I listen to the show for a few minutes in the hopes that maybe he'll say something stupid thinking that he's smart, and he does. In response to a caller talking about how he doesn't think the Mets are underperforming, he goes:
You don't think the Mets are underperforming? Beltran? He's not having a bad year? Chavez has been out for 2 months. Delgado? You don't think he's underperforming? Alou? He missed two months.
And I of course cannot convey to you in writing the pretentiousness amplitude of his voice's sound waves that physicists have yet to determine a way to measure. Then the caller said something that made me smile:
I think Beltran is one of the most overrated players to ever come to New York.
And of course Francesa brings up last year and his year in 2004 (including his absurd HR output in the playoffs that year). But, has Francesa ever realized, maybe that is Beltran overperforming? Overall, if you look at the Mets last year, they had so much go right, offensively.
Carlos Beltran: .275/.388/.594, 156 OPS+, 41 HR
Carlos Delgado: .265/.361/.548, 134 OPS+, 38 HR
Jose Reyes: .300/.354/.487, 118 OPS+, 19 HR
David Wright: .311/.381/.531, 136 OPS+, 27 HR
Jose Valentin: .271/.330/.490, 112 OPS+, 18 HR
Paul Lo Duca: .318/.355/.428, 105 OPS+, 5 HR (but 39 2Bs)
Beltran had a career year. Valentin gave much more than expected. Delgado declined slightly, but wasn't too far off from his career norms. And the guy was 34. It was reasonable to hope but not expect him to repeat his 2005 in Florida (by the way, stupid but fun trivia question: Delgado is one of only 4 players to hit .300 with 30 HR and 100 RBI in both leagues, who are the other three? I remember 2 of the other 3 as I write this). Even Lo Duca gave them above average offense as a catcher. Now look at them this year:
Carlos Beltran: .260/.336/.490, 118 OPS+, 21 HR
Carlos Delgado: .254/.331/.438, 104 OPS+, 18 HR
Jose Reyes: .303/.373/.453, 120 OPS+, 9 HR
David Wright: .309/.398/.523, 144 OPS+, 22 HR
Jose Valentin: .241/.302/.373, 80 OPS+, 3 HR, 51 games played
Paul Lo Duca: .267/.310/.355, 78 OPS+, 5 HR and just 13 2Bs
Reyes is doing what you'd expect. Power down, but walk rate up, which is what you want. The last thing on his mind should be 20 HR. Wright is doing exactly what you'd expect, as well. Beltran is giving you about what his career norms are, also. Last year was the exception, not the rule. Delgado is 35 years old and obviously declining. I've seen him get blown away by so many fastballs this year just to give you some anecdotal evidence. Valentin came back down to earth and hurt himself on the landing. Lo Duca's too tired and banged up from failed rape attempts on 14 year old girls to provide above average offense anymore. And please, try to understand this people...ENDY CHAVEZ IS A FUCKING FOURTH OUTFIELDER. One great catch does not elevate him above that status. Quite frankly, the numbers he'd put up offensively would, in reality, not be much more valuable than Shawn Green's output, and all Mets fans hate Shawn Green. He'd play better defense, but that's it. And Moises Alou, come on, he's 40 years old and hasn't played a full season since 2004. He's obviously still a good player, but, his missing 2 months...is this an absolute freakish thing that nobody expected to happen?
PECOTA's prediction for the Mets this year was a little pessimistic (86-76, .529), but then again it made sense for PECOTA to not expect Oliver Perez and John Maine (though he's been coming back down to earth lately) to pitch as well as they have. Perez showed in 2004 that he was capable of this, but the guy's been very inconsistent ever since. Maine has never pitched a full season, but he has fairly decent stuff and pitched fairly well in his circa 100 IP last year. But even with that, the Mets are 67-52 (.563), with their Pythagorean win/loss at 65-54 (.546). So, factor in the overachieving of Maine and Perez, and there you have it. The Mets are actually slightly overachieving according to PECOTA. The way I see it, this is the Mets showing their true colors. They were clearly not as good as the 97 wins they posted last year.
