I met Ernie Harwell (and Al Kaline) in an elevator in Vegas once. It was the year after the Loma Prieta earthquake and the A’s were playing their early season games in Vegas while their stadium got checked out/fixed up. We were out there for a buddy’s bachelor party and decided to go see the A’s play the Tigers.

When he first showed up he was completely entertaining, funny, different....aaaaand we know how that goes. Fast Forward to 2017 and every..... single....... person. speaks in the same exact growl and enunciates every word exactly like him. So I’m not sure if I’m sick of him or sick of no one being original.

Worse than that is that fact that almost none of Berman’s catch phrases were his own. The “Rumbling, stumbling, bumbling” was Keith Jackson. His “back, back, back” was an imitation of many former local baseball guys and almost all of the football highlights including “he .. could .. go ..all.. the way” and “the…

Bill Simmons always knew there was a 50% chance of this happening to him, but since it wasn’t a LEGIT 50% he didn’t get Cousin Sal to take the necessary precautions.

Based on his meat sweats alone, we can conclude that Berman was the opposite of a great journalist.

The same republicans that killed JFK did IKE in after he warned us all about oil men from Texas.

This take has some real hustle. It’s a floor general with a high posting IQ. It’s gritty and grinding, and has a motor.

We’re part of the Greater Good Coalition!

Fucking idiots. I mean, I know it doesn’t taste much different, but you’re supposed to take the paper off before you eat the sandwich. Jesus.

I think they should get all of the Mikes they can. Mike Lupica, Mike Francesa, Mike Wise, Mike Wilbon, Mike Tyson. Just get them all in the same studio, and call the show What You Deserve For Listening to Sports Radio.

I’ve always wondered why Darius Rucker never put out a solo album entitled “Hootie Is My Slave Name”

he would’ve been perfect! he was an All-American football player at Army

ESPN should throw the remainder of their Disney $$$$ at Mike Francesa and have the new Mike & Mike Show.

Oh my God! I didn’t even know he was sick.

could always hire Ike Reese

God...I haven’t been this concerned since Hootie left the Blowfish.

Nice try, those guys hadn’t broken into the league yet when Jágr started his career.

I thought that they were trying to corner the short shorts market.

I think Belichick’s happy in NE, not sure why you think he’d take a job with the Chargers

It looks like the Dodgers logo was struck by Voldermort.