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…here we are, less than one day from Johan Santana’s first start for the 
Mets, whose fans are quite excited and peaceful for the first time in six months, yet WFAN’s Mike Francesa and Chris Russo have spent the last two hours talking about whether Joe DiMaggio was better than Willie Mays…typical…so, so typical…
…i just don’t understand how the top-rated, sports talk-radio show in New York City can be allowed to feature a Yankees fan and a Giants fan…i mean, that would be fine if it was 1940…but it isn’t…instead, there is zero Mets representation and it gives me a constant headache…
…more importantly, why do i keep listening to them…ugh…
…by the way, last week, for whatever reason, i was a bit angry with WFAN…i even suggested the Mets leave after this season, meaning they could end up at ESPN 1050…
…i need to apologize to WFAN…because, i realize now that my remarks were really just displaced anger towards francesa and russo, who are clearly driving me insane…
That is a great picture for this topic. Well done.
Hey Matt
The stuff is simple. You are CEO of the Fan 660 NY radio station. You look at your stats…you see Mike and the Mad Dog with the highest ratings. You put them prime time and you give them the most hours. They maintain the highest ratings on the station and the station gets more money. You get more money. It’s simple Matt, money talks.
I’d rather listen to these morons because it does provide some comic relief to my day. I’d rather listen to them over some Mets homer talking about Pelfrey’s 15 win potential and Ryan Church’s 30 homerun breakout. You have your own opinions on this team and their outlook. Why would you let a Yankee and Giant fan even get you mildly pissed off about a team they have been inclined to hate/dislike since they were little boys?
You’re exactly right. I think Mike & Dog do a great job and have some fantastic guests on.
They are clowns about a lot of things but that’s part of their schtick. Almost every other host on the FAN is a Mets fan. Sommers, Tony Paige in the overnight (who I think is the best) leans towards the Yanks but is right down the middle more or less, you don’t get a bigger orange and blue fan than Beningno and Huesler is usually doing updates for Mike & Dog.
Also I think Joe D vs Willie Mays vs Mickey Mantle is the perfect talk for the early days of the baseball season. Honestly if you had a 5 hour time slot on the radio how much can you talk about Johan mowing down a AAA lineup?
That said I could talk for hours about how excited I am to see what Pedro’s got tonight.
I disagree, those guys are morons. I really do not think they add to baseball discussion rather they take away from it. They aren’t very responsible with their reporting, they are overly presumptuous and they dont know how to interpret stats and evaluate players intelligently. They are the ones that where unable to see that Barry Zito was a ticking time bomb.
Matt, you couldnt be more wrong with your take on Mike and Chris and WFAN in general. You lose a lot of credibility when you speak on these types of subjects…with me atleast…..to steal a term from Russo…..you are not a pimple on their fanny…they talk about whatever they want whenever they want…as it should be.,….I am a die hard mets fan….Maddog has ticked me off so much recently with his Yunel vs Reyes arguments, etc…..I cants tand them both at times
with that being said, you are wrong. WFAN is and always will be the home of the Mets…as it should be. if you want your site to keep expanding you ebtter stat becoming less of a homer …its almost as obnoxious as Russos tweaking
Listen in the morning. Carton and Boomer are both Mets fans. Mike and the Mad Dog are blowhards no matter whom they root for.
Boomer and Carton are the best. The Canseco interview this morning was priceless. Canseco is such a whining baby. Carton was calling him Sally or something.
show me some respect.. wahhhh wahhh
what a fool canseco sounded like
Sounds like when O&A would interview the Dice man. I wouldnt expect that from WFAN, but then they are filling Imus’ shoes so they probably should…
“…more importantly, why do i keep listening to them…ugh…”
Exactly, Matt… just don’t listen. No matter what the callers say, they’re wrong. Fatty and skinny are always right, even if it means contradicting themselves 40 times per show.
Also, no need to apologize for saying the Mets should leave WFAN. You’re 100% right. Maybe you can have SNY look into the radio business as well? Just sayin’
That’s what I said!
bro, i know you’re now a media “figure” and this is all part of your research, but im tellin u..just LET IT GO…mike and mad dog are 2 morons, they’re biased, they barely know what they’re talking about, they’re NOT entertaining anymore, and if it only frustrates you, why bother to listen? I’m sure you’ve cut PEOPLE out of your LIFE that are annoying and stuff, why not cut these 2 characters that you dont even know…they clearly stink…just let it go…
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Matt, if you continue to listen to these guys, you have no one but yourself to blame for the headaches.
