News: Francesa calls Ryan Church a Liar

November 5, 2008 at 16:19 pm · 164 comments

by Matthew Cerrone

Apparently, Mike Francesa just called me out on WFAN for my post this morning, while accusing Ryan Church of essentially being a liar.

He was referring to this post, from this morning, in which I link to Ryan Church’s recent quote to MLB.com, which refuted Francesa’s statement that Church hated New York, and supports Adam Rubin’s report in the Daily News.

Update5:18 pm

According to a transcript, he said of me, “He’s annihilating me about Church,” which is funny.

Annihilate?  That’s pretty funny.  Click back, you be the judge.

Anyway, he then goes on to say of Church:

“I have no issue with Church.  He has denied what I said.  I’ll say this, I know the guys who have listened to Church come out and sit on the bench and listen to Church moan and groan about this team and the clubhouse and the music in the clubhouse… OK, he keeps denying it.  If he needs me to prove who said it, I will.  Because, I don’t care enough about the Mets to make this stuff up about them.  Why would I bother?  I don’t care, to make this stuff up…

“If I say something its because someone I trust told me something… If he can’t face the music that’s Church’s problem… He’s not telling the truth.”

Update5:31 pm

Lastly, Francesa says, with regards to my linking to a message board report suggesting he may soon be teamed up with Kim Jones, “As far as some guy on a blog telling me about the future of this show, you wanna believe that??  Well, I’ve never heard of or met Matt Cerrone.  So, the idea that he knows the future of the show is a little comical.”

I don’t know the future of the show, Mike.  I never claimed to.  Not that I expect you to know the difference, but I simply linked to a story that claimed to know the future.

The funny thing is, I like Francesa being on the drive-time show on WFAN.  He makes for good drama.

My point this morning was that he should be teamed up with a person who is knows the Mets, so to curb the pro-Yankees, anti-Mets talk that dominates his show, which I will defend all day long by the way.

thank you to Peter Wade for the transcription

{ 164 comments }

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:20 pm

time to throw the gloves down matt don’t take the fat mans crap time to truely tear him a 3rd coolie !!!

HOFMets57 November 5, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Boy, all this attention for you Matt. Keep doing what you’re doing and don’t let it (or him) get to your head.

We got your back!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:35 pm

i got the lead pipe !!!

therick4 November 5, 2008 at 4:53 pm

I always hated Mike and the Mad Dog. I have XM, and I listen to Mad Dog now every day. He is doing a wonderful national sports talk show. Guess now I know who I really dislike.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:54 pm

i have serious and i can honestly say i haven’t listened to him yet – ferrell is much better

BigDaddyKirk November 5, 2008 at 6:29 pm

I’m thinking we need to form a Metsblog version of the Opie and Anthony Pests. Who’s with me???

RAAAMMMMMOOOOOONNNN! Francesa needs another donut!

BBmetsfreak36 November 5, 2008 at 4:22 pm

bust a cap!! matt, I think its time for media war. He knows he’s bum, but gets listeners cause its interesting.

HOFMets57 November 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm

I just had an epiphany.

Why doesn’t Francessa hire MATT CERRONE to be his co-host?! He’d be the perfect balance to that Yankee swine!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:35 pm

fatcessa would be too intimidated – matt has no meat on his bones also – fatcessa doesn’t like diet food

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:22 pm

matt he was pretty much saying that both u and church were calling him a liar and he was accuseing u of lying . he said he has his sources that said church wasn’t happy with the club house the loud music etc and these were close sources then he said why would he lie – he couldn’t care less about church or you lol

DjDeF November 5, 2008 at 4:57 pm

did he say sources or sauces? It is tough to distinguish the two when Mike talks. I always as$ume he means sauces, you know tomato, alfredo, vodka, marinara.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:02 pm

mike like a good meat sauce

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:23 pm

doesnt he know you have sny watching your back?? u better get benigno to call some of his “as-sociates”

ohboy November 5, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Matt…

you just linked to a story and gave your opinion. you didn’t call him a liar. Take him a task, but get yourself in the studio. He’s got too much control if you just call in.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:26 pm

go get him godfather style !!!

ohboy November 5, 2008 at 4:27 pm

bring donuts and just eat them all in front of him…that’ll get him nice and riled up

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:27 pm

burn a picture of sceratariat in front of him!!

Gasface77 November 5, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Haha…best comment of the day!!! The Secrateriat one that is..

