@@justadude2800Yeah well in terms of ‘09 it’s just like those two old sayings “Even a broken clock is right twice a day” and “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while”!! The reality is, the Yankees overall have never recovered from ‘04.
Mike recording these right after the game instead of passing out like the rest of us while giving the insight he does is a testament of how great he really is
Yup, that’s why after every Super Bow? I would tune into the Mike Francesa show because he explain what happened, what and how it wrong for the losing team & what the winning team did. It was extremely detailed! 99.9% of the sports pontificator’s. Where doing just that! Pontificating the obvious over & over & over, but not Mike! He would always give us the correct detailed prospective about the SB.
If King George was still alive and running the Yankees, Boone and Cashman would be gone and he'd have called out Judge in the press and called him "Mr. June".
And George if he had control in the 90s, he would have traded Bernie Williams and Jeter and Rivera. Also, traded the farm away in the 80s, and threw people under the bus. This made the Bronx an undesirable place for free agents and coaches.
@@matthewgallagher1761 it was a sad thing when Mike went off the air on the radio… not too many sports analysts like him around….. the 2 clowns they replaced him with can’t hold a candle to him!
@@Captain_AAhab but knowledgeable fans trying to listen to those 2 did fall asleep….when driving, I quickly changed to stations when my eye lids were getting heavy
That was dynamite by Francesa! He and Russo were a big part of the “accountability police” in New York for 20+ years. What had happened to the Mets and the Yankees this year, would’ve been roasted by them on their show. It’s good to hear some accountability in New York again.👍🏿
20 years drinking my coffee ☕️ overlooking New York harbor chilling with my radio 📻 on off the water, watching the boats go by. Good Memories I’m in rural Georgia now, so nice to hear the voice again on the internet
It's amazing how ESPN is giving dog $500,000 a year for his 2 hours a week on first take. He made a million a year on the fan. Unbelievable how times have changed.
Just imagine if the Mike and the Maddog Show was still on the radio today. They would spend the whole show roasting the Yankees in a very entertaining fashion. Maddog would be declaring "YANKEES ELIMINATION DAY!" every 10 minutes of the show.
You’re absolutely right the Yankees should just shut up when you go out there and say we want the Astros when you know you’re not as good as them I always say be careful what you ask for. Then you get the Astros and then get your ass handed to you and get your ass swept in front of your fans if that isn’t a kick to the nuts I don’t know what is so to all you Yankee fans and players see your dumbasses next year 😅😂
Mad respect to The Pope for being gracious in defeat. Can't be said about Michael Kay and the rest of the YES crew constantly throwing shade and making excuses.
The Astros are strong in many facets, clean games defensively, Starting rotation, strong bully, balanced offense power & contact. The Yankees had to rely on the HR to win ballgames. Starting Pitching was good, the bully fell apart, defensive slumps, and most of all the inability to make contact to at least put pressure on the defense. They just weren’t up to the task this year.
Like you said, when the Yankees came back in Game 7 of the 2003 Alcs against Boston, it wasn't swinging for home runs - it was manufacturing runs. Not that long ago the Royals and Giants were dominating by manufacturing runs - before the stupid analytics came that ruined every sport. These managers have a script ready for what the "analytics" say.
The philosophy changed when George died. How many businesses do you know where the kids take over and make it even better? George would have paid for Bryce Harper. George would have paid up for every single player who would help the team no matter what the price. His sons never wanted to. They finally got their hands on all the money and they were not going to risk what they waited for. It started right then and there.
You are 100% correct. This is how all yankees fans feel about the new ownership. With George we will have never have to wait 13 years to even make to the Worldseries...
@@e.m8817 Under George, you waited 14 years between ‘81 WS vs Dodgers and ‘95 WS vs Braves and 17 years between WS victories (‘78 and ‘96). Have you forgotten this? Have you forgotten the circus that George turned the Yankees into? Have you forgotten that they didn’t win again until George was suspended from baseball? No doubt in my mind that had George not been suspended, he would’ve traded Jeter, Mariano, Bernie, Pettit, et al for instant gratification and that you’d still be waiting since ‘78!!!
@@lombardo141 Yankees make more money than probably all other professional sports teams in America. Maybe the Lakers or the Cowboys make more, but the Yankees make more than enough to sign whoever they want.
It's embarrassing to hear that they actually showed people a "motivational" video about the red sox. Our most hated rival, in a series where the Yankees lost. It is pathetic, before I was thinking maybe it isn't Boone's fault, but hearing shit like that, what Yankees manager would ever do something like that before him, ridiculous, shouldn't have been allowed. Fucking pathetic.
As a Red Sox fan, I love listening to Mike and I wish that Boston had a guy like Mike to speak on the Red Sox like he does with the Yankees. Hell, maybe he can just give his insight when the Red Sox play, now that he isn’t linked to a big company lol.
Maybe they should learn how to develope their own talent like Houston does instead of over paying for talent. In the long run it is a more sustainable way.
The Yankees are like that beautiful stately mansion on top of the hill that's slowly been rotting from within for years. Until Hal finally jettisons Cashman, Levine and Boone, nothing's going to change.
Bottom line is that the home run teams with the Supermen on them hardly ever wins it all. Right now we are the type of team that we used to regularly beat in the 90’s. Remember Texas and Cleveland beck then ? Very similar to todays Yankees. Built to have fun during the 162 but very beatable in October….
