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I listen to WFAN on and off throughout the year during drive time. It's gotten more gossipy over the years and I always just wanna hear sports talk. Evan is 100% into sports and so even though he can be a whiny sports geek I'd rather hear his opinion as opposed to the guy in the morning who does great impersonations and can be pretty funny but I could care less what he thinks about sports.

@ExWNYer@SinceThe70s@Gugny Some of these convos made me tune into WFAN more this week than I have in over 10 years. I was actually kind of surprised how much they were talking about the Knicks. It seemed 2000-2010 when I listen more regularly it was always Yankees/Mets and Giants/Jets talk 95% of the time locally. I thought it wasn't like awful in small doses to listen to the WFAN. But there's only so much of that culture I can take. The host on the weekend was saying Evan Roberts was texting him at 11pm about who the Mets biggest rival is. I mean I know it's his livelihood to talk sports but he really should seriously consider finding some spiritual or other outlets in his life. And hey the Mets are doing what they are supposed to do. Sweep opponents like Colorado not just get 2 out of 3 games (wow Colorado really is bad). This should be a pretty funny YouTube channel for the NFL season. The New York Jokes. Father and son at it again

I get all that, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. I know they are catering to their Gen Z/Gen Alpha crowd who are into social media, influencers, and mostly have the attention span of a gnat. I also know that I'm not the demographic they're looking to grab, which is fine. I like the '30 For 30' pieces and things of that nature and I watch live sports like football, hockey, baseball (for now), & college basketball but that's it. Most of the other dreck and screaming from the mountain top is not my cup of tea. It's probably just as well because I already watch too many live sporting events and streaming shows as it is. lol

I love them but for whatever reason my cousins eat that stuff up. They are both big Mets/Jets fans. But yes for sure when it comes to sports or just family matters their personalities very much mimic all these in your face hosts. Im guessing though networks like ESPN think you could get scores anywhere these days so they have to stir the pot kind of thing I’ve listened to him over the years. He’s all right, he’s just like very much on the too sports nerdy side for me. Like if my sports loving inner child never evolved.

Fun fact - I was at the game this past Saturday and guess who was sitting directly in front of me? Evan Roberts. I texted a few friends. The Cowboys fan told me to tell Evan that Tiki is a little b!tch and another friend told me to smack him across the head cuz he's the biggest b!tch ever.

The "hot take" formula is the route everyone is going now. I guess it's partly because that's not my nature and partly (mostly?) because I'm old but I hate it and find it a big turn off. It's why ESPN sucks, IMO. I can't stand the Screamin' A. Smith's of the world. It's an immediate change the station/turn off the device for me. It's mind boggling to me that they pay these loudmouths millions of dollars per year for their dopey, uninformed opinions.

Joe Benigno I’ve always found pretty funny to listen too. But I agree with all your other takes on WFAN. It’s a horrible station to listen too with too many aggressive/in your face young hosts. the thing with Tiki is he actually has years of experience as a pro football player. But he offers absolutely no good insights from his time as a pro. Sounds like a typical WFAN stooge these days.

