And who is more of an empty barrel than Mike Francesa?
His comments stating Ryan Church hates New York were irresponsible and baseless. When you’ve got nothing in a job like his, you have to throw something against the wall and hope it sticks.
Instead of talking to Jon Heyman for his take, why not get Church on the phone? Francesa has the juice to make that happen, but he won’t do that.
When I covered the Yankees, he would come down to Tampa to do his show from the pressbox, but in all those years, not once did I see him in the clubhouse. So, for me, it’s hard to believe it when he passes something off as fact.
There have been so many things, like saying the Mets had no shot at Santana, that were passed off as fact. We should start a list.
Posted under New York Mets
This post was written by NYMR Archive on October 1, 2008



FLUSHING, NY – We’ve seen this story before. Haven’t we? A great pitching performance on the penultimate game of the year, gives the Mets a shot for the playoffs on the season’s final day. Maybe it will be different this time. Maybe Oliver Perez won’t stink up the joint on his way out the door, like Tom Glavine did just a year ago. Maybe the Mets are destined to keep Shea alive for one more day. Yet, this year the stakes are much, much higher. Last season, all the Mets had to deal with was a collapse. Once the game was over, they went into the clubhouse not be to seen again until February.