We missed DJ, but in reality he has not been the hitter we came to love for the past two seasons. Dropped 80 points of BA, is a very significant drop in production. A championship team Absolutely needs dominant pitching and excellent situational hitters. A guy who hits 20 HRs in the regular season and bats .300-.320 is more likely to hit a home run against a good pitcher in the post-season, than a guy who hit 40 HRs batting .220. You can win championships without a lot of home run hitters in your line-up, but you can not win without quality situational hitters. The best power hitters are also excellent situational hitters, able to drive runs in with singles and doubles as well, and the Yankees simply do not have those kind of hitters, they are way too over-reliant on the home-run to score and absent the home-run they struggle mightily to score, and were routinely shut-down and out by every good pitcher in the league. If I were signing a power hitter, I would want to know what he batted against the worst 50% of pitchers in the league and what his offensive stats were against the best 10 pitchers in the league were, what he batted after the 6th inning compared to the fist 5 innings of the game, what he did against certain pitches, and what he has with 2 strikes. It seems that the entire Yankee team, as do most hitters today, feast on the back of the rotation pitchers and relievers and get completely shut-down by the better pitchers. They don't go like 1 for 4 against the good pitchers with a ground-out and fly-out, but 0 for 4 with 3-4 strike-outs, not even competitive at-bats. George Steinbrenner was obsessed with winning, it was both an ego thing and part fact that he knew winning opened doors and economic opportunities to increase revenues. Hal is not his father, he is a calculating money-man, more interested in profit over wins, and if he has determined that he can make greater margins of profit being just good enough to make the play-offs but not really good enough to truly win a championship, rather than spending more money to win a championship and cutting into his margin of profit, he would probably choose the former path, just put up a show trying to convince fans that you are good enough, while laughing all the way to the bank. The Yankees have not had a good situational hitter since Matsui. Paul O'Neil was clutch, Matsui was a great situational hitter, Jeter was great (not gong to carry a tam but a good hooter, 200 hits per season), even Johnny Damon was a good situational hitter, Scotty B was clutch and good fielder, Bernie Williams was an excellent situational hitter, and deadly right handed hitter, Munson was really one of the most clutch hitters I have ever seen play, elevated his game to another level against the best pitchers and teams in the post-season, batted close to .500 in 1976 world series. By the way, George Brett was probably the best situational hitter that I have had the opportunity to watch play, if you needed a single he got it, a double he got it, a home-run, he hit that as well. I always feared him coming to the the plate when facing my Yankees, more than any other hitter. Big Poppy was another Yankee Killer. Mantle in his prime, Ted Williams, Mays, Joe D were by all accounts other-worldly, but I did not have the privilege of watching them play, seeing Mantle towards the end of his career. Watching Clemente play was like watching an artist create a masterpiece, he was poetry in motion. Judge has never adjusted to hit any pitch from waist-lower, which is a sin, because the better pitchers routinely exploit that flaw in his swing and approach to hitting. Judge is a prolific home-run hitter and excellent fielder, with a plus arm, but he is not in Mantle's class, Mantle batted .356, was perhaps one of the fasted men in the world prior to his injury, he was not only a home-run hitter, but a great hitter, and produced in the biggest games. Yes Mantle struck out a lot, but never 175 -200 times like Judge does routinely, and Judge was not just bad this post-season, but terrible. There have been many great hitters and power hitters who have struggled in the post-seaon, Judge joining that long list that includes Barry Bonds and Dave Winfield to name a few. Cashman and Boone must be shown the door, or you can expect more of the same. Cashman has one championship in the past 20 years as GM, that simply is not getting the job done. Don't tell me well the Yankees made the playoffs many of those years. Yes they made the play-offs, but in reality they had virtually no chance of winning the world series, because they simply were no-where near good enough. He inherited the teams and talent that Gene Michaels and Bob Watson constructed. The best chance the Yankees had of winning recently was the year they lost to Houston (Cheated or not??) when the young Yanks vastly exceeded expectations and no-one saw that coming from that group, even Cashman. And look what happened to the majority of that young talent, absent Judge they all either regressed or failed to develop. You can not continue to do the same thing year-in, year-out, construct the roster the wrong way, yielding failure after failure to succeed in the post-season and deserve to remain employed. Boone for his part, showed the world that he is incompetent at in-game managerial decisions, his handling of the roster and batting order a disaster. A good roster and batting order has guys with specific skill sets that uniquely qualify them to bat at certain spots in the line-up, and when you have guys jumping all over the batting order as the Yankees did all season, it tells me they do not know WTF they are doing or they don't believe they have the talent to fit into certain batting order slots. I never agreed with having Judge lead-off games. Perhaps he gets one additional at bat per game, but there was rarely people on base when he was up and he strikes out way too frequently to be a great lead-off hitter. His OBP is good, but I would rather him get up with guys on, changes the pitchers pitch selection and approach to a hitter, and forces them to pitch from the stretch. This Yankee batting order was not a circular one as the teams of the late 1990's was. The 6th -9th hitters on this team gave you virtually nothing offensively, like an old national League batting order.
I agree Mike. I think Cashman should go and a new vision will take place for the future of the Yankees, starting this offseason 2022-2023. I think Judge will go and that's ok. I hope he doesn't go to the Mets. So be it, the Giants.
That Red Sox story is embarrassing. How in dafuq do you get motivated watching your rival beat the team you're on, in the greatest collapse in MLB postseason history. Whose idea was that?
Guys used to take less money to be Yankees judge a homegrown guy is charging the team a premium....so he is allowed the privilege to suck in October lmfao how times have changed
Cashman and Boone need to be fired. Boone is the single worst baseball manager I have ever seen and Cashman is a terrible GM who should have been fired YEARS ago and would have never won a single thing if he didn’t inherit Stick Michael’s dynasty teams
Spot on analysis. Who are these nameless & faceless people that makeup the braintrust? This embarrassing performance is attributable to the entire organization. Hal is not George, but the fans deserve better. This is not just about making money Hal.