I think half their audience is made up of people like Matt who are repulsed but cannot turn the channel. The irony is their continued listening keeps M&MD on the air.
I agree. Why complain about something that you have full control over? I can’t stand those two idiots so I don’t listen to WFAN when they are on. Plus, except for Fatso and the Angry Puppy, the other personalities at WFAN seem to be Mets fans. Chris Carlin, Craigy & Boom, Joe and Evan, then you have The Schmoozer. If you are listening to WFAN after Somers is off and there isn’t a game on, you need a life.
I wouldn’t be happy if the Mets move to 1050AM.
I just can’t understand how people allow themselves to be taken in by the same formula, hour after hour, day in, day out. It’s really that entertaining to hear two guys make deliberately outrageous statements to provoke the listening audience? Day after day, listening to them reap their harvest of outraged callers is enjoyable? I just don’t see the appeal of Car Wreck Radio, but hey, everybody’s free to keep tuning in.
Yeah matt I stopped listening to those guys a long time ago. It’s not worth your time!
Completely agree about those two idiots. I can’t understand why Mets fans continue to listen. I’m in Philly, and I usually pick the local Philly broadcasts over Mike and the Mad Dog. It’s a shame, because I really like some of the other guys, Joe and Evan in particular, but those two as the face of the station just give it such a bad reputation.
FWIW, they did talk about the Mets for the first hour. So I guess alot depends upon when you tuned in.
For a more national — and hilariously edgy — perspective, may I suggest Jim Rome? If he’s not on in New York, I highly recommend a subscription to jimrome.com
i’m still pissed we had to trade away reyes for santana. big guy called it though.
He likes Inge.
He really likes Inge.
..and Inge is a better 3rd baseman than Wright.
I just, really, really really REALLY like Inge.
That’s interesting, Matthew, because I was surprised at your comments last week and had to think about them for awhile and of course, I realized that a ton of it had to do with Mike and the Mad Dog. The Schmoozer is fantastic – love him. I have good feelings about the channel mostly and living on the other side of the pond, I was very excited when I found it online, but after listening to Mike and the Mad Dog a bit, I did understand why most Met fans can’t stand them. I don’t know the ESPN radio channel really, so I can’t give an opinion as to whether they should go there. I do like the traidition of WFAN being the flagship radio station for the Mets, but you are right. They need an “anchor” team, which M & MD basically are, that supports the Mets. These guys should go down to a lower rung on the scale there or go to another channel. Considering they are the biggest moneymakers for the channel, I’m sure that’s not gonna happen.
What we need is for Francesa or Russo to make a racial/sexist comment like Imus did. Thank god he is gone. Carten and Boomer are great to listen to in the morning.
What we need is for ESPN radio to make a huge pitch for M & MD to go national with them. This way they could be the ones to leave the FAN. But I cant come up with a reason as to why they would want them.
I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again….get satellite radio. Preferably XM….I have it in the car and I get ESPN radio, FOX sports radio, XM’s own sports channel, ESPN Xtra (a few shows from 1050 and one show from dallas) and MLB Home Plate, which is quite good (especially considering all the sucking up that ESPN does to the NFL)….Other than Fatcessa and Russo, WFAN is great….you don’t get any better than Steve Somers.
I could never leave the Schmooze…EVER!
practically every other voice on the station is a rabid met fan, matt.
They’re knuckleheads, but I love the Schmoozer. Love listening to him on the rides home from Queens to NJ after the game.
I agree 100 %, Cerrone…It’s a joke that they have a Yankee guy and Giants guy as the hosts on the Mets ‘flag ship station’…They avoid talking about the Mets on purpose…They don’t want to talk about how impressive the Mets looked yesterday…And this is our ‘flag ship station’??? What a complete joke…
I really hope the Mets go to ESPN 1050 ASAP…
Not to mention that they are also employed by the Yankees at the same time.
almost everyone on that station is a mets fan. the mets dont OWN wfan.
