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Sid Rosenberg Resigns From WFAN

PatchyFogg Sep 12 2005 11:32 AM

Anyone got any news on it?

metirish Sep 12 2005 11:34 AM

I haven't heard, he'd be no great loss though, I wouldn't be surprised if he went on a bender after the Giants game yesterday.

KC Sep 12 2005 11:36 AM

Thank god, his voice goes right through me.

seawolf17 Sep 12 2005 11:51 AM

I know he has his own personal demons, but the guy's a moron.

Elster88 Sep 12 2005 12:40 PM

Good riddance to bad rubbish. _____________________________ This post had the designation 158) Mark Carreon

Valadius Sep 12 2005 01:02 PM

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What for? I need a reason behind this. Sid and Joe have had GREAT chemistry.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 12 2005 01:09 PM

Maybe Sid fell off the wagon, or maybe got that lobotomy he needs so desperately. I heard about 20 minutes of the show this morning and other than Beningo calling it the "Joe Beningo Show" didn;t mention it, and none of the callers asked. 2 retards minus 1 retard still equals retarded, I think.

Iubitul Sep 12 2005 01:37 PM

I always thought WFAN kept the wrong guy when they fired Jody Mac, and kept Sidiot

Elster88 Sep 12 2005 01:41 PM

It was almost fun to listen back then to get to hear Jody Mac sigh every time Sid said something stupid and then either change the subject or gently point out that was Sid said was completely wrong. This would happen every five minutes. Not that I loved or even liked Jody, but it was funny knowing that he was thinking to himself "I can't believe my co-host is such an idiot." _____________________________ This was Elster88's last post with the designation 158) Mark Carreon. Goodbye to a lifetime member of the All Met Mustache Club!

Mex17 Sep 13 2005 12:52 AM

[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/09-13-2005/news/gossip/story/345839p-295169c.html[/url]

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2005 10:53 AM

Not that I want to wish bad health on someone, particularly one with an infant child, but I truly hope to never hear that guy's voice over the public airwaves ever again. FAN knew full well what it was getting into when they hired him off of a 'morning zoo' style program and got what they deserved as they gave increased airtime not merely despite his foibles but seemingly because of them. Sid wasn't one to just admit to his various abuses, he'd go out of his way to brag about them. At various times he proudly owned up to stealing satellite TV signals (and got sued for it), taking dry cleaning that wasn't his (and may have belonged to a 9/11 victim), as well as various other sleaze-ball activities. And gee, now he fails to show up for work (again) after taking an offer (was there anything he'd turn down?) for an Atlantic City appearance for a fantasy football league promotion (good spot for an addicted gambler) sponsored by a trashy men's magazine! Wow, whoda thunk it? Unfortunately for him out of all his various addictions I think the one that may have sunk him is the one he had to fame. The outrageousness never seemed to bother him because he knew it spun the publicity machine which in turn fed his self-aggrandizing ego. Get Benigno a sane partner and maybe that time-slot will become listenable again. Just by chance I happened to flip on ESPN radio sometime Saturday morning and caught Jody MacDonald - the guy FAN dumped in order to hitch their wagon to Sid - doing a show. The whiff of intelligent, reasoned sports talk was so unexpected I almost didn't recognize it.

Elster88 Sep 13 2005 10:58 AM

I think the theory is that the main person who kept Sid on the FAN was Imus. _____________________________ This post had the designation 157) Alex Ochoa

metsmarathon Sep 13 2005 11:01 AM

what is it about sid that made me like his partners way more than him? i actually liked the guy he was paired with way way back when on WNEW (scott something or other, i guess...?), and also liked jody mac better. never could figure out how sid managed to hang on instead of them, but then, i generally disagree with most radio station programming changes. maybe FAN can hire wally and the keeg...

Mex17 Sep 13 2005 12:14 PM

Keegan is actually already in the midwest somewhere editing a newspaper or something.