I remember the days not so long ago that the Astros played at the basement level for as long as I can remember and completely irrelevant . The Texas rangers were the Texas team with success . The first year I noticed them they finished in front of the angels . I thought a blimp in the radar but year after year their record improved and now you could give them dynasty status . Year after year now they are expected to go to the ship
@@TL2354 Mike's obsession with Mickey Mantle and his constant mentioning of it over the years has become a meme for many people who listen to him. And the idea that he has anointed himself the protector of the Mantle flame is ridiculous. It's funny b/c some things just never change.
Pedro was also right when the yanks went down 0-3 they showed a johnny Damon tweet sayin "0-3 ? It been done before" Pedro said " not this time I less they send a plane to go get you Johnny"
Cashman's philosophy of playing for the three-run Home Run for the last 13 years has blown up in their face. But the Yankee fans get suckered in all the time with the three-run Homer when you have to do the little things to win
@@lyledavis7175 the point being winning the WS is a low % event for any1.....but if u keep getting to October year after year you'll win one sooner or later....even if it takes 7 or 8 chances, that would be in line with the odds. Don't count on Cashman getting fired. Front offices and owners around the MLB aren't really big on the idea of firing GM and managers for losing 3 or 4 games in October. They think the postseason is just a random crapshoot, and only under the rarest of conditions should a GM lose his job bc the team lost in October.
Cashman needs to go. He inherited the 90s teams from Stick Michael and has been coasting off those championships ever since. With him steering the ship we have one WS in 20 years. Boone has to go also. You cant have your manager making excuses. Look at the Giants this year to realize how important coaching and the front office are. Bring Jeter into a management role. Maybe he can remind players what it is to be a Yankee. Bc i agree, this group aint it. Thats why I love when people call Jeter overrated. Try being the biggest name star of the most well known sports franchise in the world. And when the lights were the brightest in the playoffs, he delivered time and time again. We need to stop this constant overpaying for free agents that are regular season champs and postseason chumps.
The Yanks need to fire the analytics dept. You do not build a team filled with hitters who primarily hit the long ball. It leads to long stretches without sustained rally's. 1. The Yanks have a good bull pen that simply faced injuries. 2. Re-sign Benintendi, and add another table setter who gets on base. With DJ, Bader, Benintendi & another guy who just hits singles, doubles & walks. And, re-sign Judge.
Hey Mike, I think the Yankees got to get rid of the front office starting with Cashman. What do you think about the rumors of them getting Jason Giambi to be the GM? I’ll hang up now and listen thanks
165 batting Ave 50 freaking strikeouts. Boone needs to go. You can't fire the players. Sign judge with bennitendi get rid of Donaldson with his lack of hustle and not giving a shit. Hicks gone. Batting coach gone. This is a embarrassing loss. Steinbrenner would have fired Boone last year
Problem with the Yankees is simple.I hate nerds controlling a sport they never played.Sports is about feel.They have the worst nerds controlling the sport.Fire the whole analytical team today and on that bus safe a seat for Boone and Cashman.
Mike's video on Game 3 got like 34k views in a day bet rivers got lucky Mike didn't make his own RUclips channel..great break down of game 4 tn as well
@@jeffreyval9665 I did not know that. But look at how many years both of them have put in the business. Experience comes with pay. And unlike some people in the industry both these guys actually deserve it.
This is a very very very stark reality for the Yankees. Have assembled the same team thats fundamentally flawed year after year after year. Mikes spot on, not even sure where they go from here but this team needs to look ALOT different next year.
The Yankees have not been the Yankees since the SOX came back on them in 2004. 2009 is looking like an anomaly. You now have a generation of kids who have only seen 1 title. And. Have seen Boston win 4 titles. Think about that. October 2004. Changed everything.
Agree with the majority of comments here . Great to listen to Mike again . I agree with most of what he said . The boy(Hal)doesn't have the set to break it up and we'll get more of the same next yr . George is rolling in his grave . Try to RIP George .
A couple things.. First, I completely agree with everything you say about Cashman.. It’s not that he’s done a terrible job, not at all.. But his vision cannot compete with the Astros, and that’s obvious now.. Secondly, the Yanks and their fans need to let 2017 go.. They scored 3 runs in 4 games, in Houston.. You lost, get over it..
I'm an Astros fan, but I'll have to say, Aaron Boone is not an MLB manager. He panics and is too emotional to lead a winning team into the post-season. Very questionable moves: 8 different lineups in 9 games causes a lot of errors due to lack of communication and synergy; pulling your Ace and brining in a bad matchup reliever; etc. As an Astros fan, I'm happy, but it must suck to be a fan on the other end.
The fact that the Yankees have/need a mental health coach pretty much tells me everything I need to know about the 2022 Yankees! Reminds of of the movie the natural when they bring in the hypnotist to help the team! It all makes sense now the first off-season move get rid of that mental health position!
@studio732jrl2 don’t blame Aaron Judge it’s not his fault he carried this team for 162 what else do you want from him? This all falls on Brian Cashman and his team of analytic dorks who have created this mess in the Bronx! Aaron Boone is just a puppet who does what they tell him, Yankees don’t want a true manager anymore that’s why Boone’s job is safe and Cashman’s job is safe because Hal knows nothing about baseball so as long as Cashman is making Hal profits and they are Hal isn’t going to change a thing! Mark my words the only way Boone loses his job is when Hal’s profits tank because fans stop going to ballgames.