Look bottom line is that they are the old car wreck analogy. You can’t turn away. When you hear Russo say something stupid – which happens several times each hour – you just have no choice but to get annoyed, irked, anxious…and so you keep listening. “Wow…russo is such an idiot…man do you hear this guy?” A few hours later you’re pissed beyond belief at some idiot on the radio. Keep in mind…these guys are on damn TV they are so famous. It makes the station money and that’s the bottom line. I’m sure we all know this but New York is filled with idiots. This is why they consistently have the ratings. Stop listening, believe me it will be easier than you think.
Matt, you are way off here. Mike and the Mad Dog may be Yankees and Giants fans, respectively, but look at the rest of the FAN. Evan Roberts, Joe Beningo, Steve Somers, Richard Neer, Bob Heusler, etc are Mets fans. Even though most locals are Yanks fans, we have more representation on the station. Plus, they air our games, while the Yanks are relegated to 880.
John Minko aka Mr. MET!!!
Matt,
I understand your frustration with M&MD, though I find myself listening more than I should, too. Funny thing about Francesa is that I think it really is an act. Whenever I catch him late Sunday’s on Mike’d Up he doesn’t really come across with the same pompous attitude that he brings to the radio show.
I’m getting better at flipping the channel and bouncing around between 660 and 1050. Kay is someone who I personally don’t care for all that much, but I find myself listening to him sometimes, too.
I really hope the Mets do stay with the FAN, though. I’ve never known a more powerful radio station than WFAN. When visiting family in Toronto, I can pick up a Mets game at night with crystal clear reception.
Ditto. I can pick up Mets game from Maine to my camp north of Lake Placid. Nothing like sitting around a campfire at night, way back in the woods, and listening to the mets on an old transistor radio.
I have also trained my son in the ways of MMD. We laugh a lot about Russo constantly saying how the Mets have so many holes this year, and a second rate lineup.
Mike today only wants to keep recycling the point that Joe Torre is so loved in LA already. He’s said that now over and over. They go into each show with 2 or 3 talking points and keep thrashing them endlessly.
Maybe Francesa is less arrogant on TV because he realizes people can see his fat ass.
….say something funny, Mike.
I listen quite a bit to WIP in Philly and WFAN, and Fatsesca and the Angry Pup are still a must-listen, if for nothing else then comic relief. Yes, they did talk about the Mets for at least the first hour and they literally were gushing about Santana, so sometimes its when you tune in.
The worst part of WFAN were those weekly interviews with Joe Torre, absolutely putrid! At lease Joe Girardi says something once in awhile.
The best part today is hearing Mad Dog ripping his Giants. Gotta love it. I wonder if he ever addressed how the Giants stripped any reference to Bonds out of their ballpark.
They didn’t quite gush about Santana, they did a little, and then they started berating him for that one start he came out ‘early’ in a 1-0 game last year or the year before.
A lot of it is they like to harp on points that are old and outdated and barely relevant anymore because they don’t realize the rest of us have moved on, but it’s also they like to find things to purposely aggrevate Mets fans.
I agree with the guy above who suggested sattelite radio.
I have xm satelite radio, and I’d rather to take, the women’s only channel than listen to those two (insert expletive here)
Dude – not only are you listening but you are giving them publicity. You are an addict. You know it is bad for you but you keep getting another fix.
You need to shut off the radio and go out and take a walk or something.
Btw – they may have great ratings, but with topics like this there demographic must be terrible. The only product anyone who cares about Joe DiMaggio is buying is Depends.
So true. Matt, congratulations on being the fish to Mike and the Mad Dog’s worm. Another year, the same story. Waaaaah Waahhhh Waaaaah. Mike and the Mad Dog criticized the Mets. Waaaaah Waaaah Waaaaah. Mike and the Mad Dog are talking about tennis. For people who hate Mike and the Mad Dog so much, they sure do listen alot to them.
Personally, I think they are okay. If you listen to them, you really have to take most of what they say tongue in cheek. They have a schtick designed to rile up listeners and viewers and it has been working for over 20 years.
