Fan website has the Girardi interview up if anyone is interested in that.
http://www.wfan.com/pages/744503.php
The first one is the show open from 1:05 to 1:20.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1219113/NatstownRantPt1.mp3
The second includes the always entertaining Mike from Montclair and ends with the JAG comment.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1219113/NatstownRantPt2.mp3
The Fan website has the Girardi interview up if anyone is interested in that.
http://www.wfan.com/pages/744503.php
QUOTE (jtn46 @ Jun 19 2009, 06:14 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2369078
I don't know if you can find it online, but Artie Lange went on Russo's show and had a tremendous anti-Francessa rant when he believed Francessa had trashed him ("I saw him at the Knicks game, I wonder if they charged him for 3 seats") and then turned on Chris telling him he screamed like a lunatic. I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard. It was like everything I had been thinking about those 2 since I started listening to them. I wish Artie called WFAN 2 years ago.
Lange called back and apologized after, because Mike actually sort of complimented Artie, saying Buck's show sucked and that Artie was the only compelling thing about it.
Here's the YouTube of it. The same guy has 3 other clips available. The Francesa part starts around 2:40.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVsOBrPXYw
I don't know if you can find it online, but Artie Lange went on Russo's show and had a tremendous anti-Francessa rant when he believed Francessa had trashed him ("I saw him at the Knicks game, I wonder if they charged him for 3 seats") and then turned on Chris telling him he screamed like a lunatic. I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard. It was like everything I had been thinking about those 2 since I started listening to them. I wish Artie called WFAN 2 years ago.
Lange called back and apologized after, because Mike actually sort of complimented Artie, saying Buck's show sucked and that Artie was the only compelling thing about it.
Here's the YouTube of it. The same guy has 3 other clips available. The Francesa part starts around 2:40.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVsOBrPXYw
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 22 2009, 12:41 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373583
Should be a good show today with another poor series from the Yankees.
Yup, as always can someone who can watch post some of what he says? Despite the Golf happening in Long Island, I bet he leads with the Yanks.
Anyone watch his TV show last night? What was his focus?
Should be a good show today with another poor series from the Yankees.
Yup, as always can someone who can watch post some of what he says? Despite the Golf happening in Long Island, I bet he leads with the Yanks.
Anyone watch his TV show last night? What was his focus?
I'll try to post some of what he says, but I'm extremely ADHD so no promises that I'll maintain focus.
Ripping Tomko... not turning on A-Rod for partying with Kate Hudson
Yankees are and awful team and have been since arriving in Boston
Yankees are and awful team and have been since arriving in Boston
Basically said the Yanks were disgraceful. I missed some of it, but it was very dismissive. Said they were worse than the Mets. The tone was one of disgust.
- City has two bad baseball teams...one has at least a plausible excuse (injuries), but the other is just bad.
- Red Sox series was clearly indicative of who the Yankees are - mismatched group that doesn't play well together, especially now that Damon and Teixeira are not carrying the offense and Cabrera has come down to earth
- Enough of Tomko - understand that Sabathia left early, but Tomko can't do the job...dreadful, overmatched.
- Ugly Yankee team, nothing likable about it - overpriced, old, misplaced, not fun to watch
- Shut down by mediocre Marlins team
- Who knows with Sabathia...no idea what his comments about 'not coming out if it's September' means...whole team is peculiar and not built to play in the NL parks because of shoddy defense
- Yankees simply not in the class of the Sox, despite what some 'clueless' callers think --- Sox 15 games over .500, done with West Coast, etc., while the Yanks owe their record to one good run
- Here comes Tampa Bay - every bit as capable of the Yanks of fighting for a wild card spot
- Sick of looking at this Yankee team...everyone made a big deal out of that run, but the Yankees have the same glaring holes as in past years.
- Red Sox series was clearly indicative of who the Yankees are - mismatched group that doesn't play well together, especially now that Damon and Teixeira are not carrying the offense and Cabrera has come down to earth
- Enough of Tomko - understand that Sabathia left early, but Tomko can't do the job...dreadful, overmatched.
- Ugly Yankee team, nothing likable about it - overpriced, old, misplaced, not fun to watch
- Shut down by mediocre Marlins team
- Who knows with Sabathia...no idea what his comments about 'not coming out if it's September' means...whole team is peculiar and not built to play in the NL parks because of shoddy defense
- Yankees simply not in the class of the Sox, despite what some 'clueless' callers think --- Sox 15 games over .500, done with West Coast, etc., while the Yanks owe their record to one good run
- Here comes Tampa Bay - every bit as capable of the Yanks of fighting for a wild card spot
- Sick of looking at this Yankee team...everyone made a big deal out of that run, but the Yankees have the same glaring holes as in past years.
Enough of Tomko, can't get a hit in a big spot, throw to wrong base. Tomko needs to go to some other team. Yanks "ugly looking team."
The Arod thing is kinda peculiar, over all the whole team is kinda peculiar. yankees fans who think their team better than RS not paying attention.
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 19 2009, 05:06 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2368959
The fawning is a little too much at times, but in all honesty he has had to deal with an incredible amount of injuries just to his pitching staff, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. And yet they have roughly the same record as the Yankees.
Playing mostly against the no offense A's, the no offense Mariners and the Rangers. The whole team would be dead if they were in the AL East.
Annnnnnnnd I now see that other posters had already remarked about this same point.
The fawning is a little too much at times, but in all honesty he has had to deal with an incredible amount of injuries just to his pitching staff, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. And yet they have roughly the same record as the Yankees.
Playing mostly against the no offense A's, the no offense Mariners and the Rangers. The whole team would be dead if they were in the AL East.