The 2022 ALE was a very weak division. Although it included the famous Red Sox, Rays and Jays franchises, all three had poor seasons. The Red Sox came in last, not because the division was so competitive, but because they had no pitching staff whatsoever. The Rays refused to spend any money at all this year and have been bleeding talent for years, and this year it started to affect their success on the field; plus they played the whole season without their best hitter and their best pitcher. The Jays let several of their best players go free agent and didn't replace them with players of equal value, so they too took several steps backwards. People should bear this in mind when they emphasize how easily the Yanks won the division and how many games they won. These were not the Sox, Rays and Jays of 2020-2021, not even close.
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Having the ‘mentality coach’ show videos of the ‘04 Red Sox as ‘motivation’ is a low point for the organization.
Absolute disgrace and just proves how clueless they are
2004 is the gift that keeps on giving.
The Yankees always loved a rivalry, how are you enjoying the Yankees vs Astros rivalry?! Enjoy and saver it 🤡
Simply getting to the point where they have a "mentality coach" is a low point for the organization.
They Did That? Wow
What a Travesti.
@@justadude2800Yeah well in terms of ‘09 it’s just like those two old sayings “Even a broken clock is right twice a day” and “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while”!! The reality is, the Yankees overall have never recovered from ‘04.
Mike recording these right after the game instead of passing out like the rest of us while giving the insight he does is a testament of how great he really is
The others state the obvious. Mike has always seen past the obvious to underlying causes that few people appreciate.
Yup, that’s why after every Super Bow? I would tune into the Mike Francesa show because he explain what happened, what and how it wrong for the losing team & what the winning team did. It was extremely detailed! 99.9% of the sports pontificator’s. Where doing just that! Pontificating the obvious over & over & over, but not Mike! He would always give us the correct detailed prospective about the SB.
A true professional. Sleeping during the show. What a load of BS. This guy is done.
So true. And to think the scum at WFAN now treat him with such disrespect. It's sad.
I just subscribed to your channel. I’m 67 years old and listening to this was like a breath of fresh air. Thank you.
If King George was still alive and running the Yankees, Boone and Cashman would be gone and he'd have called out Judge in the press and called him "Mr. June".
He was player of the month in September..
They would've been gone 3 years ago
And George if he had control in the 90s, he would have traded Bernie Williams and Jeter and Rivera. Also, traded the farm away in the 80s, and threw people under the bus. This made the Bronx an undesirable place for free agents and coaches.
@@dbreiden83080 the playoffs are October. Not September.
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Thanks for the tip. The previous idiot said he was "Mr. June"
Isn't it great to hear Mike again! Best sports radio show host ever.
No doubt about it
Those great years of drive time with Mike and the Mad Dog were the gold standard. And Mike on his own was top notch too. Glad to have these podcasts.
@@matthewgallagher1761 it was a sad thing when Mike went off the air on the radio… not too many sports analysts like him around….. the 2 clowns they replaced him with can’t hold a candle to him!
@@Slo-ryde At least the new guys didn’t fall asleep mid show
@@Captain_AAhab but knowledgeable fans trying to listen to those 2 did fall asleep….when driving, I quickly changed to stations when my eye lids were getting heavy
That was dynamite by Francesa! He and Russo were a big part of the “accountability police” in New York for 20+ years. What had happened to the Mets and the Yankees this year, would’ve been roasted by them on their show. It’s good to hear some accountability in New York again.👍🏿
20 years drinking my coffee ☕️ overlooking New York harbor chilling with my radio 📻 on off the water, watching the boats go by. Good Memories
I’m in rural Georgia now, so nice to hear the voice again on the internet
It's amazing how ESPN is giving dog $500,000 a year for his 2 hours a week on first take. He made a million a year on the fan. Unbelievable how times have changed.
Just imagine if the Mike and the Maddog Show was still on the radio today. They would spend the whole show roasting the Yankees in a very entertaining fashion. Maddog would be declaring "YANKEES ELIMINATION DAY!" every 10 minutes of the show.
@@ChampagneCraig when we die that honestly may be heaven 😅😅
I like this guy, he is straight forward and some what regal when he talks. Really like this guy
It’s da pope
He's a legend!
NY sports Pope
@real men stand up
This is the first time hearing Mike?
I love when Mike says "you're the Yankees, shut up" 😂
@Henry Woodlock the guy’s a 🤡. He’s still living in the past.
classic mike - "half da team tawkin about exit velo after they lose, shutup! yaw the yankees!"
You’re absolutely right the Yankees should just shut up when you go out there and say we want the Astros when you know you’re not as good as them I always say be careful what you ask for. Then you get the Astros and then get your ass handed to you and get your ass swept in front of your fans if that isn’t a kick to the nuts I don’t know what is so to all you Yankee fans and players see your dumbasses next year 😅😂
If Boone is back next year, count the Yankees out of next year's World Series too
Cashman is just as big of a problem
boone UGH!
Mike did a great job with his NY baseball podcasts. I think he enjoys this and he has found his niche. His loyal followers will tune in.
Amen I just cant believe his PR is so bad in that I didnt even know he was doing these til a month ago! Same with Beningo
Mad respect to The Pope for being gracious in defeat. Can't be said about Michael Kay and the rest of the YES crew constantly throwing shade and making excuses.
The folks on YES have to sell the Yankees. Mike doesn't.
The Astros are strong in many facets, clean games defensively, Starting rotation, strong bully, balanced offense power & contact.
