Comments on: Who Cares What Mike Francesa Thinks?

By: Mike Harrigan

Mike Harrigan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:00:55 +0000

“Let’s be honest”

“no question”

You can’t listen to Francesa for 20 minutes without him saying one of both of these phrases. Try it!

By: Jerry in NJ

Jerry in NJ — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:28:44 +0000

Francesa has now officially said “Hey, Let’s be Honest” more times than Somers has said “the bottom line is”. Not by much but he’s in the lead.

By: Tom in Sunnyside

Tom in Sunnyside — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:58:13 +0000

Can’t listen to sports talk generally because too many topics don’t interest me, too few hosts are more than a loud mouth and a comical accent. Could never listen to Francesa for those reasons (his accent grates on even this life long Queens resident) but most of all because he 1) is a complete homer for the teams and athletes he likes, 2) is a complete hater on the teams and athletes he doesn’t and 3)looks with utter disdain on pretty much everyone else, worthy of generating contempt only when one says something that contradicts how he feels at that moment.

That said, he has been the inspiration for a hysterical fake Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/MikeFrancesaNY

By: Dr. Remulak

Dr. Remulak — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:15:55 +0000

Mike Francesca sucks. He’s audio valium, puts me right to sleep. He’s appointed himself Dean Of NY Sports, which is funny because I don’t remember there being a vote. He’s even worse without Russo to interrupt his continuous bursts of hot, gassy air.

By: DAK442

DAK442 — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:38:56 +0000

Setting aside his anti-Met bias, Francesca is a horrible broadcaster. He is endlessly repetitive, not insightful, and an utter blowhard. The only reason he is famous is because he was first. Let’s be honest, there are dozens of people in New York who could do a better job.

I can only take non-game FAN in tiny doses. Even the other hosts are a tough listen; with all the updates and 35 minutes of commercials every hour, it’s just annoying.

By: CharlieH

CharlieH — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:51:45 +0000

For some odd reason, Cerrone pulled his post. Whatsupwitdat?

By: Louis Proyect

Louis Proyect — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:48:15 +0000

I listen to Francesa the same way I listen to Limbaugh. It is entertaining shtick, taken in small doses. The problem with all the WFAN hosts, excluding Richard Neer, is that it is so shtick driven, from Steve Somers insisting on the “Metropolitans” to Craig Carton’s Howard Stern imitation. I think that the movie “Big Fan” nailed this world down pretty good, even if the conclusion of the movie was an unsuccessful copy of something like “Taxi Driver”.

By: Mike, Matt: Can We Duel Already? : Mets Today

Mike, Matt: Can We Duel Already? : Mets Today — Sat, 29 May 2010 12:30:05 +0000

[...] addresses the comment, then removes the post. Then Mike backtracks (a little). The bloggers unite, calling out Mike and every other old-school media dinosaur who couldn’t power on a computer if their life [...]

By: Greg Prince

Greg Prince — Sat, 29 May 2010 07:04:25 +0000

I’m with Dutch (or Grim) in terms of the human element for why I continue, despite my disappointment with most FAN (and ESPN 1050) hosts, to switch it on. It’s not for news or insight or brilliant debate or witty repartee. It’s for the company. Of course I can read the best Mets anywhere en blog but sometimes I want to hear a voice. Oft times, I want to shut that voice off within 30 seconds, but the impulse is to have it chatting in the background, proving that somewhere out there someone is literally articulating my subject of matter of concern — not so much what I’m thinking, but going to the trouble of talking about it.

By: Greg Prince

Greg Prince — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:13:00 +0000

I’ve been a big supporter of the New Left ever since Hisanori Takahashi was added to the rotation.