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:55 pm

thanks you thank you very much

zen November 5, 2008 at 4:26 pm

francesa is still on the air?

smug on day 1

barrylyons November 5, 2008 at 4:27 pm

What I find funny is that when confronted with the 2 different sets of quotes directly from Ryan Church, Mike reverts back to his “sources” as being more reliable. I guess Mike’s “sources” know more about Ryan Chruch that Ryan Church does.

Perhaps its just that Ryan Church hasn’t yet realized he hates NY yet, and that Mike’s “sources” have an inside scoop on how Church is going to feel.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm

mikes sources are the voices in his head -i’d say brain but that would be too generous to say

metsfan227 November 5, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Very good…..lol

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:30 pm

why thank you

Prismo November 6, 2008 at 4:31 am

Get a room you two!

Tidewater November 5, 2008 at 4:29 pm

“Since he doesn’t read MetsBlog.com, he may want to start, ” If he does, I’ll stop. I don’t want him polluting the air in here.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:30 pm

u r as-suming he can read complex sentences tidewater

Tidewater November 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm

well, I don’t want him here trolling for food scraps.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:34 pm

lol he thinks mr met would be a huge marshmallow lol

ohboy November 5, 2008 at 4:29 pm

“Frankly, I think he’s confusing me with Rubin”

I bet he wouldn’t confuse you will a jelly donut

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm

lol i think mike likes the bosta chotes and the struffela nd the san guiseppies and the napoleons – get the picture lol

One Day This Team Will Kill Me November 5, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Maybe he should have Church on his show so he can fill more air time because he cant carry shows by himself if he continues to make things up and insist he is right. I love when people call this show and kiss this guy’s a$$, he is a windbag who thinks he is never wrong and makes up things off the top of his head, and NO ONE calls him out on it, its terrible.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:32 pm

lol thats why he might get a walkig chest in kim jones – that was the other thing he misquoted what u wrote about him having kim as a cohost

barrylyons November 5, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Yea you mean the people that call up and are like “Oh I’m with you Mike, I agree, I agree”…. Its like they feel good about themsleves because they are agreeing with Mike…. as if it validates them.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:36 pm

thats like agreeing with your captor cuz he has a gun to yer head – i call that the fruit loops syndrome lol

One Day This Team Will Kill Me November 5, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Exactly, all these idiots who have no idea what they are talking about take everything he says as gospel just because they listen on the way home from work. At least when Russo was there he would call him out every once in a while when he pulled something out of left field, but since he left its like a free for all.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:56 pm

he rarely called him out – he was up mikes coolie looking for food – he’s kinda like the salicious crumb to mikes jabba the hutt :P

DjDeF November 5, 2008 at 5:00 pm

“absolutely right mike” “i couldn’t disagree mike” “you could say that mike” some of russo’s most used quotes.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:03 pm

he’s like the little s=dog in those warner brothers cartoons that hides behind the bulldog spike

BigDaddyKirk November 5, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Rusty, you get my vote for comment of the day. It’s not often you can work a Salacious Crumb reference into… well… pretty much anything. Sadly, we’re probably the only people on here who know who Salacious Crumb is….

gomets6091 November 5, 2008 at 7:28 pm

sadly I too know who he is. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm

lol i guess my inner star wars geek is coming out lol

BigDaddyKirk November 6, 2008 at 9:52 am

Rusty, if you are a Buffalo Bills fan, there is a great chance we were separated at birth!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:33 pm

hey sheavendor – happy i was listening now??

Steviefan84 November 5, 2008 at 4:36 pm

Mike should stick with drinking soda and eating donuts because he knows nothing about baseball, he only pretends he does.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm

i’d like to see mike after was on a fuzzy navel binge

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Its good to hear Mike call out Matt.

Matt, as I have said in the past….what you have here is cool but again noone comes here to hear your opinions about the Mets. I come here for Met news. It seems as if your lil SNY partnership has inflated your head.

Do I think Mike is arrogant and annoying? (especially since Dog left)..absolutely. With that being sai he would never make up a story like that.

You try to come across as if you dont care about the show.and maybe you dont. But then why post what Mike says on this blog? You obiviously care. Go listen to ESPN1050 or whatever you listen to when your not stroking mr met

WFAN..Mike and the Maddog….or just Francessa IS NY Sports. You will never come close. And your opinion will never matter.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:38 pm

go take a flying leap u troll

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:41 pm

why am I a troll? Because I dont look at Matt like the worshipers look at Obama?

