Comments on: It Takes A Lot to Humble Mike Francesa

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:48:44 +0000

I do like how Mike walked out of the booth a good 10 seconds before they actually went to commercial…knowing he’s on tv…

They both know a good deal about baseball, for the most part. Mike is on top of football, too. Obviously, from the comments, you love ‘em or hate ‘em. Listen in on their website and you be the judge.

I think they’re quality sports talk – both make mistakes, but it’s rarely boring to listen to.

By: MyPinstripes

MyPinstripes — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:44:31 +0000

You have to take what Mushnick and Raismann say with a grain of salt. They always rip Fatso and Fruit Loops..not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By: odessasteps

odessasteps — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:43:52 +0000

I was listening yesterday and a caller asked Mike why he wasn’t on letterman with Russo. He just blew him off fairly quickly, “We don’t do everything together.”

By: par72

par72 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:17:30 +0000

I am a big fan of these 2 goons as well. I think its part of their show’s strategy to have crazy sports fan persona of Russo and all-knowing persona of Francesa. Many people in NYC metro area like 1 and can’t stand the other, but they all listen.
And as previously mentioned, no one on ESPN radio can match them or their ratings.

By: thesportshernia

thesportshernia — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:47:35 +0000

@sparty:

I love Mushnick for stuff like that.

Also, I believe the other day Francesa said the Yankees haven’t had a tough schedule, which his statements even more retarded.

Even better, a caller just accused him of changing his stance on Oliver Perez in a matter of a day, he didn’t explode on the guy but him and Russo got into enough of an exchange that the caller didn’t get a chance to speak again and thus, his point was kind of drowned out.

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:42:28 +0000

even as a yankees and giants fan, i cannot stand the guy

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:41:54 +0000

from mushnick:

By then, those who had resolved to watch anything – anything – other than SportsCenter, might have after the game landed on Mike Francesa’s Sunday night show on Ch. 4. On it, Francesa explained the Yanks New York Yankees ‘ sluggish start as reflective of a tough early schedule; with almost no days off for three weeks the Yanks were disadvantaged.

That’s funny, a couple of years ago, when a caller to WFAN suggested that the Red Sox, burdened by a schedule that provided no days off for month, were at a disadvantage, Francesa abused the poor guy as a know-nothing, a bad excuse artist.

(Shortly after that caller was ridiculed and then dumped, Joe Torre’s regular session with Francesa and Chris Russo began. When Torre volunteered that the Red Sox’s schedule put them at a disadvantage, Francesa said nothing.)

By: thesportshernia

thesportshernia — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:31:21 +0000

These two are great, they’re the birth of sports talk radio, so everyone needs to appreciate them to a certain degree.

They know their sports for sure, the only problem is admitting when they’re wrong or just admitting they don’t know something — but Mushnick will always be listening to catch those moments. Their egos, particularly Francesa’s, can get annoying as hell though.

I’d say their hoops knowledge is probably the worst of the major sports, especially Francesa.

And they should never, ever discuss movies under any circumstance.

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:06:01 +0000

these two guys are terrible. I have not listened to them for a couple years now. Whenever a caller catches them off guard, they respond by yelling and screaming over him and hanging up. They forget their predictions on consistently contradict themselves. Morons.

By: MyPinstripes

MyPinstripes — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:45:03 +0000

OMG..I hadn’t seen the Letterman clip before. The hands..LMAO.

Francesca is a fat buffoon. The only thing worse are the fans that call in and drinking the Kool-aid.