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bmfc1 Aug 23 2012 04:11 PM

Is there anything in here that's wrong? I hope that this was playing the front office. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgyRKcEXYtI

seawolf17 Aug 23 2012 04:33 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

This is GOLD.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2012 05:19 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

I'm starting to tire of all of the current griping about the Mets. Especially when it comes from some asshole like Francesca. The team's rebuilding; it's essentially in teardown mode. They're gonna suck for a while and there's no way around it. It's probably best to accept the status quo, suck it up and endure it. This was a long time coming. The FO was never willing to rebuild before, always believing that some past his sell date former star - a Mo Vaughn here or a Tom Glavine there - was enough to take the Mets over that last hump and to the promised land, all the while masking the barren foundation that the Mets were built on. The longer this rebuild was delayed, the more damage and rot there would be to fix. The day of reckoning has finally arrived and it makes no difference whether it was born from level-headed thinking or a financial crisis that threatened to strip the Wilpons of their team. The rebuild is here, and the team ain't gonna get fixed in half a season, watered down wild card or no watered down wild card. Of course, management has to market the team and sell seats, so they're gonna make unrealistic statements about the state of the franchise. We, the hard-core, should know better and shouldn't waste our time parsing Alderson's MetSpeak, looking for absurd guarantees that hint at near-future meaningful games in the late season. There's nothing wrong with hoping for the Mets to exceed expectations, but this griping when the team plays exactly as the so called expert expect them to play is wearing thin.

metirish Aug 23 2012 05:36 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Who the fuck is he screaming at?

MFS62 Aug 23 2012 06:21 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish wrote: Who the fuck is he screaming at? It isn't screaming. The gas bag opened up and let the hot air out. He must have enjoyed the shit out of doing that. Later

G-Fafif Aug 23 2012 06:23 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The team's rebuilding; it's essentially in teardown mode. They're gonna suck for a while and there's no way around it. It's probably best to accept the status quo, suck it up and endure it. This was a long time coming. The FO was never willing to rebuild before, always believing that some past his sell date former star - a Mo Vaughn here or a Tom Glavine there - was enough to take the Mets over that last hump and to the promised land, all the while masking the barren foundation that the Mets were built on. The longer this rebuild was delayed, the more damage and rot there would be to fix. The day of reckoning has finally arrived and it makes no difference whether it was born from level-headed thinking or a financial crisis that threatened to strip the Wilpons of their team. The rebuild is here, and the team ain't gonna get fixed in half a season, watered down wild card or no watered down wild card. This is incisive analysis in the broad context of where this franchise stands, but after sitting through three of these four games, I'm utterly down with Screaming MF on this one. He's especially right about Collins and his BS about we tried, we were close. The last TC presser I sat in on, during the Marlin series, included "we're only losing by a little," which to me was an alarm bell rung by a desperate manager who has no idea what else to do or say.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 23 2012 08:04 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

The problem is that he's whipping the dumbest of fans into demanding they go out and buy more Jason Bays. I'm also at a loss as to what will happen, and I guess I was hoping they'd rebuild more radically by now, but that they suck shouldn't be a surprise at this stage I suppose.

Kong76 Aug 23 2012 08:40 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

I heard that this afternoon, thought he was going to have an aneurism or something. And he doesn't even care, so it's all a bunch of fake bullshit. Like WWF talk-radio at this point. I think he misses Mad Dog.

Ashie62 Aug 23 2012 08:47 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Playoffs! you're talking to me about Playoffs!!!!

Ceetar Aug 23 2012 10:05 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

This a day after he claimed he wasn't going to talk about the Mets anymore. Whatever, he's an idiot. I imagine half the stuff he yelled about either A. isn't true, B. Was something Sandy told him yesterday they were going to address.