Again, what Matt has here is cool. But I dont care what Matt and his lil blog journalists have to say about the Mets. I just come here for the news on the team.

NYsMaineMan November 5, 2008 at 4:43 pm

you’re a francessa homer

mrose November 5, 2008 at 4:44 pm

umm….also how about not saying “noone comes on here looking for your opinions”. I may not agree with Matt’s opinion, but I read it..just like I read opinions here in the comments section.
You are a troll because people here don’t recognize you other than negative things like this…

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:44 pm

hey swingers i know why you support mccain now – cuz he’s anti abortion and yer mommy wasn’t allowed to get one when you were conceived!!

erik November 5, 2008 at 4:45 pm

If you’re calling Adam Rubin and Jon Heyman a “lil blog journalists” then you’re as big an idiot as Mike Francesa is.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:47 pm

his call name is swingers – he might like gay pors or bad huey lewis lps lol

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:49 pm

*porn

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:53 pm

real creative with the abortion joke.

I guess if you dont believe Francessa than you are calling Eddie Coleman a liar.

By lil journalists I wasnt referring to Heyman and legit reporters

I come here almost everyday. I just dont find the need to post in every thread. Sorry, I have a life.

If you people really think that Mike made that stroy up I feel bad for you. CHurch isnt going to come out and publicly say anything bad about his team. I wouldnt expect him too. Not yet atleast.

If you would all take off your shades you would realize that the mix in our clubhouse isnt the best. And who can blame Church? I wouldnt want to listen to annoying Spanish music all day either. Especially if my team is under achieving

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:57 pm

ummm dude sorry that the truth hurts – but coleman admits he’s wrong on occasion – mike ahhh not so much

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 5:03 pm

ok so eddie coleman who is there everyday ..day in and day out for the past zillion years is lieing and doesnt know what hes talking about

lol your a bunch of clown

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:04 pm

did’t say lying – saying misinformed

DjDeF November 5, 2008 at 5:05 pm

swingers – everyone at the station kisses the ground Francesa walks on. Listen to all of the subordinates he has had on in his run to find a co-host. He talks down to all of them and they all kiss his behind. They all agree with everything he says, even the most outrageous things. They all play into it because he has perfected the persona of him being the reason FAN is still up an running.

I used to listen to FAN all the time but as time had gone on I got sick of the backside kissing of the prophet that is Pope Francesa.

mrose November 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

ahhh so you are a racist too….”Annoying Spanish music” ….so, what days are you in the clubhouse? Its very easy to think hes lying, you obviously don’t know Francessa much….

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:11 pm

i like mana santana la ley sepultura etc

BiffBenson November 5, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Just because someone is annoyed by music in the clubhouse doesn’t mean they are fed up with the entire team and “hates” the entire city…give me a break…

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:16 pm

mike only speaks in absolutes lol

therealsince86 November 6, 2008 at 7:55 am

Evidently, Swingers does not understand that this is a ….. BLOG. Of course it has Matt’s opinions. If you are coming here for just Mets news then try Mets.com/

Loser.

NYsMaineMan November 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm

you are a chode. is this Francessa? get out.

bkfitz November 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm

“All I did was quote him from his show back in October, then link to Adam Rubin’s story in the Daily News, which essentially refuted Francesa’s statement.”

That’s too much thinking involved for Fatcesa.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:38 pm

like i said we are as-suming he can read

NYsMaineMan November 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm

I loathe Francessa, the show stinks without Russo, who was obviously the back-bone behind their success through the years.

He’s not smart; although he thinks he is…and EVERYTIME a fan calls him out and makes him look like the moron he can be, he hangs up on them. He can get out.

Way to go Matt; good for you brother.

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Its funny that you people “dont like him” etc yet I guarentee you that when the MEts are in a pennant race or win the World Series the next day you will all be glued to wfan listening to Francessa

Or I guess Kay floats your boat? Give me a break. I think Francessa is annoying and arrogant as well, and in fact, I havnt listened to the show as much since Chris left. But lets be real here. Wfan..mike…chris…IS ny sports….not metsblog not 1050 etc

as chris used to say…..ur not a pimple on the fanny

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:45 pm

actually i can’t stand either of those 2 yankmee shills

DjDeF November 5, 2008 at 5:09 pm

Met fans aren’t looking for NY sports. We are looking for Mets talk. There is an obvious bias with Francesa. When the Yankees were out of the race this past year he kept opening his show with them yet the Mets were in a race to get to the playoffs. He kept talking about a silent september for the yankees yet continued to talk about them.