Annnnnnnnd I now see that other posters had already remarked about this same point.
Tampa's gonna make a run, fight Yankees for the wild card.
Sick of looking at this Yankees team. Same issues as recent years. No good at situational baseball. Only good against bad pitchers in the late innings.
Yankee calls when we return!
Sick of looking at this Yankees team. Same issues as recent years. No good at situational baseball. Only good against bad pitchers in the late innings.
Yankee calls when we return!
QUOTE (Rough Carrigan @ Jun 22 2009, 01:35 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373749
Playing mostly against the no offense A's, the no offense Mariners and the Rangers. The whole team would be dead if they were in the AL East.
I've always thought that the Yankees have had a very lucky year. They beat some good teams, the Twins absolutely shat their pants in Yankee Stadium and blew a bunch of late leads. Castillo drops that ball and hell the Nats could have swept them if they played a few fly balls better.
Obviously you can do that with all teams, but it really feels like the Yankees are actually fortunate to be where they are.
Playing mostly against the no offense A's, the no offense Mariners and the Rangers. The whole team would be dead if they were in the AL East.
I've always thought that the Yankees have had a very lucky year. They beat some good teams, the Twins absolutely shat their pants in Yankee Stadium and blew a bunch of late leads. Castillo drops that ball and hell the Nats could have swept them if they played a few fly balls better.
Obviously you can do that with all teams, but it really feels like the Yankees are actually fortunate to be where they are.
QUOTE (OilCanShotTupac @ Jun 22 2009, 12:40 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373763
Mike: "The Red Sox haven't grown a lot of this talent, they've traded for it."
Uhh. . .
Yea that's a pretty ridiculous statement, especially with his recent irrational fawning over the likes of Hunter Jones. Who exactly does Mike think we used in those trades to get the talent we have?
Mike: "The Red Sox haven't grown a lot of this talent, they've traded for it."
Uhh. . .
Yea that's a pretty ridiculous statement, especially with his recent irrational fawning over the likes of Hunter Jones. Who exactly does Mike think we used in those trades to get the talent we have?
QUOTE (SonsOfCharlieZink @ Jun 22 2009, 01:39 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373762
Red Sox have not grown a lot of this talent? Is he kidding?
Yeah, that was an odd remark Mike tossed in while chatting with the last caller. Of course, Beckett is always very prominent in Mike's thinking.
Red Sox have not grown a lot of this talent? Is he kidding?
Yeah, that was an odd remark Mike tossed in while chatting with the last caller. Of course, Beckett is always very prominent in Mike's thinking.
QUOTE (OilCanShotTupac @ Jun 22 2009, 01:40 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373763
Mike: "The Red Sox haven't grown a lot of this talent, they've traded for it."
Uhh. . .
This was odd, especially since Mike has emphasized the exact opposite in the past.
I think guys like Bay, Beckett, and Lowell factor into this statement pretty heavily.
Mike: "The Red Sox haven't grown a lot of this talent, they've traded for it."
Uhh. . .
This was odd, especially since Mike has emphasized the exact opposite in the past.
I think guys like Bay, Beckett, and Lowell factor into this statement pretty heavily.
I'll call his reaction to the A-Rod "nightlife" stuff as "The Mickey Mantle Defense."
"Come on. These guys are gonna go out."
"Come on. These guys are gonna go out."
Why would he defend A-Rod, though? It's not like he's in the bag for him like Jeter or Pettitte.
EDIT - He just said Youkilis is an 'interesting' player that doesn't have 'gaudy' stats...then he proceeds to state that he is leading the league in OBP and SLG. What?
EDIT - He just said Youkilis is an 'interesting' player that doesn't have 'gaudy' stats...then he proceeds to state that he is leading the league in OBP and SLG. What?
This caller can't be real right? You can't be a Sox fan and want the MFYs to hang around "for the sake of the rivalry". WTF?
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 22 2009, 01:59 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373815
This caller can't be real right? You can't be a Sox fan and want the MFYs to hang around "for the sake of the rivalry". WTF?
I'm hoping she's fucking with him. He seems to think so - her statements are simply too off the wall.
This caller can't be real right? You can't be a Sox fan and want the MFYs to hang around "for the sake of the rivalry". WTF?
I'm hoping she's fucking with him. He seems to think so - her statements are simply too off the wall.
QUOTE (NYCSox @ Jun 22 2009, 01:59 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373815
This caller can't be real right? You can't be a Sox fan and want the MFYs to hang around "for the sake of the rivalry". WTF?
What a load a crap from "Debbie", though she's distressing Mike at least.
This caller can't be real right? You can't be a Sox fan and want the MFYs to hang around "for the sake of the rivalry". WTF?
What a load a crap from "Debbie", though she's distressing Mike at least.
Labelled A-Rod as "dead wrong" if he asked out of the lineup from fatigue, and then went out for late-night clubbing. Big discussion of Heyman's article, and how messy it makes the whole Yankee operation look.
"I think there isn't any question Cashman's and Girardi's jobs should be on the line if they don't make the playoffs this year."
"I think there isn't any question Cashman's and Girardi's jobs should be on the line if they don't make the playoffs this year."
QUOTE (rembrat @ Jun 22 2009, 01:01 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2373823
Yea, stats aren't Mike's strong suit. I've been wondering why Brett Tomko is still a major leaguer for a while now too. It makes no sense.
I think Dewey Tomko could out pitch Brett at this point.
Yea, stats aren't Mike's strong suit. I've been wondering why Brett Tomko is still a major leaguer for a while now too. It makes no sense.
I think Dewey Tomko could out pitch Brett at this point.
Anybody hear Fat Mike's Minaya interview this afternoon? Curious to see if he took Omar to task.