Edgy MD Aug 24 2012 07:00 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

The thing about Terry is that he's out of ideas. It happens to every manager at some point, but some are protected by the talent their GM gives them --- Joe Torre, Ron Washington. Terry's either got to resign or he's got to spend some time on an ashram coming up with new ideas, because the old ones have gotten him as far as they're gonna get him. That blog about his quest for a second lefty physically hurt me. "Second lefty" may soon become the sort of "cleaning woman!" trigger phrase for me that "eighth-inning guy" has been.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2012 07:07 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

I hope next year to see a new manager, a new catcher, a new second baseman, three new outfielders and what the hell, a new coaching staff. I suspect I'm going to be disappointed. And I don't know what to think about the bullpen. There's a new one every year, and it's never any good. I suppose the thing to wish for is a bullpen that sees many fewer innings.

Edgy MD Aug 24 2012 07:08 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

That's a big start.

bmfc1 Aug 24 2012 08:01 AM Re: Francesa Erupts Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 24 2012 08:34 AM

Who would have expected Francesa to speak more truth about the Mets than Marty Noble--Noble comes across as so far up Fred Wilpon's ass that he could perform a colonoscopy: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/audio/865-w ... rty-noble/

batmagadanleadoff Aug 24 2012 08:29 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

G-Fafif wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The team's rebuilding; it's essentially in teardown mode. They're gonna suck for a while and there's no way around it. It's probably best to accept the status quo, suck it up and endure it. This was a long time coming. The FO was never willing to rebuild before, always believing that some past his sell date former star - a Mo Vaughn here or a Tom Glavine there - was enough to take the Mets over that last hump and to the promised land, all the while masking the barren foundation that the Mets were built on. The longer this rebuild was delayed, the more damage and rot there would be to fix. The day of reckoning has finally arrived and it makes no difference whether it was born from level-headed thinking or a financial crisis that threatened to strip the Wilpons of their team. The rebuild is here, and the team ain't gonna get fixed in half a season, watered down wild card or no watered down wild card. This is incisive analysis in the broad context of where this franchise stands, but after sitting through three of these four games, I'm utterly down with Screaming MF on this one. He's especially right about Collins and his BS about we tried, we were close. The last TC presser I sat in on, during the Marlin series, included "we're only losing by a little," which to me was an alarm bell rung by a desperate manager who has no idea what else to do or say. If I knew you were gonna respond, I'da written Gl@v!ne instead of Glavine. Collins isn't part of the solution, I agree. But in all fairness, a three headed triumvirate of John McGraw, Gil Hodges and Davey Johnson couldn't squeeze out a meaningful number of extra wins. I wonder who'd win the fight for the Rolaids tablets, though?

Edgy MD Aug 24 2012 08:30 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

I'm going to go with the three-headed guy. Our bullpen usage is an outrage.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 24 2012 10:26 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Just listened to the whole thing for the first time... Yeah, he's essentially right about the team. But, as bml said in so many words... this team isn't-- and was never TO BE-- the finished product. It's frustrating after seeing them punch above their weight-- and each individual game is frustrating to watch-- but overall, it's not really THAT surprising. My issue with the rant is, this is a guy to whom rebuilding-- however prudent-- is anathema. So when I hear him, I'm making an aural "seasoning-adjustment" so severe, it's tough to even taste how accurate he is, so to speak. Outside of their record, his Rockies facts/assertions are off a bit. But... yeah... essentially right, I suppose.

Vic Sage Aug 24 2012 11:03 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

my problem with Fatscessa's rant isn't that its not factual or accurate -- it basically is, as far as that goes -- it's that it's not TRUTHFUL. The truth is that anybody looking at this team before the season started (at least anybody not looking through blue and orange colored glasses) would've had a hard time seeing a .500 team much less a playoff team, and most pundits predicted they wouldn't be... hell, i bet even Fatscessa predicted they wouldn't be (i don't listen to him anymore so i don't know what he predicted, but it seems likely enough that i'd bet it were so). So why all the outrage that they're 10 games under as September approaches? We're just about where everybody thought we'd be. Why the forced, phoney, fake vein-popping outrage? To get people to listen and talk about him, that's why. and here we are, doing it. move along, nothing to see here. no rubbernecking.

