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VikingSkull posted:Mike Francesa is terrible, but sometimes he is hilarious. In the last one when the caller starts talking about the Rockets I completely lost it.
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# ? Sep 27, 2012 08:46 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 09:20 |
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Hey y'all check out this piece of poo poo http://blogs.suntimes.com/cubs/2012/09/chicago_cubs_avoid_adam_greenberg_circ.html quote:Leave it to Team Dysfunction 2012 to cap off a week of chaos during a meltdown season with a publicity stunt that not even the Cubs would touch.
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# ? Sep 27, 2012 20:30 |
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Is that the same person who poo poo on Greenberg before? I know I've read a ridiculous "this is a mockery of the sport" take on it before.
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# ? Sep 27, 2012 20:39 |
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VikingSkull posted:Mike Francesa is terrible, but sometimes he is hilarious. You know, when you fall asleep on the air, you take the prank calls gracefully, maybe crack a few jokes about it and just move on. If you do that you probably don't get anymore calls. When you start making snide remarks about it, they're going to just increase.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 02:24 |
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Akileese posted:You know, when you fall asleep on the air, you take the prank calls gracefully, maybe crack a few jokes about it and just move on. If you do that you probably don't get anymore calls. When you start making snide remarks about it, they're going to just increase. Especially in New York. You're definitely not going to make it any better. Also, pointing out he's making a fortune might work in Idaho, but here he's actually running the chance that the guy pranking him actually does make more money than he does.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 08:08 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:Is that the same person who poo poo on Greenberg before? I know I've read a ridiculous "this is a mockery of the sport" take on it before. Yeah I don't see the outrage, it's basically a September callup for a lovely team. So what?
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 14:41 |
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You would think that part of being a major media personality would involve having at least something resembling a sense of humor, but apparently it is a prerequisite to be a self-serious dickhead.
R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Sep 28, 2012 |
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St1cky posted:Jeff Pearlman wrote some terrible article slamming 5k's for whatever reason. then got ripped for it and deleted it. Forunately everyone finds him to be an rear end in a top hat http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2012/06/this-week-in-f-k-you-jeff-pearlman-10k-purist.html , http://www.stridenation.com/2012/6/25/3116507/jeff-pearlman-hates-5k-races . He's kind of right, 5ks are pretty irritating. They're an annoying distance to run.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 15:25 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:He's kind of right, 5ks are pretty irritating. They're an annoying distance to run. Only because they're JUST short enough that friends who actually like running for some reason continually try to get me to participate.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 16:51 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:He's kind of right, 5ks are pretty irritating. They're an annoying distance to run. His chief complaint seems to be that 5ks aren't "hard" enough. Any race is "hard" if you give a full effort, so I can only conclude that he's a wuss who doesn't know how to race. Vogon Poet fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Sep 30, 2012 |
# ? Sep 28, 2012 19:10 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:You would think that part of being a major media personality would involve having at least something resembling a sense of humor, but apparently it is a prerequisite to be a self-serious dickhead. Vogon Poet posted:His chief complaint seems to be that 5ks aren't "hard" enough. Any race is "hard" if you give a full effort, so I can only include that he's a wuss who doesn't know how to race. *Goatse picture* Doing that to your anus.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 23:29 |
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I used to listen to Mike and the Mad Dog every day, because Chris had a way of trolling Mike without Mike realizing it, and he could calm him down and move on just as easily. Without Russo reigning him in, Francesca is just unbelievably awful.