Lastly, too many fans get themselves worked up about the media. Whether it’s John Kruk’s predictions, the back page decisions of the local papers or the musings of Mike and the Mad Dog, none of these things should matter to us as Mets fans. As a Mets fan, all I need to do is watch the games to know how well or badly the Mets are doing. I don’t need the media to sing the Mets praises in order to validate my rooting for them. Win or lose, I’ll always be proud to be a Mets fan regardless of how the media would like me to feel about my team.
i look forward to they day they complain about matt.
BAD BAD JOB BY THAT RICK CERONE THERE MIKEY
LMAO… mad dog would say his name wrong
Many above have covered this, but to repeat yes it’s only afternoon drive time that has no Met fan. Pretty much any other time of day (and the Schmooze at night) is Met fan heavy. My favorite moments of M&MD are when Bob Heussler (Mr. Met!) does the 20/20 updates.
As far as the Mets moving from 660 to 1050, please God NO!
660 has a great signal, driving to Florida for spring training visit I got them clear all the way through Virginia and an in & out signal into South Carolina. I live 60 miles NW of NYC and I can’t get 1050 clear during the day, at night it doesn’t come in at all.
Mike and the Mad Dog are silly when it comes to the Mets but everyone else on the station (Boomer, Carton, Evan, Beningo,and Sommers) are Mets fans. Besides, if you think Mike and the Dog are bad don’t even bother listening to Michael Kay.
On their conversation…look at Dimaggio’s 1937 season and tell me how he did not win the MVP? I think they should open up an investigation into that.
you are ridiculous. they are interesting guys that get the highest raitings in sports radio for good reason. they are enjoyable to listen to. just because they don’t talk about the mets or are not mets fans is no reason to hate them. as an overall sports fan who likes more than just basbeall, they really are the most enjoyable tandem to listen to considering they have great chemistry and talk about almost any sport. non surprisingly, today they did talk about the mets. but when you have a 5 1/2 hour program, you have to move on to other topics. just because they are the “flagship station” for the mets does not mean they should strictly talk about the mets. you have to consider the fact that wfan is meant for the whole metropolitan area, and besides you and a few other crazies on this website, nobody wants to hear about the mets all the time. its new york sports radio with also a little national sports radio mixed in. you are ridiculous.
They’re good for people that don’t actually have any sports knowledge and don’t catch them on their antiquated ideas and understanding of the games. Btw, when was the last time they gave Hockey any due, as far as really talking about other sports.
They may have one day been good, but you can now that they’re out of the main loop with understanding the sports world and that they are tired of their jobs.
I totally agree although I can’t comment on M&MD because I don’t really listen to them…. Correct me if I’m wrong but, WFAN is not owned by the Mets so the station can put on whoever they please.
Reminds me of the scene in the Howard Stern Movie, Private parts, where they mention how the critics who hate him listen to him more than the people who like him.
I thought last week’s M&MD reference was stupid and unnecessary (and a huge amount of comments agreed that they wanted to stay on WFAN), and I think this is stupid and unnecessary as well. If you don’t enjoy them, don’t listen. Posting about them on the site isn’t going to do any good at all. To me, I enjoy them. I’m a huge Mets fan, but I take them for what they are: sports talk radio. They talk sports. Would I rather listen to Michael Kay? I think I’d rather kill myself than listen to Michael Kay. He’s unbearable.
I prefer Michael Kay much more thatn M&MD, simply put Kay’s show is 3 hours, tweedle dee and tweedle dum are on for 5 and half hours
I listen to their show because of the guests they are able to get on the show. Interviews with managers, coaches, players and former players. There is such a void in the NY market. The other radio station has Michael Kay, who is even more nauseating when talking about the Yankees and Mets.
“…more importantly, why do i keep listening to them…ugh…”
It is one of life’s great mysteries……
I feel the same way….. I hate their guts, but I just can’t seem to turn away.
“It is one of life’s great mysteries……”
otherwise known as “rubbernecking.”
“…more importantly, why do i keep listening to them…ugh…”
Well Matt, I’m sure you’re aware of the old analogy where it’s like a train wreck…it’s horrible, but you just have to see (or hear in this case) it through to the end.
I’ll add to this by saying M&MD should not be judged by how they despise the Blue and Orange. They talk about all sports, and sometimes I’m surprised on how much they talk about the national sports scene. They are terrific on the NBA, Football, and even tennis (only because Doggie loves it). And they don’t just talk Giants, Jets, and Knicks.
