Mike Francesa erupts over Joba's role

[@GialloHorror]

"Alex, Alex, Alex, wait a second, Joba" LMFAO! "ANDY PETTITTE IS A STARTING PITCHER!!!!!" LMMFAO!

[@ejshafer]

Hope you're living well, Are you still alive??? Happy New Year 2025!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Andy-hb3zp]

I love that YES actually posted this on their channel

[@ejshafer]

Hope you're living well, Are you still alive??? Happy New Year 2025!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jakewhite3338]

Rumor has it he’s still fidgeting with the microphone.

[@cerealtalk1185]

Wait a second Joba...wait a second Alex lol

[@ak47dragunov]

Set this to 0.5X speed and prepare to die from laughter

[@thinkingofHim.]

ak47dragunov l0l

[@APMJ122]

ak47dragunov OMG. THANK YOU.

[@charliemd1186]

ak47dragunov "hiiis eraaaa this yearrr iss FOOOOUUURRR!" LOL thank you sir.

[@stephensoldner]

ak47dragunov 0:51-0:53 is gold

[@kennethjacob5543]

Lmaooo this is so much better can’t wait for the return tomorrow

[@TheIcon04]

all-time classic. i really think this was the biggest reaction in the history of the show from mike

[@wizardofjahs]

"ANDY PETTITE IS A STARTING PITCHER!" HAHA oh my god, look at him go bananas ... that's so classic. He goes absolutely nuts!

[@davidwarren2572]

Classic!! Wfan is the best for Yankee sports talk! Can't believe it's been 14 years since this clip.

[@MattAttack54]

This is classic WFAN

[@mortystraphouse5077]

so insane the best radio guy ever, francesa, got replaced by even, a no talent rich kid. imagine listening to mike for years and then evan takes over

[@dorianellerbe7004]

I still remember watching this live 😅

[@1ERock31]

They should've kept Joba as a reliever now his best spot is on the buffet line

[@brettsinger9565]

Joba might even still be pitching today if it hadn't been for the Yankees' stupid management of him.

[@kevinnavarro2180]

🌮🌭🍔 🥪🍕🍟🍝

[@conserve1energy]

"What are you tawwwwwkin' about ?!?!?" lol I love Mike because he is so passionate about NY sports!

[@anthonyscarpa6107]

This is my favorite off all Mike's Rants

[@frankpuma5269]

" Why don't ya bring up Mike Ma.....Why don't ya bring up Maddux....... or randy Johnson!" " Andy Pettitte." "What the hell does Andy Pettitte have to do with this?" "Andy Pettitte."

[@therandomduder8610]

lol

[@DavidAdarmases12]

ANDY PETITE IS A STARTING PITCHER!

[@kevinnavarro2180]

1:36 "Ughes is a Stahtah!!!"

[@jacobyellsbury6302]

😂😂😂😂

[@harvey20c]

pressure always was very high when he called out random names and the guys in the control room need to provide instant stats

[@jonesjames43]

hands down one of the best mike francesa vids i have ever seen.this is francesa is at his best

[@tamborafina]

I miss those days of baseball!

[@Tremonti4ever]

I miss the days when I could support and watch baseball!!! Unfortunately MLB is more concerned with politics then they are with baseball and being a 35 year old fully disabled combat veteran I will NOT support a sport, company, or ANYONE who believes it’s acceptable to openly disrespect our flag/country/military/law enforcement/first responders or 75% of the population (white people) openly perpetuating the LIE of so called “systemic racism” by kneeling during our national anthem. The flag/Anthem and country I swore an oath to protect AGAINST ALL ENEMIES both foreign AND DOMESTIC. Much like most vets will say: MY OATH HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE either!!!

[@TheRuckus-ji4wt]

@@Tremonti4ever LOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL

[@pmdjiopenflje]

@@Tremonti4ever stop being offended over nothing

[@Tremonti4ever]

@@pmdjiopenflje the fact that you think calling an entire group of people “racist” is “nothing” tells me everything I need to know about you…..I’ll GUARANTEE you WOULDN’T be saying that if that group were blacks or hispanics BUT because it’s White men that they’re saying it about….thats “nothing” to you. Whatever you have to tell yourself

[@pmdjiopenflje]

@@Tremonti4ever who's "they"? MLB? what has MLB done in any way to target or shame white males? the vast majority of executives, GMs and even managers/coaches are white and obviously male.

[@CharlesNigro]

Hearing this makes me want to call him just to see how riled up he gets.

[@jonesjames43]

hands down one of the best mike francesa vids i have ever seen.this is francesa at his best

[@iamshevanel]

WAIT A SECOND..... JOBAA wait a second! ALEX

[@tng150]

this is great. I'm a New England guy but I love hearing new yorker's arguements.

[@nichplays]

Mount Rushmore call right here.

[@jribakove]

Decree from the Pope

[@AMERICANJD]

Andy Pettite is a starting pitcher lol

[@rm1133]

I just have one quick question. Is Andy Pettite a starting pitcher?

[@FireLightning16]

1:55 ANDY PETTITTE'S IS A STARTING BITCHER!