The Yankees had to rely on the HR to win ballgames. Starting Pitching was good, the bully fell apart, defensive slumps, and most of all the inability to make contact to at least put pressure on the defense. They just weren’t up to the task this year.
I'm rooting for Dusty Baker to finally get his first WS ring. He's been close so many times. I just hope he doesn't do anything to screw it up.
These teams are using the dynasty formula to beat the yankees and cashmans too stubborn to realize this
Yankees remind me of the 09 10 11 Phillies a bunch of power hr hitters who couldn’t hit a a single.
They live and die by the long ball
I thought l was the only one to notice when "Herman Munster" made the ball go out the field, that da bums won.
Been waiting for this.
Like you said, when the Yankees came back in Game 7 of the 2003 Alcs against Boston, it wasn't swinging for home runs - it was manufacturing runs. Not that long ago the Royals and Giants were dominating by manufacturing runs - before the stupid analytics came that ruined every sport. These managers have a script ready for what the "analytics" say.
The Yankees actually hit 3 homers in that game.
@@timetowakeup6302 *Yes. Giambi's 2 solo home runs (and Mussina's game-saving pitching) made the bottom of the 8th inning comeback possible.*
The philosophy changed when George died. How many businesses do you know where the kids take over and make it even better? George would have paid for Bryce Harper. George would have paid up for every single player who would help the team no matter what the price. His sons never wanted to. They finally got their hands on all the money and they were not going to risk what they waited for. It started right then and there.
Maybe they are not has rich as we think 🤷♂️
You are 100% correct. This is how all yankees fans feel about the new ownership. With George we will have never have to wait 13 years to even make to the Worldseries...
After the Yankees won 78, the next time they won was in 96. That was 18 years when George was the owner.
@@e.m8817 Under George, you waited 14 years between ‘81 WS vs Dodgers and ‘95 WS vs Braves and 17 years between WS victories (‘78 and ‘96). Have you forgotten this? Have you forgotten the circus that George turned the Yankees into? Have you forgotten that they didn’t win again until George was suspended from baseball? No doubt in my mind that had George not been suspended, he would’ve traded Jeter, Mariano, Bernie, Pettit, et al for instant gratification and that you’d still be waiting since ‘78!!!
@@lombardo141 Yankees make more money than probably all other professional sports teams in America. Maybe the Lakers or the Cowboys make more, but the Yankees make more than enough to sign whoever they want.
This sweep was very similar to the 2012 alcs against Detroit, they pitched well but just didn't hit...
Yes it reminded me very much of it from the start with the record strikeout numbers
*DEEP BREATH*
Braced myself for this one knowing Mike’s about to take the gloves off. 🥊
Mike is so good. He understands the intangibles that make a team and organization good, great and legendary. Thank you Mike.
The Astros are what the Yanks 96-03 team we're. Play small ball and have a killer instinct.
50 strike outs in 4 games....
Francesa is 100% spot on! It's what I've been saying to my Yankee fan friends for a while now.
It's embarrassing to hear that they actually showed people a "motivational" video about the red sox. Our most hated rival, in a series where the Yankees lost. It is pathetic, before I was thinking maybe it isn't Boone's fault, but hearing shit like that, what Yankees manager would ever do something like that before him, ridiculous, shouldn't have been allowed. Fucking pathetic.
As a Red Sox fan, I love listening to Mike and I wish that Boston had a guy like Mike to speak on the Red Sox like he does with the Yankees. Hell, maybe he can just give his insight when the Red Sox play, now that he isn’t linked to a big company lol.
Very well spoken Mike
Mike Francesa has a much better take on the dilapidated condition of the Yankees than YES man Michael Kay!
Because kay has his head up his ass and always has
Oh snap! Mike just dropped the boom with his closing comment. Awesome! Miss ya Mike!
The 04 Red Sox thing is so silly. Whoever did that should be fired.
Just found this podcast. Love it!
I miss Mike on the radio, I love his old school takes on things that are right.
Mike was a class act on that radio station….. they replaced him with 2 clowns on his slot!
Houston was never scared of judge
In a different timeline the Yankees have Harper and Soto in the outfield.
Machado at 3rd
Missing out on Harper, Verlander and Machado will haunt the yankees for years.
yankees will never get those 3 big names. HAL TO CHEAP AND DONT WANT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. LOL
Maybe they should learn how to develope their own talent like Houston does instead of over paying for talent. In the long run it is a more sustainable way.
hall of famer mike francesa. miss your shows man. hope you come back for like 1hr talk show at least.
This is the Yanks version of “the core is rotten” speech he made about the Mets.
The Yankees are like that beautiful stately mansion on top of the hill that's slowly been rotting from within for years. Until Hal finally jettisons Cashman, Levine and Boone, nothing's going to change.
This is the same team pretty much for the last 5 years. Same results in the end . Clean house asap.
Altuve and the Astros will see you next season.
Bader showed up through both series. I hope he continues to thrive in NYC.
Another Shane Spencer.
@@meltednostrilsbornwithoutn781 Hopefully not. I think Bader’s overall athleticism will prevail.
Let’s hope he doesn’t fall in love with the homerun like the rest of them
Bottom line is that the home run teams with the Supermen on them hardly ever wins it all. Right now we are the type of team that we used to regularly beat in the 90’s. Remember Texas and Cleveland beck then ? Very similar to todays Yankees. Built to have fun during the 162 but very beatable in October….
Great point.
you're absolutely right about that Johnny Boy
The Answer is not Spending money and high salary it's all about Pitching & Coaching players w/ a Chemistry.