If you wanted to hear fair talk between all sports you should be listening to Benigno and Roberts in the mid-day and Malusis in the overnight

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:12 pm

here here !!!

erik November 5, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Mike Francesa is an idiot. Enough said.

NYsMaineMan November 5, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Yes, yes he is.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:46 pm

idiot isn’t a strong enough word – hows about a waste of good seman?

darkstar73 November 5, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Guys, guys, guys, calm down! Mike has “sources”, I mean, how can we refute that? How could Matt refute that? Adam Rubin? I mean, how could Ryan Church even refute that when Mike Francesa has “sources”! I mean, the words are coming out of his mouth, he heard the news, so I mean, it must be true! To think over wise is simply blasphemy! My goodness, MIke being wrong?!? NEVER!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:46 pm

mike is the old knowing wizard of oz lol

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:45 pm

so I guess if you dont believe Francessa than you think Eddie Coleman is a liar?

Genesis Does November 5, 2008 at 9:55 pm

If Ed Coleman is his one source, then thats pretty sad. The pope acts like he has informants all over the city, yet its pretty clear all he knows about the Mets is what Ed Coleman says, and what he sees when he watches the 5-10 mets games he watches a year (6 of them being against the Yankees)

Look, I love Ed Coleman, I look forward to his segments on Mike’s show, as well as Jon Heyman’s, In fact, I hope he gets the spot replacing Mad Dog, because I would like someone to keep Mike in check when he makes wild statements about the Mets that are far from the truth.

Of course in a perfect world, the Mets would have SOME kind of representation during the drive slot, and not Kay or Francessa. These options are horrible.

Metsblog should have a daily podcast or something

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Is Church going to come out and say that he cant stand the annoying sounds that Reyes and company call music? Is he going to say that?Seriously. You people need to take off the shades.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:50 pm

good music is subjective – i love slayer danny gatton return to forever metallica the eagles etc im sure u can find some bands i listen to that u don’t like

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:55 pm

I only listen to one band….the only band that matters…Guns N Roses

November 23rd
Chinese Democracy
BEst Buy
Be there!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:58 pm

i’ll believe it when i see it – and for brian may my idol to play on that piece of crap – he better of been compenstaed well – monerarilly

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 5:01 pm

dude its coming out

brian may played on brillian track called Catcher In The Rye….

check it out youll lke it

if you are interested in an ALBUM and not just a song for your ipod than check out Chinese Democracy. Old Gnr meets new gnr meets nin meets queen meets led zep meets Pink Flyod…its a musical experience

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:05 pm

i live in s.i i know the guitarist ron thall – nice guy – i heard the new song and it’s ok at best

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm

ron thall aka bumblefoot – and never compare that cd to the miracle !!!

mrose November 5, 2008 at 5:11 pm

wow, i just read a commercial for the new guns and roses album..
Cerrone, come on man, the ads are getting ridiculous, you have racist internet bots posting stuff now..this is ridiculous!

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I am not for breaking up the “core” . Except for Delgado. But if Reyes and Wright dont step up this year on and off the field than its time for one of them to go.

When is Reyes going to mature a little bit and become a leader? David Murphy is more of a leader than Reyes.

And I love Reyes but enough is enough. Its time to step up

erik November 5, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Are you talking about the dude from Texas? If so, why? If not, then its DANIEL Murphy. Idiot.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:52 pm

well said

erik November 5, 2008 at 4:54 pm

Thank You Rusty

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:59 pm

rusty satub jr says yer welcome

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:59 pm

*staub

mikey_FF November 5, 2008 at 4:52 pm

His name is Daniel Murphy … and he’s serious.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 4:53 pm

dead serious

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:56 pm

i meant murphy on the mets chill out

I was thinking of the hidden gem in Texas juan cruz …solid bat…go get him omar

darkstar73 November 5, 2008 at 4:54 pm

how on earth can you call daniel murphy a leader? because he plays hard? He probably doesn’t say squat in the clubhouse or the dugout, just sits there and listens to everyone else because he was a rookie. Seriously, Reyes is still 25, he’s only 2 years older than Murphy. Give it a break.

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 4:58 pm

murphy is vastly more mature than reyes. is he a leader? not yet. can he be? yes absolutely.