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# ? Sep 28, 2012 23:35 |
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quote:Currently a resident of Manhasset, New York. Francesa married his current wife, Rose (whom he usually refers to as Roe), on July 14, 2000[29] and they have three children, fraternal twins Emily Grace and Jack Patrick (7)[30][31] and Harrison James (5). However, this: quote:Francesa was born and raised in Long Beach, New York.[26] He is the second son of Michael Francesa, Sr., who abandoned the family when Francesa was eight years old. EDIT: hahahaha quote:He participated in junior varsity high school baseball, but was cut. He frequently refers to his "baseball career" on the air, garnering him some derision because of the use of the word "career" [3] in reference to his high school playing days. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Sep 28, 2012 |
# ? Sep 28, 2012 23:39 |
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Crazy Ted posted:I cannot for the life of me fathom being married to that rear end in a top hat. That last bit is perfect
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 00:56 |
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My dad will be 70 next year, and he looks younger than Francesca. Mike looks like he's on death's door and he's only 58.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 01:00 |
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VikingSkull posted:I used to listen to Mike and the Mad Dog every day, because Chris had a way of trolling Mike without Mike realizing it, and he could calm him down and move on just as easily. Without Russo reigning him in, Francesca is just unbelievably awful. I have no idea how anyone could listen to Russo's voice for more than like 5 minutes without veering into on-coming traffic just to get away.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 01:53 |
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Back when the two were on the air, their separate negatives would combine into trainwreck radio in a weird way, especially when the Yankees were just coming off that late 90's run. Mike would lose his poo poo in the early 00's when they would fall apart and Chris would just troll the ever-loving gently caress out of him. I mainly listened to WFAN for Sid Rosenberg, though. Crackhead sports talk guys are the best.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 02:22 |
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In fairness, Francesa can be pretty good at interviews when he's into the topic, so his show is a mixture of actual good content and unintentional high comedy. I don't listen to it every minute or every day or anything, but I am a listener.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 02:25 |
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Crazy Ted posted:I cannot for the life of me fathom being married to that rear end in a top hat. The best thing about this is that it makes it pretty clear that Francesca edits his own wiki page.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 03:03 |
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I don't care if the Giants eventually won the world series this tirade by Russo when the Giants were knocked out of the 2003 playoffs is still gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzAZ25hEi4 Likewise when a caller suggested to Francesa that Joba was a top-5 pitcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI5xJfYH7NI Also I briefly posted in a Francesa-related forum a few years back. The regulars are so obsessive it's scary.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 03:17 |
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jeffersonlives posted:In fairness, Francesa can be pretty good at interviews when he's into the topic, so his show is a mixture of actual good content and unintentional high comedy. I don't listen to it every minute or every day or anything, but I am a listener. I'm 99% sure he was the one who introduced that goddamned "Mets core players" meme into the wild. I do kinda miss the fat bastard, since I really can't listen to WFAN when he's on. Though I usually get the WEEI Whiner Line on the way home so it isn't too bad.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 03:25 |
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Here's a cool old school style article on last week's Notre Dame game. http://magazine.nd.edu/news/33695-conquering-a-nightmare/ quote:When he first strode onto the hallowed stadium turf, Robinson took the appearance of a mortal man, clad in the Michigan maize and blue. Robinson, the poets said, was the terror in Irish dreams, a bolt of lightning who could break the Notre Dame spirit, just as he had done for the past two years.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 03:59 |
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@buzzbissinger posted:Money is important: hell I'd gently caress a sheep with Skip Bayless. Of course he would talk the whole time. Then bum a cigarette. @buzzbissinger posted:Skip Bayless will do anything for money and attention. Hear he has new reality show--Sheepfucking Texas Style on Discovery.
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# ? Sep 30, 2012 06:58 |
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Buzz Bissinger also claimed on Twitter that Jews controlled the media and that was a good thing (and also it was OK for him to say it because he's Jewish)
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# ? Sep 30, 2012 16:12 |
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Tim MacMahon took kind of a strange angle writing about last night's Cowboys loss.quote:Let's look at the bright side: The grand opening of the first lingerie store at a football stadium was a smashing success. Stop slut shaming the Dallas Cowboys.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 00:13 |
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Crazy Ted posted:It took you this long to figure out that Mike Francesa is a self-serious dickhead? I don't live in New York or listen to sports talk radio.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 00:52 |
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It's always funny to read baseball writers accidentally make a decent criticism of WAR, but keep building on it until they've narrowed all relevant statistics down to wins and RBI. Let's watch our friend Jerry Green of The Detroit News do that now, shall we? http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120929/OPINION03/209290399/ quote:ESPN claims that Trout merits the MVP award — despite Cabrera's possible Triple Crown — on the basis of WAR. This is not the kind of war that Ted Williams fought in twice amidst his Triple Crown-style seasons. Or the war that brought Willie Mays into the Army during his career. The Tigers are currently seventh in the American League.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 05:56 |
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The Tigers weren't "led" to the AL Central crown as much as "lucked into it because the Chicago White Sox went 6-12 against the Kansas City Royals and had an abysmally bad collapse".