We missed DJ, but in reality he has not been the hitter we came to love for the past two seasons. Dropped 80 points of BA, is a very significant drop in production. A championship team Absolutely needs dominant pitching and excellent situational hitters. A guy who hits 20 HRs in the regular season and bats .300-.320 is more likely to hit a home run against a good pitcher in the post-season, than a guy who hit 40 HRs batting .220. You can win championships without a lot of home run hitters in your line-up, but you can not win without quality situational hitters. The best power hitters are also excellent situational hitters, able to drive runs in with singles and doubles as well, and the Yankees simply do not have those kind of hitters, they are way too over-reliant on the home-run to score and absent the home-run they struggle mightily to score, and were routinely shut-down and out by every good pitcher in the league. If I were signing a power hitter, I would want to know what he batted against the worst 50% of pitchers in the league and what his offensive stats were against the best 10 pitchers in the league were, what he batted after the 6th inning compared to the fist 5 innings of the game, what he did against certain pitches, and what he has with 2 strikes. It seems that the entire Yankee team, as do most hitters today, feast on the back of the rotation pitchers and relievers and get completely shut-down by the better pitchers. They don't go like 1 for 4 against the good pitchers with a ground-out and fly-out, but 0 for 4 with 3-4 strike-outs, not even competitive at-bats.
George Steinbrenner was obsessed with winning, it was both an ego thing and part fact that he knew winning opened doors and economic opportunities to increase revenues. Hal is not his father, he is a calculating money-man, more interested in profit over wins, and if he has determined that he can make greater margins of profit being just good enough to make the play-offs but not really good enough to truly win a championship, rather than spending more money to win a championship and cutting into his margin of profit, he would probably choose the former path, just put up a show trying to convince fans that you are good enough, while laughing all the way to the bank. The Yankees have not had a good situational hitter since Matsui. Paul O'Neil was clutch, Matsui was a great situational hitter, Jeter was great (not gong to carry a tam but a good hooter, 200 hits per season), even Johnny Damon was a good situational hitter, Scotty B was clutch and good fielder, Bernie Williams was an excellent situational hitter, and deadly right handed hitter, Munson was really one of the most clutch hitters I have ever seen play, elevated his game to another level against the best pitchers and teams in the post-season, batted close to .500 in 1976 world series. By the way, George Brett was probably the best situational hitter that I have had the opportunity to watch play, if you needed a single he got it, a double he got it, a home-run, he hit that as well. I always feared him coming to the the plate when facing my Yankees, more than any other hitter. Big Poppy was another Yankee Killer. Mantle in his prime, Ted Williams, Mays, Joe D were by all accounts other-worldly, but I did not have the privilege of watching them play, seeing Mantle towards the end of his career. Watching Clemente play was like watching an artist create a masterpiece, he was poetry in motion.
Judge has never adjusted to hit any pitch from waist-lower, which is a sin, because the better pitchers routinely exploit that flaw in his swing and approach to hitting. Judge is a prolific home-run hitter and excellent fielder, with a plus arm, but he is not in Mantle's class, Mantle batted .356, was perhaps one of the fasted men in the world prior to his injury, he was not only a home-run hitter, but a great hitter, and produced in the biggest games. Yes Mantle struck out a lot, but never 175 -200 times like Judge does routinely, and Judge was not just bad this post-season, but terrible. There have been many great hitters and power hitters who have struggled in the post-seaon, Judge joining that long list that includes Barry Bonds and Dave Winfield to name a few.
Cashman and Boone must be shown the door, or you can expect more of the same. Cashman has one championship in the past 20 years as GM, that simply is not getting the job done. Don't tell me well the Yankees made the playoffs many of those years. Yes they made the play-offs, but in reality they had virtually no chance of winning the world series, because they simply were no-where near good enough. He inherited the teams and talent that Gene Michaels and Bob Watson constructed. The best chance the Yankees had of winning recently was the year they lost to Houston (Cheated or not??) when the young Yanks vastly exceeded expectations and no-one saw that coming from that group, even Cashman. And look what happened to the majority of that young talent, absent Judge they all either regressed or failed to develop. You can not continue to do the same thing year-in, year-out, construct the roster the wrong way, yielding failure after failure to succeed in the post-season and deserve to remain employed. Boone for his part, showed the world that he is incompetent at in-game managerial decisions, his handling of the roster and batting order a disaster. A good roster and batting order has guys with specific skill sets that uniquely qualify them to bat at certain spots in the line-up, and when you have guys jumping all over the batting order as the Yankees did all season, it tells me they do not know WTF they are doing or they don't believe they have the talent to fit into certain batting order slots. I never agreed with having Judge lead-off games. Perhaps he gets one additional at bat per game, but there was rarely people on base when he was up and he strikes out way too frequently to be a great lead-off hitter. His OBP is good, but I would rather him get up with guys on, changes the pitchers pitch selection and approach to a hitter, and forces them to pitch from the stretch. This Yankee batting order was not a circular one as the teams of the late 1990's was. The 6th -9th hitters on this team gave you virtually nothing offensively, like an old national League batting order.
I agree Mike. I think Cashman should go and a new vision will take place for the future of the Yankees, starting this offseason 2022-2023. I think Judge will go and that's ok. I hope he doesn't go to the Mets. So be it, the Giants.
That Red Sox story is embarrassing.
How in dafuq do you get motivated watching your rival beat the team you're on, in the greatest collapse in MLB postseason history.
Whose idea was that?
This is Francesca at his best. The man speaks the truth! And I’m a lifelong Yankees fan….