@Gugny Skanks fans so upset at Soto is hilarious and hypocritical to me. He wasn't some lifelong team player like Jeter or Judge who decided to bolt for his bag. Judge flirted with that with the Giants but ultimately stayed in the Bronx for more money. How would they have reacted to him leaving for San Francisco? Cripes...lol Soto was a rental, plain and simple. He didn't ask to be traded to the Bronx, he was moved by San Diego because they knew they couldn't re-sign him, just like the Natalies before them. Soto made it clear he was going to test free agency and maximize his value. The Skanks had a chance to land him and they failed. Their fans should be upset at Steinbrenner's spawn, not Soto. Whatever. He's gone, get over it. And get used to not getting everyone you want. There is a new world order being led by the newest 'Evil Empire' (the Dodgers), Uncle Steve, and a couple of other big market franchises. Mega stars looking for mega bucks have options now. It's not just the Skanks. The pinstripe phonies have competition now. Speaking of NYC sports radio, I agree. The Jest horrible post-game coverage on SNY is must watch after they lose. Willie Colon is bad but Bart Scott is the absolute worst. He's a delusional, angry as$h0le who should not be on TV. I'm embarrassed for Steve Gelbs that he hosts that crap show. Gelbs seems like a genuinely nice guy but the fact that he is a Jest and Rags fan makes him seem somehow less likable (j/k 😁). I don't know if any of you ever listen to 'Evan & Tiki' on WFAN but I'm pretty sure Skank fan Tiki Barber suggested that their fans turn their back on Soto rather than booing him. Um, okay...I guess. Whatever helps you sour grapers cope. I generally like the levelheaded Tiki but more and more I have grown to dislike Roberts. The fact that he is a Met fan is his only redeeming quality. He's dopey, annoying, and a hater. I have heard him trash Josh Allen on more than one occasion for no reason other than the fact that Evan is a bitter and broken Jest fan. Overweight, disheveled Skank fan Sean Morash ads to the dopey takes. I find NYC sports radio in general to be full of in your face, boorish hosts and mouth breathing callers. I listen to hear Met takes when they are going well and after the Bills have bested one of their tire fire franchises, especially the J-E-S-T, JEST! JEST!! JEST!!! So, to answer your original question, @Another Fan, I despise the Jest. Really only because of their idiot owner and fans like Evan Roberts and former WFAN host Joe Benigno who act like they are somehow a relevant franchise simply because they are a big market team. It is odd to me sometimes that I dislike a moribund franchise like that so much but, if they never have a winning season ever again, it will be too soon in my eyes. I did like Joe Namath as a kid and semi-sorta liked (tolerated?) the Jest in the '70s but that soon changed in the '80s with the onset of the nauseating 'New York Sack Exchange' and 'Gang Green' monikers. Most NYC sports fans, like Boston fans, are insufferable, IMO. If I hadn't grown up a Met fan, I probably would dislike them, too. My younger son is a big Knicks fan so I have started getting back into them a little. I'm not thrilled when they win or crushed when they lose like the Bills, Sabres, and Mets but I pull for them because of my son. It was the same for me with the '90s Patrick Ewing teams but I never lived or died with them. I'm not a huge NBA fan (don't like the product that much) but I probably watched more this year than I have in the last 10 or 15 years. LGM!!!

I have a healthy sports hatred for the Jets but it's mitigated by the fact that I have close friends and family that are fans of the team. With regard to Mets/Jets, a number of years ago I was at a Mets game and some fans tried to start a M-E-T-S! Mets! Mets! Mets! chant and I was thoroughly nauseated - told my friend in no uncertain terms not to contaminate the Mets with that sh!t. With all of that said one of my guilty pleasures in life is listening to NYC sports radio the day after a Jets loss.

@SinceThe70s @Gugny @ExWNYer Still pretty solid overall. There was that 3 game losing streak but even then I didn’t really catastrophize things at all. An off the wall question for the Mets forum….. how much do you dislike the Jets? Since we are Mets fans the two often go hand in hand in this area. Plus the Jets used to play in Shea. I was talking too a Jets fan recently and I’m like yeah I don’t really have much a problem with them at all these days.

LMAO at Yankees fans twisting themselves into pretzels over Soto. Delicious. With that said the bleacher creatures turning their back to him when he went out to RF was great. As to Soto himself, we've seen players struggle after signing big contracts with the Mets before, Beltran and Lindor recovered, Jason Bay never did. I fully expect Soto to look like Soto at the plate but when I watch him in RF I get concerned about the long contract.

