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Mike and the Mad Dog show (Not Done!) (1 Viewer)

There was nothing better than when Mike and Dog used to debate a player's HOF candidacy. Russo would read off a player's numbers in a given year to determine if it qualified as a HOF-caliber season, and Mike would stare ahead, listen closely, and then give a declarative and definitive yes or no for each season.

edit: I remembered that Bill Simmons covered this in a column a bunch of years back (fun read overall if you have the time). Some excerpts:

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.

2:27 -- More Mussina talk, capped off by Dog asking Mike what he'd give Mussina for his next contract. Mike mulls it over, glances down, glances up, then definitively rules, "I'd give him 39 [million dollars] over three years," as if there was no other possible answer. Then they play the Hall of Fame year-by-year game with Mussina. '92, '94, '95, '99, '01, '03 all get "yes" votes from Mike, who decides, "He's clos-ah than we thought."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060512

 
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RUSF18 said:
There was nothing better than when Mike and Dog used to debate a player's HOF candidacy. Russo would read off a player's numbers in a given year to determine if it qualified as a HOF-caliber season, and Mike would stare ahead, listen closely, and then give a declarative and definitive yes or no for each season.

edit: I remembered that Bill Simmons covered this in a column a bunch of years back (fun read overall if you have the time). Some excerpts:

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.

2:27 -- More Mussina talk, capped off by Dog asking Mike what he'd give Mussina for his next contract. Mike mulls it over, glances down, glances up, then definitively rules, "I'd give him 39 [million dollars] over three years," as if there was no other possible answer. Then they play the Hall of Fame year-by-year game with Mussina. '92, '94, '95, '99, '01, '03 all get "yes" votes from Mike, who decides, "He's clos-ah than we thought."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060512
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:lmao: So great

Similar to when Dog would get the weekend tv ratings and Mike would guess them after 30 seconds of dead air.

 
29 minutes in and we get the first prank.

"Another guy.... You're wasting everyone's time."

1 minute later the next caller has him on the line...and then another prank. First two calls, two pranks.

 
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shadyridr said:
Francesa is so obsessed with being right, he doesnt even realize what hes arguing sometimes. He starts that call off by arguing biggio compiled being on base 15th all time but then proceeds to say his obp was compiled. Those are two different things and he doesnt even realize what hes saying cuz he just wants to defend his point and make the callers look like idiots. That video was all over the place.
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Why don't we just take a guy that hit .220 over 25 years and put him in the HoF?

:loco:

That's his counter to the obp isn't a compiler stat?

 
Too much trouble to post it, but the following exchange occurred today:

Caller: "Hey Mike. Peyton Manning is 9-11 in the playoffs, and he's lost in the first round eight times. Now, I don't blame him for losing the game last year at home to the Ravens, and... [Mike cuts him off before he can make his point.]..."

Mike: "HOW MANY POINTS DID MANNING PUT UP IN THAT GAME LAST YEAR?!?!?!"

Caller: "Huh?"

Mike: "HOW MANY POINTS DID MANNING PUT UP IN THAT GAME LAST YEAR?!?!?!"

Caller: "Mike, I just said I don't blame Manning for that game."

Mike: "HOW MANY POINTS DID MANNING PUT UP IN THAT GAME LAST YEAR?!?!?!"

Caller: "Can I make my point? I'm not even arguing that."

Mike: "I JUST WANNA KNOW.... HOW MANY POINTS DID MANNING PUT UP IN THAT GAME LAST YEAR?!?!?!"

Caller: [gunshot sound]

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He's a mess.

I tried for an hour to get through today, no dice. No wonder this guy stays on the air, he's essentially early Howard Stern. You love him and listen or you hate him and want to hear what he says next.

 
McG did you call? I couldve sworn a Mike from Montvale called about something regarding the 49ers and got hung up on

 
Smack Tripper said:
shadyridr said:
Smack Tripper said:
MCguidance said:
Mike arguing Luck over Brees. I love Luck but he is saying it definitively. There's no argument.
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That is outrageous. Arguing Brees has better talent, when I would argue, outside of Graham and possibly Sproles, Brees has MADE his talent,
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id say colston, graham, sproles are much better than anyone luck has right now
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Colston is trash, Hilton is much better at this point
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:lmao: Easy with the ridiculous overreactions. Hilton has a long way to go to prove he's a consistent, reliable player.

 
RBM said:
Smack Tripper said:
shadyridr said:
Smack Tripper said:
MCguidance said:
Mike arguing Luck over Brees. I love Luck but he is saying it definitively. There's no argument.
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That is outrageous. Arguing Brees has better talent, when I would argue, outside of Graham and possibly Sproles, Brees has MADE his talent,
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id say colston, graham, sproles are much better than anyone luck has right now
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Colston is trash, Hilton is much better at this point
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:lmao: Easy with the ridiculous overreactions. Hilton has a long way to go to prove he's a consistent, reliable player.
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As pertains to this discussion, francesa made the case for Brees being better than luck based on his edge In talent. Graham is an overwhelming edge but the rest of the guys represent no significant edge in my opinion. If I were drafting offensive players off these teams after the qb, I'd take hilton second for tomorrow's games. Sproles was healthy I'd take him possibly.

Francesa makes it sound like Brees is throwing to Bruce and Holt and Luck is throwing to mannequins.