Guys used to take less money to be Yankees judge a homegrown guy is charging the team a premium....so he is allowed the privilege to suck in October lmfao how times have changed
Mike u r still the best sports talk personality. All your points are on point.
Right now the Yankees are a good product during the season that bring in millions . That is what there built for.
Girardi took Astros to 7 game n got fired..how come Boone got to stay?
Cause he takes care of the players ;)
@@clemersmonroe5183 he’s the Yankee Fluffer
Exactly.
because HAL yankee owner sucks axx lol. and cashmen love boone 😝😝
He’s a good yes man
Cashman and Boone need to be fired.
Boone is the single worst baseball manager I have ever seen and Cashman is a terrible GM who should have been fired YEARS ago and would have never won a single thing if he didn’t inherit Stick Michael’s dynasty teams
I just found you. I love your sane, logical approach.
He is the Pope
Great job of analysis Mike.
We’re on the Bet Rivvas network
I went to school with a kid named Beto Rivas he was a gangbanger
So much fun listening to Yankee fans suffer. 😆 GO 'STROS.
Spot on analysis. Who are these nameless & faceless people that makeup the braintrust? This embarrassing performance is attributable to the entire organization. Hal is not George, but the fans deserve better. This is not just about making money Hal.
The hallowed ground is across the street where the old ballpark was !
Hal has settled for "just enough". The yankees have done just enough to keep everyone on staff and charge as much as they do for tickets
🤣🤣🤣
He should still be on WFAN. This is way better than anything Carton and Roberts has done.
I think he mentally needed to retire. His Podcast are simple to do and his followers tune in
Carton and Roberts are 🤡
It’s a shame they couldn’t find a way to keep him on the radio….what is worse is that they got 2 morons to take his slot… I have not listened since!
Cartman and roberts = a cheaper, non funnny version of opie and anthony of sports
I remember the days not so long ago that the Astros played at the basement level for as long as I can remember and completely irrelevant . The Texas rangers were the Texas team with success .
The first year I noticed them they finished in front of the angels . I thought a blimp in the radar but year after year their record improved and now you could give them dynasty status .
Year after year now they are expected to go to the ship
Well this ended exactly how everyone that knows what a baseball is thought was gonna happen since opening day.
Mike, you are very classy! Thank you!
Mike "The Protectah of the Mantle flame" Francesa, "da seasons in 56 and 57 were bettah, just take my word for it" 😂
What's so funny?
@@TL2354 Mike's obsession with Mickey Mantle and his constant mentioning of it over the years has become a meme for many people who listen to him. And the idea that he has anointed himself the protector of the Mantle flame is ridiculous. It's funny b/c some things just never change.
Pedro was also right when the yanks went down 0-3 they showed a johnny Damon tweet sayin "0-3 ? It been done before" Pedro said " not this time I less they send a plane to go get you Johnny"
Cashman's philosophy of playing for the three-run Home Run for the last 13 years has blown up in their face. But the Yankee fans get suckered in all the time with the three-run Homer when you have to do the little things to win
The Yankees had a 9% chance of winning the World Series at the start of the season. And about a 15% chance upon entry in October.
@@dukedematteo1995 great, more analytics
@@lyledavis7175 the point being winning the WS is a low % event for any1.....but if u keep getting to October year after year you'll win one sooner or later....even if it takes 7 or 8 chances, that would be in line with the odds.
Don't count on Cashman getting fired. Front offices and owners around the MLB aren't really big on the idea of firing GM and managers for losing 3 or 4 games in October. They think the postseason is just a random crapshoot, and only under the rarest of conditions should a GM lose his job bc the team lost in October.
Mike did a great job here. None of these Yankee podcasts or shows can match Mike’s analysis
Mike is highly missed on his afternoon radio slot…how they replaced him with those 2 clowns is beyond me!
Great content Mike, keep it up!!!!!!!
Cashman needs to go. He inherited the 90s teams from Stick Michael and has been coasting off those championships ever since. With him steering the ship we have one WS in 20 years. Boone has to go also. You cant have your manager making excuses. Look at the Giants this year to realize how important coaching and the front office are. Bring Jeter into a management role. Maybe he can remind players what it is to be a Yankee. Bc i agree, this group aint it. Thats why I love when people call Jeter overrated. Try being the biggest name star of the most well known sports franchise in the world. And when the lights were the brightest in the playoffs, he delivered time and time again. We need to stop this constant overpaying for free agents that are regular season champs and postseason chumps.
The Astros are better than the Yanks, but the they are also a historically strong team. Sometimes you run into a team like that.
Cashman, Boone, IKF, Donaldson, OUT!
Nailed it. YES guys touched on some of it, but they just can’t see the big picture because they don’t want to.
The Yanks need to fire the analytics dept. You do not build a team filled with hitters who primarily hit the long ball. It leads to long stretches without sustained rally's. 1. The Yanks have a good bull pen that simply faced injuries. 2. Re-sign Benintendi, and add another table setter who gets on base. With DJ, Bader, Benintendi & another guy who just hits singles, doubles & walks. And, re-sign Judge.
Hey Mike,
I think the Yankees got to get rid of the front office starting with Cashman. What do you think about the rumors of them getting Jason Giambi to be the GM?
I’ll hang up now and listen thanks
LOL !! Good one THP
165 batting Ave 50 freaking strikeouts. Boone needs to go. You can't fire the players. Sign judge with bennitendi get rid of Donaldson with his lack of hustle and not giving a shit. Hicks gone. Batting coach gone. This is a embarrassing loss. Steinbrenner would have fired Boone last year
22 ALCS Stats: Donaldson struck out 10 times .077 BA, Gleyber 7 .200 BA, Carpenter 7 .100 BA, Judge .044 BA with 1 hit & zero RBI.