Ashie62 Aug 24 2012 11:20 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Fatessa may be a big mouthed jackass.... But he has seen the Mets

Edgy MD Aug 24 2012 11:23 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Frayed Knot Aug 24 2012 11:30 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

The other problem is he somehow feels the need to create a bunch of strawman arguments (as if there weren't enough ACTUAL ones) that he can then easily knock down. Most notably he sells the idea that "the team" is selling Harvey & McHugh as 'the second coming of Seaver, Ryan & Koosman' -- as if anyone actually said anything like that. Then, by not naming the folks who actually said anything like that (although he included SNY as a culprit) the sloppy listener is left to assume that both Wilpons, Saul Katz, Sandy, Terry, Jay Horowitz, Gary, Keith & Ron, plus Carlin, Ojeda and any other assorted studio hosts, are either spouting such stuff on a daily basis or maybe just whispering it to MF personally. Gary citing Elias releases that X hasn't been done in an ML debut since Marichal isn't the same as Gary claiming that McHugh IS Marichal (as MF certainly implies if not out-right states) and then countering those claims by pointing out that none of it matters because of how bad Colorado has been this year as if Gary didn't say that numerous times also is the worst kind of setting up your own 'I can't be wrong' argument.

Edgy MD Aug 24 2012 11:34 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Listen, folks. It's my fault. I've been selling McHugh as Marichal for two years now. I was wrong. Great debut, but I've got to honestly admit that I've oversold him. But you know what? Nimmo is gonna make DiMaggio look silly. Tris Speaker? Willy Mays? Clowns.

smg58 Aug 24 2012 12:36 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Vic Sage wrote: my problem with Fatscessa's rant isn't that its not factual or accurate -- it basically is, as far as that goes -- it's that it's not TRUTHFUL. The truth is that anybody looking at this team before the season started (at least anybody not looking through blue and orange colored glasses) would've had a hard time seeing a .500 team much less a playoff team, and most pundits predicted they wouldn't be... hell, i bet even Fatscessa predicted they wouldn't be (i don't listen to him anymore so i don't know what he predicted, but it seems likely enough that i'd bet it were so). So why all the outrage that they're 10 games under as September approaches? We're just about where everybody thought we'd be. Why the forced, phoney, fake vein-popping outrage? To get people to listen and talk about him, that's why. and here we are, doing it. move along, nothing to see here. no rubbernecking. I was hopeful for .500. Am I disappointed? Yes. Am I surprised? No. One thing that I think gets lost in this is that as horribly as the team has played for the last month, they're still within a game of two division rivals who came into the season with infinitely higher expectations. Yeah, a lot of people (certainly myself included) got their hopes up when the team started well. It didn't work out, oh well. But if they can pull themselves together enough to finish ahead of one or both of the Phillies and Marlins, that would still be something for me.

Zvon Aug 24 2012 03:40 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Youch! It didn't sting that much tho cuz the Mets have really, really, really, sucked since just before the break. Tough to watch. I don't agree with all this talk that Shorty should go. At this point, the way the team has played, if he wants to try and keep things as positive as possible he has to say just what he's saying. The other alternative is to go off like Francesca, and I wouldn't want to see that. If TC had a contending team, we'd be contending. Its amazing and enjoyable that we were in the hunt at all this season.

Fman99 Aug 24 2012 03:49 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Forty five seconds. Had to stop. If I wanted to listen to a big douchy blowhard yelling his fool head off I'd just go to YSIII and throw a dart.

Ashie62 Aug 24 2012 05:56 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Fman....your kid needs a screenname

themetfairy Aug 24 2012 06:22 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

For the record, Fman's son is the sweetest boy you'd ever want to know. Engaging and polite.