 
Smack Tripper said:
RBM said:
Smack Tripper said:
shadyridr said:
Smack Tripper said:
MCguidance said:
Mike arguing Luck over Brees. I love Luck but he is saying it definitively. There's no argument.
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That is outrageous. Arguing Brees has better talent, when I would argue, outside of Graham and possibly Sproles, Brees has MADE his talent,
Click to expand...
id say colston, graham, sproles are much better than anyone luck has right now
Click to expand...
Colston is trash, Hilton is much better at this point
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:lmao: Easy with the ridiculous overreactions. Hilton has a long way to go to prove he's a consistent, reliable player.
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As pertains to this discussion, francesa made the case for Brees being better than luck based on his edge In talent. Graham is an overwhelming edge but the rest of the guys represent no significant edge in my opinion. If I were drafting offensive players off these teams after the qb, I'd take hilton second for tomorrow's games. Sproles was healthy I'd take him possibly.

Francesa makes it sound like Brees is throwing to Bruce and Holt and Luck is throwing to mannequins.
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francesa is an idiot. You dont need to try and top him
 
Raider Nation said:
It's hit or miss. Some days I'll get nothing but a busy signal. Last time I called, I was on the air in 5 minutes.

It was the day after the N.E. Monday night game in Carolina. He was screaming about how it should have been defensive holding on the Panthers. I tried to explain to him (after five other callers did likewise) that it could only be pass interference, since the ball was in the air. He countered by saying that Brady still had the ball when Gronk got molested.

:loco:

The ball was five feet away from Gronk when he got run into. Shockingly, Mike wasn't swayed.
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We need a list of the names that FBGs use when they call in :popcorn: - which one are you RN?

-QG

 
QuizGuy66 said:
Raider Nation said:
It's hit or miss. Some days I'll get nothing but a busy signal. Last time I called, I was on the air in 5 minutes.

It was the day after the N.E. Monday night game in Carolina. He was screaming about how it should have been defensive holding on the Panthers. I tried to explain to him (after five other callers did likewise) that it could only be pass interference, since the ball was in the air. He countered by saying that Brady still had the ball when Gronk got molested.

:loco:

The ball was five feet away from Gronk when he got run into. Shockingly, Mike wasn't swayed.
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We need a list of the names that FBGs use when they call in :popcorn: - which one are you RN?

-QG
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Why not use FBG handles?

 
QuizGuy66 said:
Raider Nation said:
It's hit or miss. Some days I'll get nothing but a busy signal. Last time I called, I was on the air in 5 minutes.

It was the day after the N.E. Monday night game in Carolina. He was screaming about how it should have been defensive holding on the Panthers. I tried to explain to him (after five other callers did likewise) that it could only be pass interference, since the ball was in the air. He countered by saying that Brady still had the ball when Gronk got molested.

:loco:

The ball was five feet away from Gronk when he got run into. Shockingly, Mike wasn't swayed.
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We need a list of the names that FBGs use when they call in :popcorn: - which one are you RN?

-QG
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I change it up. Last time I was Alfredo in the Bronx.

 
I love it when guys call up and say "Hey Mike, first-time caller -- really love the show."

He can't disregard them fast enough. "Yeah, good... what's up?"

 
Raider Nation said:
Mike defending his butt-buddy A-Rod to the death with caller after caller is nothing short of embarrassing.
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brutal show today. I love when someone made a good point and his defense was "are you an arod fan?" "No im a mets fan" "oh well, youre clearly not biased"
 
Mike is the only major sports guy in NY to continue to apologize for arod.

It's comical at this point. Caller after caller brings up solid points and he dismisses him. I don't know how anyone likes this guy. He can't take a joke, he can't listen to constructive criticism and he sure as #### can't relate to anyone.

It does pass the time to listen to him just butcher the English language though.

Someone brings up the federal judge and a good point. The following ensues:

"I don't know the reason for that yet. I will ask when I get off the air, but I don't know why that is. I haven't heard what the reason is, I haven't been told. We can't get into since we don't have the time, but I will find out since I don't know the reason for that yet. Once I'm off the air I'll have someone explain it to me but I don't know the reason yet. Like I said, it's not clear why that is since I'm not sure on the reason."

By the end of his 45 second explanation, I'm screaming.

 
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"When your life is threatened, you call major league baseball. Not the police. I got it."


He doesn't drive things into the ground at all. He only stated the above about 500 times, in one form or another.

 
I probably posted this in here before...but I think he'd only get about 10% of the internet ####/pranks he does if he had just admitted he fell asleep on the air. A couple weeks ago Mike Ditka fell asleep during Countdown, Keyshawn had to wake him up as they came back from commercial. Ditka later joked about it saying listening to Keyshawn put him to sleep. Owned it for a laugh and moved on.

Mike could have very easily said that Sweeney was so bad that it made him fall asleep, laughed about it, busted his balls, but why ever act like a human being?

 
Here comes the dead air. JESUS MIKE, say SOMETHING!!!

30/36 30/33 34/36 96, 2

25/25 25/26 75/75

Riveting.

He immediately starts the Sapp interview with the FG debate, like Sapp cares. Sapp says it's 1.9 seconds, we are wasting time.

 
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"Tom in Ridgefield Park, NJ" calls every single day in the first hour, and I mute his call every single day. He's the guy who sounds 108-years-old and he appears to be gargling with Drano throughout his entire comment. Impossible to listen to. You can tell Mike can't take him either, as he always gets cut off after his initial question.

 
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