Donaldson is pure ass. Let Judge walk too, he ain't bout it.
Mike is the definitive voice of NY sports. Come back to radio, please!
Problem with the Yankees is simple.I hate nerds controlling a sport they never played.Sports is about feel.They have the worst nerds controlling the sport.Fire the whole analytical team today and on that bus safe a seat for Boone and Cashman.
Yes!! Since these geeks took over with analytics on laptops right after 09 coincidentally!? They have not been back!!
Can’t pay $400mil to Judge. No way!
SF will!
Cole, Sevy, Cortes, Wandy, Loaisiga, Rizzo, Judge, Stanton, Cabrera, Peraza, DJ, Bader, Benintendi, and Trevino is where the Yankees should start!!
I would throw Holmes in there too.
Screaming "We want Houston" sure didn't help.
Go Stros
Mike Francesa is the GOAT!
How they replaced him on the radio with those 2 clowns is beyond me!
Mike's video on Game 3 got like 34k views in a day bet rivers got lucky Mike didn't make his own RUclips channel..great break down of game 4 tn as well
Lucky ? He is getting paid by them. 😂
@@lombardo141 Dog is getting $500,000 a year from ESPN for his few hours a week on first take. That's freaking crazy!!!
@@jeffreyval9665 I did not know that. But look at how many years both of them have put in the business. Experience comes with pay. And unlike some people in the industry both these guys actually deserve it.
This is a very very very stark reality for the Yankees. Have assembled the same team thats fundamentally flawed year after year after year. Mikes spot on, not even sure where they go from here but this team needs to look ALOT different next year.
Glad Mike said it. Yankees have NOT been the same since 04. No pride at all…..BTW They’re all expendable.
The Yankees have not been the Yankees since the SOX came back on them in 2004. 2009 is looking like an anomaly. You now have a generation of kids who have only seen 1 title. And. Have seen Boston win 4 titles. Think about that. October 2004. Changed everything.
God, is good. You are right. 😄
The Yankees haven't been the Yankees in a long time good point
So right about the shortstop
I'll be shocked if changes are mad completely shock
Not happy?
This was classic Francesa at his best!👍
Just like Big Government the Yankees position is to always Throw Money at the Problem
How much will Brian Cashman throw at the problem ?
Just like big government cashman should be thrown out on his ass for incompetence
Hey mike. What do you think of the Yankees bringing back carl pavano ? Ill hang up and listen. 👋🤪
Or Cory lidle
So unoriginal
How is Mike doing more content on this free podcast than he ever did with the Mike’s on app that people were paying for?
😂
Agree with the majority of comments here . Great to listen to Mike again . I agree with most of what he said . The boy(Hal)doesn't have the set to break it up and we'll get more of the same next yr . George is rolling in his grave . Try to RIP George .
A couple things.. First, I completely agree with everything you say about Cashman.. It’s not that he’s done a terrible job, not at all.. But his vision cannot compete with the Astros, and that’s obvious now..
Secondly, the Yanks and their fans need to let 2017 go.. They scored 3 runs in 4 games, in Houston.. You lost, get over it..
I'm an Astros fan, but I'll have to say, Aaron Boone is not an MLB manager. He panics and is too emotional to lead a winning team into the post-season. Very questionable moves: 8 different lineups in 9 games causes a lot of errors due to lack of communication and synergy; pulling your Ace and brining in a bad matchup reliever; etc. As an Astros fan, I'm happy, but it must suck to be a fan on the other end.
Mike was spitting facts
The fact that the Yankees have/need a mental health coach pretty much tells me everything I need to know about the 2022 Yankees! Reminds of of the movie the natural when they bring in the hypnotist to help the team! It all makes sense now the first off-season move get rid of that mental health position!
@studio732jrl2 don’t blame Aaron Judge it’s not his fault he carried this team for 162 what else do you want from him? This all falls on Brian Cashman and his team of analytic dorks who have created this mess in the Bronx! Aaron Boone is just a puppet who does what they tell him, Yankees don’t want a true manager anymore that’s why Boone’s job is safe and Cashman’s job is safe because Hal knows nothing about baseball so as long as Cashman is making Hal profits and they are Hal isn’t going to change a thing! Mark my words the only way Boone loses his job is when Hal’s profits tank because fans stop going to ballgames.
Spot On Mike.
Great summation Mike. Major house cleaning necessary.
Finally Mike can talk without being interrupted by the name “Giambi”
A 100% accurate assessment
I never thought I would be saying this as a Yankee fan; They need to blow it up and do a complete rebuild from top to bottom.
The Houston Astros are also 4-0 in playoff series vs the Yankees since the 2015 WC game.
3-0.
The 2022 ALE was a very weak division. Although it included the famous Red Sox, Rays and Jays franchises, all three had poor seasons. The Red Sox came in last, not because the division was so competitive, but because they had no pitching staff whatsoever. The Rays refused to spend any money at all this year and have been bleeding talent for years, and this year it started to affect their success on the field; plus they played the whole season without their best hitter and their best pitcher. The Jays let several of their best players go free agent and didn't replace them with players of equal value, so they too took several steps backwards. People should bear this in mind when they emphasize how easily the Yanks won the division and how many games they won. These were not the Sox, Rays and Jays of 2020-2021, not even close.
Astros also lost their star center fielder Springer to the Blue Jays too.
Go Astros!