The point is, does Francesa do any sort of research? You can't just look at what a guy did in one or even two seasons and expect that's what he normally does every year. He relies solely on what he sees or wants to see or wants to think. And he probably thinks that the Doctrine of Infallibility should not be limited to the Pope on dogmatic teaching. The Mets are not underperforming, fatass. The Mets are simply putting up a record more indicative of how good they really are.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Mike Francesa is an obese, obnoxious, know-it-all prick
After the YES Network's coverage of the Yankees ended yesterday, it went right to WFAN's Mike and the Maddog. Russo (Maddog) wasn't there, so it was just Fatso. Here are two of the things he said. Let's dissect this fat bastard's comment one by one.
Top pitchers close out games like this. Wang didn't do it today. And he had good stuff. A top pitcher when he has his good stuff makes that 2-0 lead stand. That's what separates a top pitcher from just a good pitcher.
Look, I'm bummed that Wang blew the lead. He was great for 6 innings and it came apart in the 7th inning, when he gave up all three runs in what seemed like 30 seconds. But, Francesa made this sound as if it's the worst thing in the world to blow a two run lead like that. Wang in total went 7 1/3 innings, allowing 3 ER and walked nobody. That's a very good outing. He pitched very late into the game and gave the team an excellent chance to win. I guess Francesa would prefer a guy go 6 innings and allow 7 ER but since his lineup scored 11 runs and the bullpen allowed no runs, the starter did a great job because he was able to "pitch to the score" and "won" the game. Does this make the 6 inning, 7 ER guy better than Wang? Francesa would probably say yes, because he's an idiot.
B.A.: Hey, Mike. Love listening to your show. I heard-
Francesa: We'll be back after this.
(4 minutes of commercials)
(WFAN Mike and the Maddog return from commercial music)
Francesa: Alright, we're back, go ahead B.A.
B.A.: Thanks. I just wanted to ask you about the free agent signing. I heard that Rick Helling is a free agent along with Johan Santana. I think that the Yankees should go after Santana. Do you agree?
Francesa: 20/20 update, with Minko.
(20/20 update, then 7 minutes of commercials)
(WFAN Mike and the Maddog return from commercial music)
Francesa: Alright we're back. And if any of you while listening to this show ever get a midnight craving, there's nothing quite like the Jon Miller Bacon Fat Banana Split, or the Mike Francesa Steak Lard Cannoli. Pick up one of these on your next trip to Dairy Queen after a trip to Paul Lo Duca's 13-and-under Night Club. Alright, so back to B.A.'s question.
B.A.: Yes, thank you.
Francesa: One more commercial break, back after this.
(14 minutes of commercials)
Francesa: OK, we're back. So I'm going to get to B.A.'s question.
B.A.: Thanks.
Francesa: How could you want Johan Santana over Rick Helling? Rick Helling won all 35 of his starts this year. Santana didn't win any!
B.A.: But Helling's ERA and WHIP weighed more than you do.
Francesa: What does that even mean? And who cares? He won those games.
B.A.: Well, his lineup consisted of 9 ARods. Santana's lineup was the St. Paul Geriatric Center Canasta team. And Santana had 24.78 K/9 IP with a 0.1 WHIP. He pitched 31 no-hitters and 6 1-hitters.
Francesa: But did he win those games?
B.A.: If he had any sort of lineup-
Francesa: (loudly and obnoxiously) Answer my question, did he win the games?
B.A.: No, he didn't, but how does that make Santana-
Francesa: There you go.
B.A.: Will you shut up and let me make my point fatso? You honestly would rather take a guy who sucks but gets wins because his lineup is disgusting over a guy who's damn near perfect but loses because his lineup's combined age also weighs more than you?
Francesa: It actually doesn't, I weighed in at 2 tons yesterday. And, yes I would. Because he won the games. Case closed. Show's over. Time for some raw ground sirloin 24 inch subs.