That is their biggest appeal to me…they mix it up really well and don’t dwell on one topic.
joe d>willie mays
The show is “allowed” to feature a Yankees fan and a Giants fan BECAUSE it is the top-rated, sports talk-radio show in New York City. If nobody listened then they might take a look at the hosts and make some changes. But since they are so popular why would they change?
Marilyn Monroe > Joe D > Willie Mays
Helluva threesome there. Interpret that however you wish.
since i had the day off, ive been listening since 1, and they led the show with the mets and santana, and keep coming back to it. they couldn’t have been more positive, unfortunately they can’t just talk 5 straight hours of mets. Outside the Mays dimaggio talk, which did go on way too long, it must be 70% mets talk, come on give ‘em a break
Anyone think we should setup a petition requesting WFAN fires Mike and the Mad dog a Replace them with Boomer and Cartin?
I think enough signitures would do it. Come on they fired Imus and people actually like him
WHO CARES!
Doesnt anyone realize that in 2.5 hours the healthiest Pedro Martinez we have ever seen in a Met uniform is going to take the mound and put on a show.
Pedro’s line
6 1/3 1BB 2Hits 1Run 10K’s and a W!
right there with you, it’s like a second opening day, im just as excited and nervous for tonight and i was for yesterday
Well said
Why the hell should WFAN have to have two Met fans on during the day? Francessa and Russo are idiots and know nothing about baseball and are completely biased. So what? They get ratings and that is all that any radio station cares about. Its not an embarrassment -last I checked its sports and two idiots rambling on about it with no clue as to what they were talking about.
Then again, maybe Cerrone is right. Maybe he should become the afternoon host. He could then tell us that Willie is a genius and Omar cured cancer while making nothing but great moves. And you could hear it from 1-6 five days a week.
People who listen to them even though they hate them because they are entertaining and create emotion, positive or negative. It would be a very boring world if all we heard were our opinions spewed back at us. Then again, Rush Limbaugh fans seem to like it.
mega dittoes!
Listen to Boomer and Carton, Joe and Evan, and Steve Somers. All Mets fans.
Boomer and Carton are more of a social show that happens to discuss sports topics, and unfortunately Schmooze is on either sporadically or late. During the 2 drive times in NYC (the times with the most listenership) the New York Mets receive MINIMAL coverage on BOTH major local sports stations. I don’t think that’s a statement that can be disputed.
My favorite part of the show is when they tell callers to “get in the real world.” Meanwhile, they are making up stats and imaginary scenarios that never occurred.
hahahaha SO true.
They are ridiclous, seriously.
I wish the fan would cut their hours or something, I’m sick of hearing them all day long from one to six.
somers and joe/evan are soooooo much better.
For me you hit the nail on the head right there. I don’t listen to them to be informed, I listen to them to be reminded of how much smarter and well informed I am than they are, and also to wallow in the irony that they make so much more money than I do despite (or is it because of?) that.
Joe DiMaggio couldn’t hold Willie Mays jock. And lord knows neither could Mickey Mantle, but Fat Man will have a coronary if anyone suggests that. He is overrated as an athlete (mostly by himself) and is probably the most overrated athlete as a person ever.
Because of Simon and Garfunkel everyone assumes this guy was some sort of uber gentleman from an era gone by, but if you read about the guy he was just a controlling, egotistical jerk with to cojones to call himself “The Greatest Living Ballplayer” when it was never true.
He was a great player, but not as great as he or Yankee devotees like Fat Francesa would ever realize.
Anyway, the topic is as relevant as these two jerks are to NY sports. Why not talk about 1951 on Opening Week 2008? Makes sense to me.
I guess because the Yankees game was rained out, therefore in their minds, there was no new york baseball yesterday. ~_~
wow, quite the anti-Yankees homer. DiMaggio is overrated, but Mantle is absolutely not. He tore up his knee as a rookie, then still managed to put up one of the greatest 8 year stretches in MLB history from ‘54-’62 before injuries completely derailed his career. There was probably never a more talented baseball player than Mickey Mantle, and it’s almost scary to think how good he could have been had he never been injured.