I love reyes and would be real hard for me to deal him. But enough with hes only 25…enough with hes still young, Hes been in the league for awhile now. Its time to step up and become a leader in the clubhouse. He can dance around but he needs to tone it down a tiny but. If he doesnt, fine,,,,but he better he 300+plus in spet and in the post season and better be int he running for mvp

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:01 pm

I got nothing here, but spell check

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm

lol i wish i had spell check

darkstar73 November 5, 2008 at 5:07 pm

hahaha, i love this, “he better be in the running for the mvp.” I mean, are you serious? He’s a good player, be happy about that, he’ll get better as well, baseball players don’t hit their peak until late 20’s. But to be upset that he’s not in the running for the mvp (at 25 no less, when’s the last time a 25 year old won an mvp?), or have that be your expectations is just ludicrous. I’m not happy until you win an MVP!!! That just sounds… naive.

PelfreyCyYoung09 November 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

:o how did we end up talking about his?

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:13 pm

DON’T ASK DON’T TELL LOL

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:14 pm

Realistically, MVP is a useless award. If you don’t hit more than 30 HRs, you’re usually not even considered. Nevermind a high BA, low error count, SB, whatever. I’m not saying that is Reyes, but that’s for any player in general

Volume11 November 6, 2008 at 7:15 pm

The same Reyes who led the league in hits?

Yes, next year he needs to step up and hit 420 plus hits so he can lead not only the NL, but the NL and AL combined…otherwise he is an over-rated player who listens to crappy Spanish music..whatever that means…

Also, Chinese Democracy is trash. And its not G’n'R anymore. Its Axel Rose featuring a bunch of semi-respected musicians who pale in comparison to the original line up of G’n'R.

absentminded November 5, 2008 at 4:59 pm

It should be noted that the conflation was caused by a caller who said he read about Church liking NY on Metsblog (after which Francessa went off on blogs) rather than citing to Adam Rubin’s column, which was the original source.

Nevertheless what a fricking blowhard.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:07 pm

kill that caller !!!

The Stork November 5, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Frankly, I’m surprised Francessa can even find a ‘blog’ like this one.

And, swingers31, please save the Francessa WFAN are NY sports gibberish. NY sports are the teams and the fans not the blowhards on radio or TV, for that matter, up to an including many of the loudmouths on FAN.

swingers31 November 5, 2008 at 5:05 pm

any big time ny sports fan checks into wfan when they wanna hear and talk about sports…

enough said

Simpsonsfan421 November 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm

I’m impressed that Francesa even knows how to read.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:07 pm

took the words right outta my mouth
he can read see spot run
run spot run

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

wow mike saw a r rated movie from the 90″!!!

CitizenSnips November 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

Why would he go off on blogs, who almost always use sources to back up whatever they’re posting? They’re actually more credible than hearing someone ramble and making up sources.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm

it’s not the first time about 6 months ago he and dog ripped into it when they were tslking about the bob costas show on hbo and the said “certain” blogs and these blogs are “misinformed”

CaseStreet November 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm

I think it’s time to take the system (Francesa) down. We need to go to war against this Mets hater. Why should he be allowed to spread false reports and daily trash our team? As fans, we need to stand up for the Mets and take Francesa on. We have to beat him at his own game.

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:29 pm

How do you do that though? If you think that clogging up the phone lines to defend the Mets will work, it won’t. He’ll just hang up on you.

Volume11 November 6, 2008 at 7:18 pm

You can punch him. And when he is on the floor bleeding looking for his teeth you can lean over him grab him by his neck and whisper “stupid is as stupid does” in the Batman voice.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:33 pm

storm fan – i got the duct tape some krispy cream and dark chocolate reeses to occupy carlin i think we can get eddie and sal on our side – minko will be cowering in the corner VENGENCE WILL BE OURS!!!

Geoffrey November 5, 2008 at 5:31 pm

Welcome to sports talk, Matt. I almost never listen to Francesa so I didn’t know how true all of the criticism of him was… until today. This guy’s a moron. Just keep on doing your thing.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Moron is too good of a word to describe him – i feel pisant is better and remember in the words of the old frank zappa song “what is the ugliest part of yor body?/ some say its yer nose/ some say its yer toes/ i say its yer mind!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:39 pm

guys dodgers turned down penny’s option comments??

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:42 pm

We can’t get Penny ! Where would those 2 extra wins come from each season. He’s been terrible against the Mets lately.

