1996-WFAN Mike And The Mad Dog: Day After Jeffrey Maier

[@damonficken3457]

This entire episode should be enshrined in a museum somehow. Absolutely brilliant radio. Those were the days.

[@zenstain]

Oh man, the memories. This station was the soundtrack to my life back then. LOVE these two together, I so wish it could happen again.

[@FJBsouthernflo]

Very true I miss these two today wfan is terrible

[@CRS099]

The glory days, of NY sports & NY sports radio!!

[@CRS099]

+Mike Colon I'm with ya on everything minus imus, stern fan since 94

[@epaddon]

+Mike Colon One caveat I'd say is the Rangers weren't very fun after 97 when they began a nine year run of missing the playoffs but their Cup in 94 did set the tone for the great stuff in the other sports later in the decade. I have more Mike/Mad Dog material from the 96 WS to post later (including 40 minutes after Game 6 where Russo has to be humble in the face of Yankee triumph!)

[@topspot4834]

I was 14 when they won in 96 ... What a time to be a kid and a Yankees fan. I just assumed they'd win forever, didn't realize how lucky we were! My first sports event was Game 6 Rangers vs Devils in the Meadowlands when Messier guaranteed victory and put up a hat. The Eastern Conference playoffs with Reggie and MJ vs the Knicks and their black sneakers. Then when I got my license at 17 it was Mike and Dog every afternoon. Magical time to be a kid in New York City!!

[@CRS099]

@@topspot4834 Same age bro!!!

[@paulmendrina1449]

One of the biggest injustices in sports history

[@lukerbom12]

Man, I really wish these two were still together. I wish someone would upload more of their arguments. Right from the start, this one was golden. Dog: A tainted win, a bush play by a 12-year old kid... Mike: WAITASECOND! HOW IS IT A BUSH PLAY BY A KID!? I just laughed so hard at that exchange

[@BaddogSports]

Good lord I miss this show!

[@David..]

This is the pinnacle of sports radio.

[@ChrisVodola]

Completely forgot about the old 20:20 flash music. Great stuff.

[@brian_brennan42]

This literally caused me to laugh out loud multiple times at work.

[@mikeontheisland]

These guys went at it with such a fiery passion that just doesn't exist anymore.

[@ryanevans8566]

What a call by Jon Miller @ 2:20. Nailed everything in real time.

[@americanprimate189]

Jomboy sent me.

[@rentslave]

The Steelers won the World Series?

[@johnmaring7056]

Today “Mike & The Mad Dog” Debuted On WFAN 66 AM 📻 On This Day: September 5, 1989! It Still Sounds Great 30 Years Later Happy Anniversary!

[@christopheraparicio4482]

Steve Bartman and Jeffrey Maier should hang out together.

[@mottthehoople684]

I miss the Mad Dogs Madness

[@cooliotopnotch6287]

Great stuff man! Thanks a ton for posting these recordings. I wish The Fan would post up old recordings of the 94 rangers playoffs, but I doubt that would ever happen. There is nothing like this on the radio anymore - it all feels too fabricated, too forced, too PC.

[@epaddon]

You're welcome! Glad these pieces of FAN history are appreciated.

[@dbreiden83080]

Russo is seriously blaming the whole thing on a 12 year old. Trolling before we used that word..

[@TL2354]

That term should never be used

[@johngalvano5895]

Dog: "I don't have a 12 year old kid" Mike: "I hope he's perfect when you have em" Dog: "Maybe he will be" Mike: "I hope he is. I hope you expect him to be too." *Cut to Dog telling stories years later about how his kid crapped his pants and how he burned Colin in the bathtub*

[@topspot4834]

LOL forgot about the burning Colin in the tub story!

[@HarrisonHollers]

How’d that happen?

[@dpinzow]

Mad Dog almost died of a heart attack here!

[@dwedge914]

omg...this is amazing.

[@Minidunkathon93]

This is gold

[@akmedo]

Has to be the best opening ten minutes to radio show ever 😂😂

[@dbreiden83080]

It’s amazing instant replay was not always a part of major-league baseball to avoid nonsense like this. It’s so simple.

[@CRS099]

1:19 David Wells and David Cone on the mound? How crazy!!

[@BurnedSpace]

the golden age of american culture

[@hotcuda]

best opening of these guys ever....this is why they were so good

[@innervisionscm]

so so good

[@e2go]

"A bush play by a 12-year-old kid"😂

[@patrickgray5633]

You know what is embarrassing for us fans in this Jeffery interfered we know he was made a hero by people wrongly. Steve Bartman didn't interfere & his life was ruined. As Francesa said the media was 100% in the wrong making Jeffery a hero.