Ashie62 Aug 24 2012 06:30 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

kissup lol

Fman99 Aug 24 2012 07:05 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

themetfairy wrote: For the record, Fman's son is the sweetest boy you'd ever want to know. Engaging and polite. Thanks friend! Fboy and I both enjoyed your company and conversation, as we do every summer at Citi Field :)

metsguyinmichigan Aug 25 2012 07:59 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Fman99 wrote: Forty five seconds. Had to stop. If I wanted to listen to a big douchy blowhard yelling his fool head off I'd just go to YSIII and throw a dart. Bad ass!

metirish Sep 13 2012 06:49 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Francesa erupts........................now falls asleep.......hilarious http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... -show.html

Swan Swan H Sep 13 2012 09:02 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish wrote: Francesa erupts........................now falls asleep.......hilarious http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... -show.html Jeez, that's funny. The Ralph Kramden bugeyes when he snaps back to life are the topper.

G-Fafif Sep 13 2012 01:23 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Stop talkin' about dis nonsense. Mike was restin' his eyes. [youtube:4m2yqs4g]aONMt6ffsbI[/youtube:4m2yqs4g]

MFS62 Sep 13 2012 01:31 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

What a coincidence! He has the same effect on his listeners. Later

metirish Sep 13 2012 01:51 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

@sportswatch(Neil Best) Caller made a "narcolepsy" crack to Francesa, who took issue. "Why don't you add up the hours [I've been on the air], you jerk," he said.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 13 2012 04:31 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

With that sense of humor on him, it's got to be a nonstop, breezy, carnival ride being married to this guy.

Edgy MD Sep 13 2012 07:17 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

I think it would be nice if everybody would make references. > Tom from Kew Gardens wants to talk about the Jets. How's it going, Tom? >>> Good, Mike. I'll try and talk fast and get it all in before you nod off. > Go to hell. Next caller is Silvio on the car phone to talk about the Dolans. >>> Thanks for taking the call, Mike. I hope the ringer didn't wake you. > GAAAH!

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2012 07:22 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: With that sense of humor on him, it's got to be a nonstop, breezy, carnival ride being married to this guy. I suspect MF was voted least likely to be able to make fun of himself in HS. The stupid thing is, one quick self-effacing line and this story is essentially over before it starts but he can't do that. He'd much rather deny the undeniable and pretend the whole thing never happened. Plus, as I mentioned in the other thread where this was discussed, his first reaction upon snapping out of it seems to be to get on the intercom and blame the behind the glass guys for allowing it to happen. Couldn't be his fault. It's like when callers start out by asking Mike not to cut them off too quickly and he hides behind the defense that he never cuts folks off because Mad Dog worked the controls when they were together or the producers take care of it during his solo gigs. Except that story quickly fell apart once the YES simulcasts started because they clearly showed Francesa making the hand-gesture each time as a signal for the guy to be cut-off. So I guess technically he's right, HE never presses the 'drop' button that ends caller's points in mid-sentence so he sticks with the story that it's not him. Now, at least parts of the national sports media have picked up on the sleeping story and are making jokes about it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 14 2012 07:32 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

I like that he tried to explain away the sleeping thing in the context of all the awards he's been nominated for.

Edgy MD Sep 14 2012 07:40 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Frayed Knot wrote: Now, at least parts of the national sports media have picked up on the sleeping story and are making jokes about it. irish posted the story from the Telegraph. That's inter-national non-sports media making a fool of him. Sucker.

G-Fafif Sep 14 2012 12:53 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

The other night, when some graphic wasn't up on SNY fast enough to suit Keith's taste, he said "someone must be sleeping in the truck," to which Gary added, "there's a lot of that going around." Then several beautiful seconds of silence to let that sink in.

metirish Sep 18 2012 04:41 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Caught a few minutes of Francesca on the drive home today, he was incredulous about the Mets rescheduling the rainout for Thursday. "There won't be hundred people there , (voice rising), why would you go against the Yankees in a pennant race and the NY football Giants playing the Thursday game, did they even think about it for five minutes?" It was hilarious.

