Mike Francesa defends labeling Yankees ‘lucky’ for not getting Shohei Ohtani: ‘I hadn’t seen him play.’
"All I said was I didn’t want to pay the guy a fortune until I saw him play. That was it."
"All I said was I didn’t want to pay the guy a fortune until I saw him play. That was it."
"When somebody dies. That’s where you need on the radio somebody who saw these guys play."
"He will lose. I firmly believe that. I don’t know if the Republican party and the diehards believe that, but I firmly believe that."
"It was the forerunner of Pardon The Interruption, it was the forerunner of any of these debate shows you see on television."
"I did that show at Bar A way back in the WFAN days."
"That is the worst thing they can do right now.”
"This was to be an appearance, nothing more."
"There’s a matter in which you talk sports that just does not work anymore."
"That was one of the most surreal and amazing conversations of my life."
"It was my idea and he went along with it."
"I would have loved to host the Red Zone channel because I would do a great job at handling that in the fourth quarter. Or in the witching hour."
"That is a disgrace! You should be ashamed of yourself. Ashamed."
Love him, hate him, or love/hate him, Mike Francesa can draw an audience, so it’s no wonder that...
"Check out what Babe Ruth did before you’re going to tell me what Ohtani did."
Tom Brady retired and ESPN’s foremost debate show spent two hours giving America a Mike and the Mad Dog history lesson.
"It takes a certain personality and a certain mindset to be good as an analyst. I don’t think he’s gonna be a great analyst."
"I think it comes fairly natural to me"
"I can tell you this, no other people, the three of us for two hours. Think about that. You talk about me being a fraud, Mike hated ESPN for 100 years!"
"They called me last year and wanted me to surprise Dog and Stephen A. on First Take."
ESPN sought to have Mike Francesa make a surprise appearance on First Take in March. That didn't work out, but there have been further recent talks.
"I think if you put Dog and I in a room and did that it would be a home run show. Home run"
"If you want to have a war, you’re picking the wrong guy"
"Northeast cities with larger, louder media, Philly, Boston, New York—GMs and owners listen to talk radio. They read the columns."
Chris Russo made at least three mispronunciations this week, and his former partner Mike Francesa made one of the same ones.
"I believe I would be better than many current team builders at drafting and trading pro football players."