I don't think the Yankees are catching Boston. I think they'll get the Wild Card. But guys, they're not catching Boston. They're 7 games back with 70 games to play. It's hard to blow that kind of lead. And Boston's good! They got a lot of talent on that team. They're going to start playing better baseball very soon. That guy Gabbard is pitching great in Schilling's spot. Manny's very due to get hot, too. Watch out for him.
Francesa's a Yankees fan by the way. But, come on. Boston's good?! I've already written about this, but let's go over everything again:
Youkilis and Lowell - Two guys who were hitting way over their heads for the two-three months. They've been coming back down to earth for a little while and are still due to keep going down because of how ridiculous their starts were.
Matsuzaka - He's pretty good, but he's not unhittable. Yankees have scored a bunch of runs each time he's pitched.
Beckett - This guy feasts on bad teams. Good teams more often than not knock him around. I can't wait to see him have to start against Detroit. Or have to face Cleveland again. What I love about this trade is that the great genius Theo Epstein gave up Hanley Ramirez for this guy and the HMH-taker with the genie beard...and now they're stuck with Julio fucking Lugo. HA!
Wakefield - So hit or miss, and it looks like all his hits came in the first 1.5 months.
Gabbard - 3.38 ERA, 1.19 WHIP in 29.1 innings. Let's hold off on the coronation. A more telling stat is in the 55 innings he's pitched in the big leagues, he has 30 walks. That's terrible. A guy like that is not going to keep dodging bullets.
Papelbon - As pointed out before, he's fragile. Francona has to be very careful with him.
Crisp, Lugo, Drew - Stink like a rotten fish market, or a you-know-what.
Manny - I know his track record can't be ignored, but Manny is 35 and he's never struggled (for Manny that is) for this long. Entirely possible that he's on the decline.
Ortiz - With his knee and my theory that he got off whatever he was taking because of that irregular heartbeat, he's not going to hit for power. And while he hits in Fenway which inflates BA, it's going to come down. He will not finish at .320. I also love how his PrSLG is .511. So take away some of his Fenway Park doubles (Fenway is #1 place to hit doubles this year, and has been #1 for the past 3 seasons) and he's slugging about 120-150 points lower than he did in his previous two seasons.
The AL East title is entirely reachable for the Yankees. Mike Francesa's body fat percentage, weight, and BOC (Blood Obnoxiousness Content) on the other hand, is unreachable.
Top pitchers close out games like this. Wang didn't do it today. And he had good stuff. A top pitcher when he has his good stuff makes that 2-0 lead stand. That's what separates a top pitcher from just a good pitcher.
Look, I'm bummed that Wang blew the lead. He was great for 6 innings and it came apart in the 7th inning, when he gave up all three runs in what seemed like 30 seconds. But, Francesa made this sound as if it's the worst thing in the world to blow a two run lead like that. Wang in total went 7 1/3 innings, allowing 3 ER and walked nobody. That's a very good outing. He pitched very late into the game and gave the team an excellent chance to win. I guess Francesa would prefer a guy go 6 innings and allow 7 ER but since his lineup scored 11 runs and the bullpen allowed no runs, the starter did a great job because he was able to "pitch to the score" and "won" the game. Does this make the 6 inning, 7 ER guy better than Wang? Francesa would probably say yes, because he's an idiot.
B.A.: Hey, Mike. Love listening to your show. I heard-
Francesa: We'll be back after this.
(4 minutes of commercials)
(WFAN Mike and the Maddog return from commercial music)
Francesa: Alright, we're back, go ahead B.A.
B.A.: Thanks. I just wanted to ask you about the free agent signing. I heard that Rick Helling is a free agent along with Johan Santana. I think that the Yankees should go after Santana. Do you agree?
Francesa: 20/20 update, with Minko.