Edgy MD Sep 18 2012 06:41 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Edgy DC wrote: I think it would be nice if everybody would make references. > Tom from Kew Gardens wants to talk about the Jets. How's it going, Tom? >>> Good, Mike. I'll try and talk fast and get it all in before you nod off. > Go to hell. Next caller is Silvio on the car phone to talk about the Dolans. >>> Thanks for taking the call, Mike. I hope the ringer didn't wake you. > GAAAH! Callers more or less have been yanking his chain like this. Poor jerk.

seawolf17 Sep 18 2012 07:25 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Does have excellent fashion sense, though.

metirish Sep 18 2012 07:44 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

He's looking more and more like Paulie Walnuts these days,.

Frayed Knot Sep 18 2012 08:10 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish wrote: Caught a few minutes of Francesca on the drive home today, he was incredulous about the Mets rescheduling the rainout for Thursday. "There won't be hundred people there , (voice rising), why would you go against the Yankees in a pennant race and the NY football Giants playing the Thursday game, did they even think about it for five minutes?" It was hilarious. So I guess the Mets should have checked with the Yanx and Giants before making their schedule then? -- Oh wait, but teams don't make their own schedule! Well then maybe they should have scheduled the rain-out as a Wednesday DH? -- Oh wait, but the Yanx were also rained out and are scheduled for a Wednesday DH so that wouldn't have been any good either. Besides, what the point of avoiding a poor attendance day on Thursday only to go with a DH instead and lose an entire game's attendance! What exactly did he want them to do in this case? Besides like not play the game at all I guess. This is almost as good as the time he was scolding MLB for having over-lapping playoff games in the 1st round -- "You wouldn't see the NFL doing something this stupid!!" Gee, the NFL has a total of 11 playoff games (vs up to 41 for MLB) which it spreads out over a 5 week span (vs 3 weeks in baseball) and yet somehow the NFL manages to slot those games so where none overlap! Man they must be fuckin' geniuses over there! And, btw, how many people do you suppose would be killed or injured if Francesa really did erupt?

MFS62 Sep 18 2012 09:54 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Frayed Knot wrote: And, btw, how many people do you suppose would be killed or injured if Francesa really did erupt? That depends on how thinly you can spread about a ton and a half of hot steaming bullshit. Later

soupcan Sep 21 2012 01:49 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish Jan 28 2013 11:29 AM Re: Francesa Erupts

Never ends with Francesa Mike Francesa Has A Police Escort To New Orleans For The Super Bowl Apparently Francesa screws up a fans chance at winning tix to Super Bowl

Frayed Knot Jan 28 2013 07:15 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

The contest foul-up story is apparently true, although Deadspin's "reporting" skills sound a bit thin on the whole police escort thing. Besides, the best Francesa/Super Bowl week story is always going to be the one year when he got to the host city, decided that the accommodations weren't up to his standards and so he immediately threw a hissy fit and went straight back home. He did the whole week from the FAN studios while Mad Dog went solo at the site.

Ashie62 Jan 28 2013 09:22 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

And next year he can do it in NJ.

MFS62 Jan 29 2013 09:38 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish wrote: Never ends with Francesa Mike Francesa Has A Police Escort To New Orleans For The Super Bowl The appropriate escort for him would have been to strap him to the back of a flatbed and had those "Wide load" warning cars in front of and behind it. Later

Valadius Apr 29 2013 12:02 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

I just listened to Francesa for probably the first time in about 8 years - he just sounds disinterested. Why is he still on the air?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 29 2013 12:05 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Offhand? Though he'd never publicly admit it, I'm guessing it's because his options outside of what he's doing now are somewhat... limited.

Ceetar Apr 29 2013 12:05 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Valadius wrote: I just listened to Francesa for probably the first time in about 8 years - he just sounds disinterested. Why is he still on the air? Because sports radio is dying and no one's interested in getting innovative.

Valadius Apr 29 2013 12:10 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Good lord, WFAN - "Mike's on! He's ready to go!" is by far the worst half-hearted plug I've ever heard in my life.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2013 12:12 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

The real answer is that despite how awful he is, he's making money for the station. The real question shouldn't be "why is he on the air?" but instead "why does anyone listen to him?"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 29 2013 12:12 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Everyone who works here is present today! Pushing the buttons and talking for payyyyyyy!