@ExWNYer @Gugny @SinceThe70s Not the best results from the weekend but it seemed Yankee fans were the ones far stressing out over the Subway Series. Pretty ironic as well how Yankee fans reacted to Soto when they actually got outbid for once by someone else. That fanbase isn't used to that. Last year I was at the game when Lindor came back to Cleveland and the fans gave him a polite applause. I'm pretty confident Soto will come around more but yeah the honeymoon period is over for him though.

Their dynasty with Jeter was in the '90s. The had some good years in the '80s but they weren't anything special.

They shouldn't wait 2 more years to meet. Hold a special committee meeting this year. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb Rose and Jackson's candidacies presumably will be decided by the Hall's 16-member Classic Baseball Era Committee, which considers players whose careers ended more than 15 years ago. The committee isn't scheduled to meet again until December 2027. Rose and Jackson would need 12 of 16 votes to win induction.

I was only 2 years old in 1986 but I actually was surprised to learn the Yankees won 90 games that year. With how much the Mets dominated the city back in the day I thought the Yankees were at best like 70 win teams those years

I think the Mets are definitely the more exciting team and, when they are on par with or better than NY AL, the Mets tend to takeover the town. It's a NL city at at its core, IMO. Outside of Judge, there is nobody in the Bronx I'm even remotely interested in watching. Volpe could be one eventually but, to this point in his career, he is an overhyped and underperforming young player. I remember the Mets Clubhouse Store from ads during games but I never lived near NYC so I never actually saw one or stepped foot in one. What little baseball gear you can find in Jamestown, NY (where my aunt & uncle I visit every year live) is mostly Skanks or Pirates although I did buy a couple of Mets caps there several years ago.

@ExWNYer @Gugny @SinceThe70s Interesting shopping at more than one mall this weekend and seeing Yankee shirts/clothes on clearance while Mets shirts/apparel are nowhere to be found. Even as cynical as I am about the Mets I take that as the Mets stuff/shirts are selling out and the Yankees stuff isn't. Like the Mets are the trendy team now. When like before seeing people where Yankee stuff and hats on people who well wouldn't know the difference between John Goodman and Babe Ruth. Anyone remember the Mets clubhouse store? There used to be one a few minutes from where I grew up in the mall.

Yanks drive me crazy

It was a great day other than the final result. Beautiful weather...sunny and 70 degrees...and the crowd of 30,000+ was comprised of at least 10,000 Met fans or more. It was nice spending the day with the whole family. I was wearing a Lee Mazzilli #16 jersey and got a compliment on it which was cool. Monday's 19-5 win eased the sting of the loss and it was awesome seeing Nimmo tie the franchise record with 9 RBI. It's too bad we weren't at that game. That would have been one for the ages. Today's 8-2 win over the D-bags was great to watch, too. This team is rolling right now and is a lot of fun to watch. LGM!

Sorry about the result. Hopes it didn't like totally kill your day But that's still real cool spending time with your son and all..... my old man and I don't necessarily see eye to eye on certain things these days but baseball and the Mets and baseball are always a "safe" topic.

@Gugny The family and I are are headed to DC on Sunday to see the Mets in a 1:35 PM start against the Natalies. Megill is the scheduled starter. First game attended since my younger son and I went to Pittsburgh last season. The wife and older son are tagging along for this one. LGM!

It was a scheduled event that I had no idea about. He was sitting at a table signing stuff, taking pictures and he was totally chill.

Cool beans. Was he just in like a real good mood I wonder?

@Another Fan @ExWNYer @Gugny Had to run up to Home Depot this morning to pick up a toilet part and decided to throw on my Mets hat. Found the part and was going to check out when they announced over the intercom that Dwight Gooden was signing autographs in aisle 30. Good times!

I saw the post-game of the Twins game and Lindor blew himself up over the error. It was unnecessary, but appreciated. And your comment reminded me of a forgotten memory from last night that was a new one on me (but not to my son). Lindor's walk-up song has been My Girl for awhile. Fans have taken to singing it after the fade out when he's in the batter box. Very cool. My son said it started last year.