(20/20 update, then 7 minutes of commercials)
(WFAN Mike and the Maddog return from commercial music)
Francesa: Alright we're back. And if any of you while listening to this show ever get a midnight craving, there's nothing quite like the Jon Miller Bacon Fat Banana Split, or the Mike Francesa Steak Lard Cannoli. Pick up one of these on your next trip to Dairy Queen after a trip to Paul Lo Duca's 13-and-under Night Club. Alright, so back to B.A.'s question.
B.A.: Yes, thank you.
Francesa: One more commercial break, back after this.
(14 minutes of commercials)
Francesa: OK, we're back. So I'm going to get to B.A.'s question.
B.A.: Thanks.
Francesa: How could you want Johan Santana over Rick Helling? Rick Helling won all 35 of his starts this year. Santana didn't win any!
B.A.: But Helling's ERA and WHIP weighed more than you do.
Francesa: What does that even mean? And who cares? He won those games.
B.A.: Well, his lineup consisted of 9 ARods. Santana's lineup was the St. Paul Geriatric Center Canasta team. And Santana had 24.78 K/9 IP with a 0.1 WHIP. He pitched 31 no-hitters and 6 1-hitters.
Francesa: But did he win those games?
B.A.: If he had any sort of lineup-
Francesa: (loudly and obnoxiously) Answer my question, did he win the games?
B.A.: No, he didn't, but how does that make Santana-
Francesa: There you go.
B.A.: Will you shut up and let me make my point fatso? You honestly would rather take a guy who sucks but gets wins because his lineup is disgusting over a guy who's damn near perfect but loses because his lineup's combined age also weighs more than you?
Francesa: It actually doesn't, I weighed in at 2 tons yesterday. And, yes I would. Because he won the games. Case closed. Show's over. Time for some raw ground sirloin 24 inch subs.
I don't think the Yankees are catching Boston. I think they'll get the Wild Card. But guys, they're not catching Boston. They're 7 games back with 70 games to play. It's hard to blow that kind of lead. And Boston's good! They got a lot of talent on that team. They're going to start playing better baseball very soon. That guy Gabbard is pitching great in Schilling's spot. Manny's very due to get hot, too. Watch out for him.
Francesa's a Yankees fan by the way. But, come on. Boston's good?! I've already written about this, but let's go over everything again:
Youkilis and Lowell - Two guys who were hitting way over their heads for the two-three months. They've been coming back down to earth for a little while and are still due to keep going down because of how ridiculous their starts were.
Matsuzaka - He's pretty good, but he's not unhittable. Yankees have scored a bunch of runs each time he's pitched.
Beckett - This guy feasts on bad teams. Good teams more often than not knock him around. I can't wait to see him have to start against Detroit. Or have to face Cleveland again. What I love about this trade is that the great genius Theo Epstein gave up Hanley Ramirez for this guy and the HMH-taker with the genie beard...and now they're stuck with Julio fucking Lugo. HA!
Wakefield - So hit or miss, and it looks like all his hits came in the first 1.5 months.
Gabbard - 3.38 ERA, 1.19 WHIP in 29.1 innings. Let's hold off on the coronation. A more telling stat is in the 55 innings he's pitched in the big leagues, he has 30 walks. That's terrible. A guy like that is not going to keep dodging bullets.
Papelbon - As pointed out before, he's fragile. Francona has to be very careful with him.
Crisp, Lugo, Drew - Stink like a rotten fish market, or a you-know-what.
Manny - I know his track record can't be ignored, but Manny is 35 and he's never struggled (for Manny that is) for this long. Entirely possible that he's on the decline.
Ortiz - With his knee and my theory that he got off whatever he was taking because of that irregular heartbeat, he's not going to hit for power. And while he hits in Fenway which inflates BA, it's going to come down. He will not finish at .320. I also love how his PrSLG is .511. So take away some of his Fenway Park doubles (Fenway is #1 place to hit doubles this year, and has been #1 for the past 3 seasons) and he's slugging about 120-150 points lower than he did in his previous two seasons.
The AL East title is entirely reachable for the Yankees. Mike Francesa's body fat percentage, weight, and BOC (Blood Obnoxiousness Content) on the other hand, is unreachable.
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