Ceetar Apr 29 2013 12:16 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Valadius wrote: Good lord, WFAN - "Mike's on! He's ready to go!" is by far the worst half-hearted plug I've ever heard in my life. I was still listening occasionally when they went to that. He teased the new intro for about a week (because NBC retained the rights to Mike'd Up and he had to change it) and I don't think he could've gone with a replacement that required less effort. It was an opportunity to take a fresh step forward, and nothing.. Benjamin Grimm wrote: The real answer is that despite how awful he is, he's making money for the station. The real question shouldn't be "why is he on the air?" but instead "why does anyone listen to him?" Because people want to listen and talk sports. They want to hear what's going on and talk about it, and there just aren't those options, particularly when you're doing something non-computer related where you can't just stream something better or use your phone constantly, or are limited to the radio somehow. He's making money for the station because the station continues to make money, or they think they do anyway. Presumably they have ratings and such that suggest that the numbers drop during the weeks he's on vacation, justifying his salary, although I suspect that has more to do with the summer time than his absence and that you could drop a half-trained monkey in there with much the same results.

metirish Apr 29 2013 01:48 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Francesa on Collins http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-reall ... -484631959 It means less than nothing to me that there is a gay player now out if the NBA. SI going to reveal this this week in—I don't know why—I guess a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine, I guess. [...] I have the story here and I'm not compelled to run and talk about it or read it. I really don't care. I can't be any more honest. I don't care.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 29 2013 02:10 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Keep in mind, this is a guy who will talk for hours about politics, or horses, or the Oscars. Essentially, it's the "polite" way to say, "I don't need or want to talk about this gay crap."

Frayed Knot Apr 29 2013 02:11 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

metirish wrote: Francesa on Collins http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-reall ... -484631959 It means less than nothing to me that there is a gay player now out if the NBA. SI going to reveal this this week in—I don't know why—I guess a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine, I guess. [...] I have the story here and I'm not compelled to run and talk about it or read it. I really don't care. I can't be any more honest. I don't care. Translation: I didn't have the scoop

Edgy MD Apr 29 2013 02:32 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

"I can't be compelled to read it because, well, frankly, why read? I mean... outside of menus, what's the point?" What a lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy man.

metsmarathon Apr 29 2013 02:34 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

"i'm not gonna talk about this story because i'm pretty sure i'll say something stupid enough to get me fired"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 29 2013 02:46 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

At the risk of sounding snarkophobic, what does Deadspin hope to get out of Francessa except to hear him embarrass himself on this topic?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 29 2013 03:07 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

I don't think that's the point, exactly-- it's more, here's the guy, and of course this is how he reacted to this.

metirish May 22 2013 01:00 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

More solid gold from Francesa......... http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-reall ... -509330285 I didn't put this in the more relevant soccer thread because a lot of you are like Mike and could care less about soccer and don't visit that thread......and then you would have missed it

Vic Sage May 22 2013 02:12 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

while i happen to share his disinterest in soccer, he is the one with a sports talk show, and excluding discussion of a major sport just cuz he's not interested in (ie, he knows nothing about) it is the equivalent of malpractice.

Ceetar May 22 2013 03:06 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

Vic Sage wrote: while i happen to share his disinterest in soccer, he is the one with a sports talk show, and excluding discussion of a major sport just cuz he's not interested in (ie, he knows nothing about) it is the equivalent of malpractice. I don't know if we can count soccer as 'major' although mentioning the stadium in passing is at least worth noting. Even if its' in a "does anyone care about soccer and will they go?" way. on the other hand, I'd put it about golf, tennis and horse racing and he talks plenty about those. more hockey though.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 22 2013 08:28 PM Re: Francesa Erupts

About 1/3 of baseball coverage-- mostly, the old-timey stuff-- could be categorized as "sports malpractice." Also, Major League Soccer may not, in and of itself, be major. It probably won't ever be. American soccer interest in general, however (esp. re: major Euro leagues/world tournaments)? Mid-major and climbing.