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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Mike and the Dog
Linking to a Bill Simmons article on Page 2 of ESPN.com seems too obvious. But here is a diary piece about NYC sports radio personalities Mike Francesca and Chris Russo. It's pretty hilarious. Consider the following pearls of wisdoms:
1:17 -- Dog struggles to say the word "Phillies." He's not strong with his L's and his R's. That's part of his charm. I don't think any of us will ever forget the time he attempted to say the name "Rheal Cormier."
1:48 -- A caller named Vinny wonders if Mike Mussina is a potential Hall of Famer, leading to a raucous Don Drysdale discussion (don't ask) that includes Dog breaking out the Baseball Encyclopedia and reading Drysdale's year-by-year stats as Mike decides if each good season was HOF-worthy with a definitive "yes" or "no." In the end, they decide he's a Hall of Famer. Strangely riveting.
2:59 -- John from Philly tries to play the "it's the owners fault that Philly baseball fans don't care" card, followed by Mike and Dog massacring the argument, as Mike emphatically adds, "It's not a good baseball town ... it is NOT a good baseball town."
That's a Mike specialty -- making a point once, then repeating the same point by slowing down the sentence and emphasizing the word "not." For some reason, this has not gotten old in 15 years. This has ... NOT gotten old ... in 15 years.
4:59 -- Dog on Randy Johnson's latest problems: "When you get right down to it, he's dealing with the fact that he's mortality, he's immortal; it came so easy to him. Now it's not coming so easy, he's having trouble with that." Don't worry, it sounded 10-times worse when it happened live. I think the boys are getting punchy. Me, too.
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1:17 -- Dog struggles to say the word "Phillies." He's not strong with his L's and his R's. That's part of his charm. I don't think any of us will ever forget the time he attempted to say the name "Rheal Cormier."
1:48 -- A caller named Vinny wonders if Mike Mussina is a potential Hall of Famer, leading to a raucous Don Drysdale discussion (don't ask) that includes Dog breaking out the Baseball Encyclopedia and reading Drysdale's year-by-year stats as Mike decides if each good season was HOF-worthy with a definitive "yes" or "no." In the end, they decide he's a Hall of Famer. Strangely riveting.
2:59 -- John from Philly tries to play the "it's the owners fault that Philly baseball fans don't care" card, followed by Mike and Dog massacring the argument, as Mike emphatically adds, "It's not a good baseball town ... it is NOT a good baseball town."
That's a Mike specialty -- making a point once, then repeating the same point by slowing down the sentence and emphasizing the word "not." For some reason, this has not gotten old in 15 years. This has ... NOT gotten old ... in 15 years.
4:59 -- Dog on Randy Johnson's latest problems: "When you get right down to it, he's dealing with the fact that he's mortality, he's immortal; it came so easy to him. Now it's not coming so easy, he's having trouble with that." Don't worry, it sounded 10-times worse when it happened live. I think the boys are getting punchy. Me, too.