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:42 pm

Before I get killed. That was sarcasm for those who couldn’t tell.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:45 pm

i got my sarcasm meter when i first joined mets blog so i’m safe erik lol

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:47 pm

I don’t think I’ve gotten my Metsblog VIP status yet so they won’t send me one.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:51 pm

keep posting it furioso will let you have it in the parking lot – did i say that?? lol (sarcasm) u see lol

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Whatever he’s got, I’m not so sure I want it.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:18 pm

lmfao

k-mets November 5, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Did he get injured last year. Then he is perfect for the Mets (Sarcasm)

k-mets November 5, 2008 at 5:44 pm

Wow! What a conversation about Church. Blasting and demeaning everyone that a slightly different idea or thoughts. We all have different views, and know this we all been wrong at times. Please let me know if there are anyone been always right. Matt, Mike, Swinger has their own point of view on the matter. Respect their views.

I don’t trust everything that comes out of mike; yet he needs a platform to speak. So take his word for what it is. Likewise, Matt has the same responsibility to post interesting story and make the readers respond.

Lastly, if we talk about it. You are giving credence to Mike’s view. Ingore it, don’t comment on it and it will go away.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:45 pm

no platform could hold mikes weight – bah dum bump

k-mets November 5, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Lol…that was good but still you understand what I meant.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:50 pm

of course i understood – just couldn’t resist a mike is fat comment lol

sharphill November 5, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Congratulations, Matt. You’re officially inside the big man’s head! Don’t know if I’d want to be there, but it means you’re doing your job well. Keep it up!

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:46 pm

VENGENCE WILL BE OURS AGAINST JABBA THE HUTT !!

bkfitz November 5, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Matt, call in and defend yourself!

gottabelieve07 November 5, 2008 at 5:50 pm

Fatcessa is a moron who just loves to hear himself speak.

But for someone who was beating the drum for the Mets to leave WFAN because of Francessa/Russo, you’re giving them more free advertisements than anything they could pay for on their own.

Even if your intentions are just to call him out for his stupidity (and I’m sure that’s what it is), all you’re doing with all the Francessa posts is making curious people tune in more to his dumb show.

After you finish the fight he’s picking with you right now, move on and ignore the fat prick. His stupid show isn’t nearly the quality of this site.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 5:51 pm

if mike didn’t have a hard-on (russo) he wouldn’t have a friend

erik November 5, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Oh Cerrone, you blocked my “Met Minute”. I’m gonna cry now.

MetalMet November 5, 2008 at 6:01 pm

Oooh, “sources”, maybe I’ll have to start listening to the radio for my Mets news. Hmmmm, nah, the internet is infinitely better.

Phillies Are Phags November 5, 2008 at 6:02 pm

Fat Mike is a dick. Screw him.

And Kim Jones is worse so if they stick her on the afternoon show, then I’ll listen to it even less than I do already. Boomer & Carton and the Shmooze are the only people worth listening to on that station.

Joan_NYC November 5, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I realized what a liar the “Emperor” was when he made the statement pre-Willing-firing that Keith Hernandez told him that he wanted to manage the Mets. Now, I do not know these people personally BUT it is apparent to me that Keith is perfectly happy with his roll now and doesn’t want to work any harder than he has to. I think that WFAN has to think about changing their “caw”

darkstar73 November 5, 2008 at 6:25 pm

I’m glad that Mike doesn’t really care about the Mets, that way, WFAN has better reason to fire him considering wfan is the mets flagship station.

bobabouy01 November 5, 2008 at 6:48 pm

I REALLY HATE MIKE FRANCESCA !!!!

nrmax88 November 5, 2008 at 6:57 pm

Haha. What a bunch of whiney babies you all are. Francessa does a great job, and is nationally known as having the best sports talk radio show pretty much ever. He is not anti Met, he is just a Yankee fan. He is always fair about the Mets, he just says things that Met fans don’t want to hear. All of you talking negatively about him seem to listen to his show a lot, you know, for somebody with not credibility and all. Get over yourselves.

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:40 pm

ra ra retard !!

nrmax88 November 5, 2008 at 7:00 pm

I also find it hilarious that anybody from Metsblog is criticizing Mike for his credibility, considering some of the monkeys you have writing stories for this dump of a website. SNY ruined MEtsblog, along with the other idiot writers now working here. Nothing against Matt, but he has a team of monkeys working with him, and we are actually talking like some junk on Metsblog means more then a radio show that has been going on for 20 years, and is considered as good of a radio show as there is in the country? Ok.