You’re mostly right about DiMaggio though: only once in his career did he lead the league in OPS+
And I have no problem with M&MD talking about stuff like this, as long as they mix it in with relevant topics. But I don’t listen to them anymore anyway, so it doesn’t really matter to me.
Willie Mays is the greatest player since Babe Ruth…that’s my point. DiMaggio is overrated.
I’m glad you brought up Mantle tearing up his knee as a rookie – since that happened because of DiMaggio.
With Mantle you can ask what might have been, but in the end he was no Mays. Had he never been injured, he probably would have looked similar to Mays career-wise…only better if you consider Mays played in 2 stadiums in the Polo Grounds and Candlestick that were extremely difficult to hit in.
This would be a good MMD topic if the Yankees and Giants were playing an interleague series. It’s Opening Day for crissakes.
Oh what a CROCK! The only reasons why NYers listen to those two idiots are: A) they’ve been on air for 83 years and all NYers know where to find them, and B) because they are LOCAL. Most of ESPN’s programming is national and thus doesn’t pay any specific attention to our local teams. Personally i don’t care who’s a fan of who. I care that the Mets are covered. Discussed. I care that on the Mets broadcast station they can’t get coverage proportional to what the yankees get. NOT equal mind you, but at least better than they’ve been getting for years. ESPECIALLY now that the teams are more and more on equal footing. This is the last year of the contract with the Fan and I HOPE the Mets move on. I don’t care about signal strength, i care about coverage. Those two idiots talk about what THEY want to talk about. Nothing more, nothing less. Why do you think so many callers get cut off and hung up on?
it is their schtick, and radio, good radio is all schtick, Francessa was just taking Russo to task just last week for his madness on the Braves.
Russo’s job is to drum up calls.
Francessa’s job is to not have a heart attack on air.
I love after commercials when Mad Dog says “OK, Eddie from Manhattan is on the line,” then Eddie says “Mike I want to take you to task…” and Mike is just sitting down and putting on his headphones so the caller, or worse Mad Dog, has to repeat what’s just been said. That’s my favorite schtick.
Don’t appologize to WFan. They’re the ones that employ M&M, hence they’re the ones that should the hits – just as M&M do.
tell it like it is, Matt – don’t worry about the FAN
Mike & the Mad Dog are wildly overrated
The star of the FAN is Steve Somers, who should get their job – he’d kick their ass
m&md were great 10 years ago, but they have slipped. i think they have lost their edge.
ugh: where is all this Somers love coming from. He is by far the single worst sports personality I’ve ever had the misfortune of listening to. I’d rather listen to 6 hours of a Yankees fan, a Braves fan, and a Phillies fan on “hate the Mets radio” than 15 minutes of “the schmooze” He’s been on the air for over a decade and he has STILL yet to make a single actual point or answer a single actual question.
I remember back when SJU had a good basketball program and were in the Sweet 16 but I had something going on at school so I couldn’t watch the game, and my dad and I turned the radio on when we got in the car, and Somers was starting his show. We listened for literally the entire drive from Manhassett to Merrick and he didn’t give a score, he was babbling on in lyrical prose about the titanic david and goliath showdown. I wanted to reach through the radio and strangle him.
today, i listend to evan and joe, who i like. then, when mike and maddog came on and wouldn’t give santana credit for the win yesterday because it was against the marlins, i friggin’ lost it and went over to 1050, which doesn’t work that well on the web. 1050 is okay, but the production quality isn’t there. the commercials break in too earlyt, the commericals come back too late, and sometimes they come in and out during the middle of a segment.
still, it’s better than wfan right now…
i have officially jumped off the m&md bangwagon, which i have been on for over 15 years, but i think they are tired.
Despite the fact that he graduated from my high school, I have never been able to stomach Russo. Aside from his voice being like nails on a blackboard, he’s just not knowledgeable about sports. At least Francesca knows a thing or two (not as much as he thinks he does, but something). The two of them together are unlistenable–they told even shut up when the other is talking. I don’t listen to them, and I’ve listened to the FAN since the day it started broadcasting (remember Jim Lampley?)
Reyes (ss)
Castillo (2b)
Wright (3b)
Beltran (cf)
Delgado (1b)
Church (rf)
Pagan (lf)
Schneider (c)
Martinez (rhp)
So Church and Pagan flip flop against the righty starter?