[@ilyakats54]

Making Joba a starter was one of the worst moves in baseball history.He was almost unhitable.

[@kmik4466]

Can Andy Pettitte pitch the 8th inning? Asking for a friend.

[@Vincent_Palmisano]

This is classic Mike. Love it!

[@elementrypenguin3116]

‘Alright, go AHEAD….WAIT A SECOND, wait a second…..

[@melvinpeople3116]

Greatest rant ever

[@dukedematteo1995]

Time has definitely proved Mike right on this one..

[@brettsinger9565]

A broken clock is right twice a day. As for Joba, what a waste.

[@cottonbaxter]

The Mike & Alex Show. That would be great radio!

[@CJlopezV]

Damn this brings back memories, can’t believe this is from 14 years ago. I remember all the talk back then how the Yankees were basically ruining joba. Imagine what his career might have been if they kept him as a reliever

[@TheCaptain904]

My dad lives through this man

[@TJGarvey]

LOL that was funny!! I love watching this guy, he's great

[@claydouglas2526]

@YES can you post the original Jason Giambi call, where Vinny from Flanders suggests (perhaps seriously) that Giambi should have been brought back as a player/manager.

[@dgfeagin]

I wish i could get WFAN or yes network down in NC...I've spent the last hour watching Francesa rants...pure gold

[@HillMadeMedia]

Francesa on 0.5x speed is absolute gold!

[@nickymirks2671]

Whata throwback

[@bigsweaty8088]

Being in the pulpit for this was an all time moment of my life, in a lot of ways.

[@josephwright1519]

I remember watching this exact call live one random afternoon just out of high school.

[@neil340]

Gold Jerry. Gold!

[@etb76]

mike is right, joba was REALLY struggling at this point. the control was not there, he was such a lights out reliever but he had trouble accepting his role as a starter. however his future belongs as a starter because he's so damn good and his stuff is nasty.

[@citizenbeeswax7985]

I liked it more when mike couldnt get rid of the callers himself. Lol, he has to do the waving off the hand.

[@green95gt]

i never thought he should have become a starter in the first place

[@AnthonyScarpa-er3sq]

This never gets old 😂

[@MrJconstantino]

Gotta Love Mike Francesa! He is a pain in the ass, but he makes amazing points. He is very knowledgable. -Jared, From Brooklyn

[@jeanarthurVS]

Hughes amounted to nothing. Joba was ruined.

[@JackBauer270]

He's right tho- at best Joba will one day be an OK starter but he could have been brilliant in relief

[@kevinwholey947]

Obviously Alex was wrong but Mike wasn’t even listening to him

[@heycody803]

Nevah nevah land

[@garnseyrob]

you got that right! this show was a month ago, but nothing has really changed. I just don't think we have a choice right now with Wang straining his shoulder earlier today. But like I mentioned before, I don't really care who gives us 5 innings...but Joba is unhittable when he comes in from the BP!

[@Haroldbeavis1969]

@JCBizkit87 I'm all for givng a guy a chance but Joba was a very rare breed. I've been watching baseball games for more than 40 years and I've never seen a rookie relief pitcher come up from the minors with so much and intensity and dominance. To make him a starter was like trying to take a world class sprinter and make him a marathon runner.

[@ADAMMNNN]

@ 1:55 TOTAL MELTDOWN LMFAOOOOOOO love this show.

[@dandonofrio3687]

ill teach ya how its a lesson ahahahaha

[@TheIcon04]

sometimes i listen to the show just because of the chance of something like this happening hahhaa

[@3RAXFTW]

1:50 ANDY PETITE IS A STAHTING PITCHA

[@Haroldbeavis1969]

@JCBizkit87 LOL, you think Joba should have been a starter?

[@Bflo23]

For his career, 10-3 record with 3.27 ERA and a ton of Ks as a starter! Tell me how great Porcello is again.

[@GMMGGreatMusic]

Francesa - "Wait a Second Remix"

[@boyinthedrain]

Mike was right all along... Joba was a reliever, should have stayed as such. The Yankees did everything they could to destroy his career. The Yankees should trade Joba out of mercy before he becomes washed up by 2011

[@Haroldbeavis1969]

@JCBizkit87 What Mike was saying here and I wholeheartedly agree with is that if you looked at Joba the reliever circa 2007 and Joba the starter, you saw two different pitchers if not two diferent people. As a starter the intensity was gone since he had to worry about pacing himself and throwing his secondary pitches. While he could become a decent starter, the ceiling wouldn't have been as high if they left him alone as a set up man and groomed him for the closer role.

[@moegerms]

Lol fucking Greinke went in to win a Cy young that season and 6 years later Porcelo gets his own CYA, meanwhile Joba and Hughes, who the fuck knows where they are

[@GialloHorror]

I don't know why, but I've gotten those games. I'm not a Mets fan, but when I've listened to Francesa and The Mets come on in the afternoon, they cut Francesa off and play The Mets game. Also, when The Giants played The Panthers on Thursday night, this year, they played the game on WFAN. Maybe it's because I live in upstate NY? I don't usually listen to games on WFAN though. Yankees and Giants are always on TV.