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2005 01:18 PM

="Elster88"]I think the theory is that the main person who kept Sid on the FAN was Imus. That he was canned from Imus's show months ago even as the sports portion of the programming day continued to go all out in promoting him indicates that this probably wasn't the case. Imus seems to have realized - perhaps because he's an ex-drunk/druggie himself - that putting Sid into the class clown/court jester role on the show was acting as an enabler to his weaknesses more than it was helping. FAN's station mgmt shirley knew this also but chose not only to ignore it but often play it up: 'gee, here's a guy addicted to gambling, porn, alchohol & drugs, so let's set him up with an hour long interview with Jose Canseco's ex-wife and her sleazy tell-all book, then send him to a Saturday night Atlantic City party/gambling promotion, before finishing up the weekend with his regular Sunday "pre-game show" with all the tailgaiters in the Meadowlands parking lot.

Mex17 Sep 13 2005 01:34 PM

". . .send him to a Saturday night Atlantic City party/gambling promotion," I have no way of confirming this, but I have the feeling that this was something that he set up by himself on the side.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 13 2005 01:38 PM

Mex17 wrote: ". . .send him to a Saturday night Atlantic City party/gambling promotion," I have no way of confirming this, but I have the feeling that this was something that he set up by himself on the side. That's my impression too. But regardless, it does seem that as far as Sid's recovery goes, WFAN was more a part of the problem than a part of the solution.

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2005 01:48 PM

That's probably true and I shouldn't have said that the station "sent him" there although, even if it was something he set up himself, some media contracts have provisions where the employer needs to approve outside events. Either way, it proved to be a monumentally stupid idea for someone who normally operated under the theory that the only bad publicity is when they spelled your name incorrectly. Probably looks a bit differently now.

Elster88 Sep 13 2005 02:08 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: ="Elster88"]I think the theory is that the main person who kept Sid on the FAN was Imus. That he was canned from Imus's show months ago even as the sports portion of the programming day continued to go all out in promoting him indicates that this probably wasn't the case. I meant until he was booted off Imus' show, obviously. _____________________________ This post had the designation 157) Alex Ochoa

SI Metman Sep 13 2005 03:10 PM

I'm guessing that Chris Carlin, the same man who replaced him on Imus will be the same man who will replace him on the midday show.

Elster88 Sep 13 2005 03:31 PM

Eh. I don't listen to that show anyway. _____________________________ This post had the designation 157) Alex Ochoa

mlbaseballtalk Sep 22 2005 05:06 PM

Late but I was just reminded about this, The thing I really couldn't take about Sid was how, even though he is a Met fan, would always bring up the most obscure, no name Met whenever talking big time Met moments or players. Now it'd be mostly players he grew up watching, the Phil Mankowskis (although, and no way of knowing, it is possible Mankowski and Rosenberg share the same faith), and Mark Bombacks of the world but it furthers the ridiculous anti-Met argument that we have no real history and that most of our best known and most beloved players were all never weres, average or in some cases slightly above average (talking about a Rusty Staub there, but for the most part the Rusty the anti-Met talks about is the overweight PH extrodianre that Rusty was the second time around) Quite an absurd argrument when you consider who the fans chose on the All Amazin team Mike Piazza, Keith Hernandez, Edgardo Alfonzo, Howard Johnson, Cleon Jones, Len Dysktra, Mookie Wilson, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Roger McDowell, John Franco, Buddy Harrelson, Rusty Staub, Tug McGraw All legit MLB stars (not neccessarilly All Stars, (Mookie, early Alfonzo) but guys that you'd know if you followed the game closely) in their prime (maybe a year or two in McDowell and Alfonzo's case) mix in couple of immortals in Seaver and Piazza of course Also in Mookie's case, not only was he a damn good ballplayer, but please after Game 6 how can ANY Met fan leave him off the All Time Met Roster. No Ed Kranepools, no Art Shamskys, no Ron Gardenhires (Yup, Ed Randall when interviewing the Twins Manager called him a "Met fan favorite) no Tim Bogars, no Ron Hodges, Mackey Sassers, ect Oh sure there is some fondness for the little guys, bench and role players. But every team has them. No one is going up to a Yankee fan saying "Yankees? Are you kidding me? Luis Sojo is your big all time favorite?" Its a myth that is spurned by the media's insistance on showing how "minor league/small market" the Mets have been through the years as compared to the "Mighty Yankees" Steve