Numbah One is not happy.
Mike Francesa has made it perfectly clear: he wants nothing to do with Tweetuh, or Twitter, as the rest of us would would say. But that doesn't stop an anonymous duo from tweeting through. — Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) January 19, 2021 Cohen announced Tuesday via Twitter that he was firing Porter: We have terminated Jared Porter this morning.
Former WFAN host Mike Francesa slammed the New York Yankees Sunday on Twitter during and following their 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
- Mike defends himself and destroys the Daily News for reporting that he 'farted' during a segment.
- WFAN’s Mike Francesa gave a lengthy interview to Brandon Contes from Barrett Sports Media, in which the pair discusses what (if anything) could be next for the former drive-time king.
The swings the Yanks get against an awful pitcher like (Ryan) Yarbrough are hard to watch. Sick of looking at these guys. ... 5-10. Not, repeat not, too early for a major shakeup.
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After a weekend sweep by the Rays, the Yankees own the worst record in the American League and second-worst in all of MLB (the Colorado Rockies are 4-12).
While there are many reasons why the Yankees are struggling and several candidates to blame, one person in particular is on Francesa’s hit list: center fielder Aaron Hicks.
Yanks can’t bat Hicks in the middle of the lineup. ... (Jay) Bruce is retiring because he can’t play anymore. His current OPS is .466. Hicks has an OPS of .476. He bats third.
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The numbers never lie, and any way you slice it, the Yankees are not a good club right now. Per Yankees PR:
- Yankees have lost a season-high five straight games, their longest losing streak since 9/4 (G2) - 9/8/20 ... are 0-3 on their five-game homestand and 2-8 in their last 10 games.
- Yankees were swept in a series of multiple games for the first time since dropping both games of a doubleheader on 8/26/20 at Atlanta and swept for the first time at home since 8/18-20/20 vs. Tampa Bay.
Mike Francesa Twitter Rant
- Yankees have dropped at least 10 of their first 15 games of a season for the eighth time in franchise history and first since 1997 (also 5-10) … have finished with a winning record in each of the last three such seasons (96-66 in 1997; 79-76 in 1972 and 93-69 in 1970).
- Rays improved to 5-1 this season against the Yankees...are 8-1 in their last nine games at Yankee Stadium (since 8/18/20) after going 1-7 in their previous eight (since 5/19-7/18/19).
The Yankees will try to snap out of their funk Tuesday when they open a two-game series at Yankee Stadium against the Atlanta Braves. Jameson Taillon gets the ball to open the series, followed by Corey Kluber on Wednesday.
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While WFAN’s Mike Francesa may be losing in the actual ratings, he seems to be winning in at least one form of hot air. On his on-app Mike’s On show Monday morning, Francesa delivered some criticism of New York Jets’ coach Adam Gase, but what’s more interesting is the noise at 0:18, which sure sounds like a fart:
Where Is Mike Francesa Going
Mike Francesa says it's time for Adam Gase to be fired. Mike has been around a lot of coaches, so this was not an easy decision for him. pic.twitter.com/hUO5Iqcq3j
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 4, 2019
That led to a New York Daily News story of “Mike Francesa appears to rip fart while ripping Adam Gase,” by Dennis Young, and that in turn led to Francesa spending a lot of time on his regular WFAN afternoon show (3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern) discussing that story:
He's denying the fart.
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 4, 2019
???? #FARTGATE ????
We had fireworks today if you missed it. Mike Francesa appeared to have farted during his morning show on the app. I posted the clip at 10am. The Daily News then wrote a story about the fart this afternoon.
Here, Mr. Francesa aggressively denies the allegation. pic.twitter.com/cqM7m4CYqn
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
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Part two of the fart defense. pic.twitter.com/4uuKIfMS06
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
Part three. Mike breaks out the FAKE NEWS defense. pic.twitter.com/gE0VRLgsRK
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
Mike francesa spending an awful lot of time on a fart. Sounding kind of guilty. Hahaha. #fartgate
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— John Doe (@AtlanticCityKid) November 4, 2019
Mike Francesa just went on a 5 minute segment on how he didn’t fart on the radio @BackAftaThis is Fake news!
— Anthony Marciano (@A_Marciano691) November 4, 2019
Francesa just called everyone “morons” and then reads headline “Mike Francesa rips Fart while ripping Adam Gase.”
— JerseyMike (@jerseymike7) November 4, 2019
He who denied it, supplied it https://t.co/zx1vXXqMhz
— Dennis Young (@dpyoung13) November 4, 2019
Look, at this point, it really doesn’t matter if it was Francesa’s fart or the fart of someone else that was captured on the stream here; it’s just very funny that this happened. And really, a loud fart isn’t the worst possible commentary on Gase’s coaching tenure, especially after the Jets lost to a team that was trying to lose. But it is definitely funny to see The Sports Pope spend a fair bit of his radio show addressing if he did or did not fart on air.
[The New York Daily News]