[@gduwen]

Fire'd Up!

[@adamnagy]

Got a question that this clip couldn't provide an answer to: Is Andy Pettitte a starting pitcher?

[@clayfan23]

I watched this at .5 speech and at 1:56 it is hilarious

[@ak47dragunov]

Was Alex correct about that stat?

[@jmartinofficial]

"Andy Pettitte, what the hells Andy Pettitte have to do with this? Andy Pettitte" 😂

[@psychothof]

hiz e-aw-eh iz FAWR!!!

[@rayders56]

yea i meant to say rotation XD my bad... i dunno I really think we should've kept joba in the pen, thats just my opinion

[@xndly]

He pitched well his last start. Career high 8 innings like 4 hits 5 ks. He will get better as he learns how to be more efficient. 2010: CC, Joba, AJ, Wang, Hughes I have a feeling cash trades for a reliever- maybe street??

[@Yanks1005]

He took all of Francesa fat away.

[@aznprincess0310]

Anyone who looks objectively at the numbers can not argue this fact. It's not even close.

[@buzzbigwig730]

"Phil Hughes is a starter!" He is now the best 8th inning RELIEF pitcher in baseball.

[@dgfeagin]

sweet, thanks!

[@MrJimmysteel25]

I'm too young to know the context, why does Mike get so mad when Andy Pettitte is brought up

[@stemmadegli]

You left out slamming 1 liter diet coke bottles

[@nickypeeps]

why is he putting his hand in the air to interrupt the guy he's talking to on the phone? or is that the only reason someone thought it was a good idea to put a radio show with absolute no visual elements on television?

[@therandomduder8610]

1:24 I didn't say that!! xd

[@Spawnofshtclown]

most of the time Francesca comes up with an idea he is wrong in the long run.

[@cowabungadoug]

LoL!!! Eddy!!! Get me the statistics on Andy Pettite as a STARTIN' PITCHA'

[@scyanks7]

He's Back

[@ajp135212]

that decision has fixed itself phil hughes has been outstanding in the bullpen hes our 8th inning guy now and i wouldnt change that right now yankees are the hottest team in baseball right now and everything has been going smoothly.. yes joba was better in the bull pen but hes been alright starting and u know hes not gonna give u innings so u have a good bullpen to back him up if i was joe ill leave everything the way it is right now

[@x-ray3431]

Wonder how Alex was feeling after Mike compared joba stats to porcello

[@JackBauer270]

I'm a Mets fan and couldn't agree with you more, there are no 'should haves' in sports

[@slapshot68]

Joba's career was ruined cause of the stupid Joba rules n freaken making him a starter

[@cgold217]

Wow he just flipped haha. He's holding onto that microphone for dear life. Calm down Mike, calm down.

[@monstar6523]

A guy with four plus pitches who has been a starter in college and in the minors should be a starter. Joba has the ability to be a good or even great starter. That is much more valuable than a guy out of the pen.

[@joebriggs7]

Back aftah dis

[@EddieScarpa]

One time I was at my local library playing Chess with my friend when Phil Hughes walked in. I didn't want to make a scene so I whispered to my friend to look over since we're both big baseball fans. While he looked over I moved my knight into a better position but that's not relevant. Anyway he looked over and Phil said "What the fuck are you two looking at?" and we both looked away and went back to our Chess game. I won and then we decided to go get pizza together and while we were walking out I noticed that Phil was checking out a book on healing hernias without getting surgery. Now that I think about that's probably why he only went 1.2 innings and gave up 8 earned runs later that week.

[@MattAttack54]

All these Radio broadcast can be found on Mike Francesca Greatest Hits album wait a Second wait a Second the best of Mike Francesca Released off of YES Records. Also a Special Edition Single Version of the Joba Rant the Orignal Single. Also MIke and the Mad Dog Sing Frank Sinatra and Mike and the Mad Dog Sing ACDC all these can be purchased off of YES Records

[@BillyMartin4Life]

Rivera is a closer and he has been a closer for 13 years,and now you say we should put him as a starter.

[@StevenTyler324]

If you listen to WFAN on the computer you can't. You can get the pre and post games, but not the actual game.

[@KWF113]

Happy BDay Mike

[@lyeball]

Joba's been their best starter this season at age 24. Francessa as usual doesn't have a clue.

[@NYSkinsFan82]

Top twenty call 🤣🤣

[@SkorpBX]

Mike = high sports IQ... the guy knows his shit, and 90% of the time he is absolutely right...... he held his view on Joba since day one, and he made a better judgement then the whole Yankee organization

[@jay-sb5co]

there was a year were Jaba was really good.

[@bobojeda4895]

1:55 shows that mike francesa has a anger and temper problem and is hard hearted he never cries, you can be at it forever trying to make him cry and he would not cry.

[@Haroldbeavis1969]

@JCBizkit87 Well, by trying to make him a starter, they weakened him as a reliever. I think he'll always have a better upside coming out of the bullpen so the Yankees would be wise to let him develop there rather than keep the ping pong game going.. Don't you think?