Sylar November 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm

No one was talking about the popularity of the show.

People were talking Francesa’s “sources”, and his dumb, uneducated rants. If you consider Francesa credible, then your delusional…

bvaz November 5, 2008 at 8:45 pm

and SportsCenter has been on since 1979 but that doesn’t mean it is nearly as good as it was throughout the 80s and early 90s.
Chris Berman has been covering football forever too but he is obviously not in his prime.
longevity doesn’t mean much anymore.

Wright88 November 5, 2008 at 9:28 pm

Someone has become cynical and bitter over the last couple of years….

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:19 pm

werent u banned nrmax?

bvaz November 5, 2008 at 8:42 pm

what were Mike’s sources telling about the John Santana trade talks last December?
hell did Mike even read the blog before going spewing his jibberish on the airwaves?
what a joke.

Mayflower November 5, 2008 at 8:57 pm

It’s entirely possible that both parties are right…..Mike probably did have a source that told him that Church said those things…I mean, would Church admit it if it was true? Also, knowing the clubhouse, I am not so sure I wouldn’t share these same sentiments.

I am by no means defending Mike…..I really never listen anymore….but Matt has this almost childlike belief that all is Utopia in Metland…..Church prior to the injury might have very well have had these thoughts. Additionally, why is Matt so preoccupied with the idea that every show has to have a Met fan as a host…..you got two met fans in the morning, two more at the 10 to 1 slot and the ever annoying Steve Sommers floating around at all hours. In the large scheme of things, who the hell cares?

ASod1975 November 5, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Thank God I live in Florida now and don’t have to listen to this blithering idiot anymore. A fat, loud, obnoxious, uninformed tool……

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:27 pm

u just have jeb bush and rush limbaugh now lol unless u listen to bubba the love sponge :P

D-Day November 5, 2008 at 9:42 pm

hey everyone off subject but putting it out there. im try to get a citi field brick but they say they are sold out. i sent the mets an email and they got me on a waiting list if they decide to comission more bricks for the fanwalk. to make a long story short anyone who didnt get a brick yet that still wants one go to the fanwalk website and email them. the more people we get the better the chance theyll give more bricks. im REALLY want one but missed the boat cause my birthday is in october and they were sold out by then and ive been really down about it ever since. help a die hard fan out if you guys can!

C Dubb November 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm

I thought people that looked like Fransesca were supposed to be jolly?

rustyjr November 5, 2008 at 10:19 pm

the elves beat him up and stole his candy

metsfan1 November 5, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Mike is an idiot. Like he has “insiders” in the Mets clubhouse. For years he has made fun of the Mets, criticized the Mets and basically disrespected the Mets. Now all of a sudden he is an expert. Don’t think so. Do I think Church may have been a little upset with the clubhouse. Possibly. I think the chemistry is wrong and the Mets need more players like Church. But to say the guy hates being in NY is another thing. For a guy that hates it, he sure played well.

RockfordMetsFan November 5, 2008 at 10:54 pm

I checked the definition of “moron” on dictionary.com.

1. A person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment
2. Mike Francesa

youknowwhatimsayin November 6, 2008 at 12:02 am

I know it’s Fatcessa… and yeah, he hates the Mets… but if you ask me, I’d say where there is smoke…

Church was also being very annoyed that two Mets relievers (Sanchez and Rincon) reported late for the Saturday penultimate game of the season, which was reported by Adam Rubin of NYDN…confirmed by Eddie C just days later.

Too much stuff has been said about the team’s clubhouse environment, etc. Like I said, where there is smoke….

But it doesn’t matter, Omar wants fans to think that all he needs to do is get is a closer, do nothing else, and this team will be muy bien.

youknowwhatimsayin November 6, 2008 at 12:06 am

As for Eddie C, they don’t call him “See No Evil” for no reason.

IF he is that “source”, and keep in mind that he ripped into Delgado when was he was with Mike a few weeks ago… Eddie RARELY, if ever (as long as I have been listening) ever really got on the Mets too much.

That he is saying these things, presuming he is Mike’s “source”…. has a lot of credibility IMO.

Keep in mind that I can’t stand Mike either, but…

FlightFromHouston November 6, 2008 at 9:20 am

what did eddie c say about delgado ?

also, i don’t think its unbelievable that church doesn’t like it here either.

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