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 06:09 |
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Has there ever been an article critical of WAR that doesn't include "whatever that means." I also wonder if anyone has pointed out to these writers that there couldn't be anything more valuable than a player making league minimum and putting up the kind of stats Trout has. MVP should always go to the best pre-arbitration eligible player.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 06:34 |
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the mvp should go to barry bonds every year until they make up for colluding against him
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 06:47 |
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The best thing about that argument is, as JoePos pointed out recently, that the Angels have a better record than the Tigers. And they were what, 8-14 when Trout came up? After 22 games, the Tigers were 11-11. Did Miguel Cabrera drunk drive into some White Sox players or something?
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 08:12 |
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MassRayPer posted:Has there ever been an article critical of WAR that doesn't include "whatever that means." Pretty much every time I hear or read something railing against statistics in baseball, the person talking/writing has no idea what any of the statistics actually are. They also all make THE SAME STUPID JOKE about VORP: "Vorp? What the hell is that? It sounds like a Star Trek noise!!!" If you're going to try and convince me that Sabermetrics is useless, at least spend thirty goddamned seconds brushing up on the topic. quote:Once upon a time, the MVP was not decided on the basis of some imaginary numbers that are jammed into a murky, invented stat such as WAR. "Yeah, right on! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go fill out my Hall of Fame ballot. I only vote for players that have 'hustle' and 'aren't afraid to get dirt on their uniforms'" --Every dipshit baseball sportswriter ever. haljordan fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Oct 3, 2012 |
# ? Oct 3, 2012 13:39 |
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Batting average and wins are both goofy and complicated as poo poo and if someone invented them today instead of in like 1789 they would both be targets of at least one angry Jon Heyman column.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 14:25 |
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MourningView posted:Batting average and wins are both goofy and complicated as poo poo and if someone invented them today instead of in like 1789 they would both be targets of at least one angry Jon Heyman column. I know, how can you make a case for batting average as a legitimate "non made-up" stat and then bash WAR/VORP/etc?
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 14:30 |
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SF Weekly just published a big takedown of Bleacher Report. Nothing that you probably don't already know, but reading all the self-loathing from those on the inside is interesting.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:43 |
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morestuff posted:SF Weekly just published a big takedown of Bleacher Report. Nothing that you probably don't already know, but reading all the self-loathing from those on the inside is interesting. What's really hilarious is that deadspin linked to this article and trashed Bleacher Report for simply being one big SEO revenue machine, which is EXACTLY what deadspin does as well. The writer actually had the balls to use the phrase "This isn't journalism!!!"
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:44 |
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Deadspin also produces good content so no
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:46 |
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stuart scott irl posted:Deadspin also produces good content so no Yes, I know I am thrilled whenever someone sends in their story of encountering ex-pro wrestler Virgil. If only they kept the "Oddibe McDowell's monthly water bill" feature going too! (I know they produce good content now and again, but calling out another site for their 'journalistic practices' is just laughable.) edit: Bleacher Report's measured, nuanced response to the story: haljordan fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Oct 3, 2012 |
# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:47 |
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Deadspin has certainly done some gross things in an attempt to get pageviews but I wouldn't define them as a SEO farm like Bleacher Report or (to a degree) SB Nation.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 16:52 |
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Deadspin articles have made it into Best loving American Sportswriting anthologies. The day Bleacher Report gets one of its articles in there is the day after the apocalypse.
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# ? Oct 3, 2012 17:49 |