Let me get this right….you are repulsed by them but yet you all continue to listen despite that.
Why could this be?…..
Well I have an answer: THEY HAVE THE MOST ENTERTAINING SPORTS TALK SHOW IN THE CITY!!!
Why must everyone focus on the fact that they happen not to be met fans. Do you only care about the opinions of other met fans? Carton happens to be a met fan and i couldnt value his opinion any less. M&MD know sports and give their unfiltered opinions. Sure it stings sometimes when they are harsh on the mets but Ill take them anyday. If you want hard-hitting talk they are the best, If you prefer bland fluff stick to either of the hapless morning shows.
entertaining is the wrong word…
well maybe depending how you say it…
Its like a car wreck, you will keep looking …
THEY SAY THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGs..I listen to hear what stupidity they will spew next
they may “know sports” but they don’t show it much
I don’t care what these jokers talk about, the problem is they are woefully uninformed. And outdated. They can really only talk about baseball and football, and spend days talking about boxing and horse racing as ifi it’s 1956 and we just ordered a drink at Toots Shor’s. And Russo with his tennis.
i seriously can not stand mike or the mad dog. i stop listening when they come on at 1.
Matt, you have to relax. Who cares what Mike & the Mad Dog say? Obviously they’re going to be slightly biased because Mike is a Yankee fan and Chris is just an instigator who likes to stir the pot by criticizing the Mets whenever he can.
Besides, you can always listen to Joe & Evan (or even Boomer & Carton, although they’re kind of annoying) if you want more of a pro-Met perspective.
It’s “cool” to rip M&MD. They’re completely fine. But yeah, down with WFAN! Please go to the terrible ESPN Radio, that’d be great.
I agree wholeheartedly w/ Matt. I know that it’s entertainment and these guys pick at the Mets incessantly b/c it provides for good radio but what gets me is Francesca’s arrogance. I’m sorry that guy is not pretending, he’s just a blowhard who has no respect for the typical fan’s opinion. That being said, they’re still the only ones to listen to for analysis on the big sporting event. Part of me hates them, but I have to give the devils they’re due.
THE REASON you guys listen to them is because they aren’t just huge met fans, you listen because they antagonize you and get you angry at times. Who wants to listen to 5 hours of some guy wax poetic about the Mets. This is the reason why Joe and Evan and the other guys on the station don’t have the top spot. They are all too nice, and too big of mets fans.
Mike and the Mad Dog, get you upset, and get you to call in, just so they can tell you you are wrong (whether you are or are not), and you get so mad when they hang up on you, and promise you will never listen/call again, but you do.
This is the same reason why you don’t feel the need to call Joe and Evan or the other personalities, who do not challenge you, and usually just agree with you and tell you you are right.
Also, Mike, whether you hate him or not, has more useless/useful sports knowledge than anyone I have listened to. He knows the history of these sports without having it fed to him by stat people, and he’s usually fairly accurate, and if he is wrong he will explain why he is not. Instead of just accepting being obese, and drinking endless amounts of coca cola, he has used his oversized head to cram in as most sports history as humanly possible – That I can appreciate.
Sigh. Yes, I have missed baseball, but one thing that always drives me nuts is the 24-7 need of the media to stir the pot in this town, and the 162 1-game seasons.
These guys are absolutely determined not to allow us to enjoy anything positive for any amount of time. I’m saying “Gee, that was great” after yesterday, and some idiot at the postgame press conference whines about Castillo not scoring in the first inning. FWIW, I thought Willie handled that just right.
Then this morning, in the TImes, Bill Rhoden (who usually totes his own little raincloud with him anyway), was just as funereal about the collapse as if it were still October 2007– the thing that pissed me off the most was when he– and when any other sports writers do this, BTW– preached about “the thought that must be in the back of the heads of every Mets fan.” Well, it wasn’t in the back of mine, anymore.
Why does this guy presume to speak for me? Why does he think he knows what’s in the back of my head?
Actually Castillo should be ripped for not running. I have little patience for players that don’t hustle, there’s no excuse for it.
I also love Mike and the Maddog. There is no one better in the business. I don’t care that they don’t like the Mets.
Oh and I know he’s popular here but I can’t stand Somers. He’s just the worst.