[@jdred31]

48:45 let's ask Steve Bartman for his opinion.

[@cooliotopnotch6287]

I was thinking the exact same thing haha

[@patrickgray5633]

I said the same thing & shut up Francesca about the kid being 12. He knows or should know the difference between right & wrong. This kid at the time they made a hero & where the media made poor Steve Bartman a villain. Heres what the world knows Jeffery Mayer clearly interfered & Bartman it’s hard to tell.

[@rye2437]

Chris Russo "orders the Code Red" at 7:10.

[@ryanevans8566]

Haha, he sure does.

[@jackwoods9604]

That is the most ANNOYING picture in sports of that Kid catching the ball...His FACE is ANNOYING...And i am a Yankee fan...

[@iamhungey12345]

Lol, true.

[@wa2k99]

Phenomenal

[@eblissreseller]

A disingenuous person typically responds with “so you’re going to tell me” or “so what you’re saying is”. This is what Mike is doing.

[@Minidunkathon93]

7:20 awh comon dawg

[@e2go]

Not a Yankee fan or a Baltimore fan but this is why I hate electronic umpiring, officiating, etc, in all sports. It's entertainment. The human element creates controversy, discussion and epic moments like this but most sports "fans" are too stupid and shortsighted to realize that.

[@KingJordanRadio]

Alot Of Chris Russo on my Chanel

[@cjprice1700]

No sound

[@epaddon]

Play it on your desktop or laptop. If there's no sound on phones, there's nothing I can do about it.

[@KingJordanRadio]

WoW so Many TV Ads lmao

[@scott83074]

I listened daily from 1998 until they split. Always on . Miss it.

[@JPFRANCHISE87]

God this Russo guy is irritating as hell!!!! I'd dump him too if i were Mike!!

[@AlbertV90]

He dumped Mike. Not the other way around. Francesa was starting to get boring. I don't blame Russo for leaving

[@dukedematteo1995]

Classic Yankee Game....Bern baby Bern

[@baltsfan]

Tainted!!!!👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🤡👹💩☠️

[@epaddon]

In Game 3, the Orioles were four outs away from going up two games to one and with the worst Yankee pitcher in Kenny Rogers looming the next day. The turning point was in that game, not Game 1 with Maier and the culprit was Todd Zeile with his pump fake that got away that allowed the go-ahead run to score.

[@tyroneweekes1983]

But if the maier thing doesn’t happen they would’ve been four outs from going up 3-0 so the maier play was bigger 2-1 and 3-0 is a big difference

[@epaddon]

@@tyroneweekes1983 You can not assume an automatic Game 2 win if you win Game 1 in nine innings. I'd point out that one reason the Orioles won Game 2 was because Mariano Rivera couldn't pitch in Game 2 after being used in Game 1 longer than usual but if we lose Game 1, then Rivera is available in Game 2. You can't assume automatically the course of Game 3 falls the same way. Bottom line is that this game did not decide the totality of the series and if you're saying it did, then you're admitting the Orioles weren't a team capable of resiliency.

[@Minidunkathon93]

@@epaddon No point in arguing this though. Who knows what happens the rest of the series if the Orioles win game 1, so many different variables. For that reason some people are always going to think the series was tainted. You repeating “you can not assume” in your comment proves this. The only thing we do know is that winning game 1 definitely would have given the Orioles a better chance of winning the series.

[@iamhungey12345]

@@Minidunkathon93 Except after getting swept in their own home turf and lose the series in 5 games, it'd be a stretch to claim the Orioles could have won the series. Him repeating "You can not assume..." doesn't change the point being made there.

[@richardmiller5818]

Jefferey Maier did nothing wrong

[@ChiSportsNut18]

He reached like a foot over the railing to catch that ball! He cheated clear as day.

[@patrickgray5633]

& he got away with it which is the worst part. ​@ChiSportsNut18

[@ChiSportsNut18]

@@patrickgray5633 He did more than get away with it. New York treated him like royalty and gave him and his family great seats to World Series games and even offered to put him on a baseball card. Steve Bartman was the innocent one. He reached for a ball that was in the stands and had his life ruined and vilified until 2016. Received death threats from Cubs fans. Friendly Confines my ass. He also turned down numerous offers to profit from the experience. Make no mistake, the Cubs organization itself was great to him. Even gave him a WS ring and invited him back to the ballpark. But Maier helped his team so that makes it okay! Also, watching the replay again that was a good two feet over the railing.

[@mine5441]

Omg do I miss these two. This is amazing.