June 2012 Monthly Thread

[OnThePike]

Originally Posted by Hanging out with Lori

Someone asked Steve Somers today about his voice change and he answered that he had major dental surgery without getting specific. He said he didn't have cancer or anything serious. Still you have to wonder if it is the result of some treatment for a throat or larynx problem especially with him being a heavy smoker. The guy who runs the New York Radio Message Board is a dentist and he said dental surgery wouldn't make your voice higher.

I've undergone (and continue to undergo) major dental and oral surgeries over the last three years and have not had any changes in my voice, regardless of the procedure(s) endured or medications taken. Pain killers, antibiotics, anti-inflams, steroids, you name it -- I've been on them all with no vocal changes. The only changes I've noticed are the way I speak when pain sets in... but the voice remains constant.

[tnt1528]

no matter what the jury said about clemens,he is still a steroid user and a piece of crap...when the mets signed dickey all us mets fans were like"oh my god we got r a dickey""wowie we got dickey!!!!"..we arent laughing about it anymore.

[Hanging out with Lori]

Mike suggested the Mets should offer Dickey a new contract for $7 million/yr for 4 years and he would jump at that for financial security. Dickey is pitching like the best pitcher in baseball right now. There is no way he would take that little. Jonathan Niese has a bigger contract than that and he has done nothing.

[tnt1528]

mike is a fool.he thinks dickey was headed for the poor house and had no job for yrs.maybe he will move into the normal 3500 square foot home like the rest of the world.just checked out dickeys pay.not counting this yr he made about 5-7 million since he came up and thats not counting minor league pay.....just a side thought, i actually like when a guy gets interviewed after the game and the stadium can here it,wonder why mike never said he invented that?

[Gordon Gekko]

And on queue Mario Chalmers plays like an all star, it doesn't help that Durant plays some of the worst defense of any superstar, lollygagging in no man's land, giving Chalmers and not Floyd Norris, Norris Coles wide open three pointers. OKC is very undisciplined on defense.

Does anyone listen to the postgame press conferences? Some of the most idiotic questions, first off most of the so called questions are reporter's comments, asking a player or a coach to comment on their comment. Is this what they teach at sports J-school? Coach can you talk about how great Mario Chalmers played. Can anyone ask a real question like, hey Scott Brooks when are you going to use a zone defense?

But the best has to be ESPN, they actually cut the press conferences off before they are finished, we listen to Magic Johnson and Steven A. Smith change their minds hourly and it is not enough, we can't hear the entire coaches press conference. Now Steven A. Smith apologizes to Westbrook after proclaiming his Game 2 was one of the worst all time in the playoffs for a point guard, now Magic Johnson says that Westbrook has to shoot the ball more because he's really a 2 not a 1.

Hardin looks like he is stoned, mind boggling bad passes, misses point blank layups, he should have been benched in the fourth quarter.

And then how about OKC recognize situational defense, like the shot clock is running out, get in the face of a 3 point shooter because he doesn't have enough time to drive to the basket. And it happened again, this time a cramped up Lebron, shot clock running down, and Sefolosha gives him the three pointer.

Durant can't pass, can't play defense, doesn't rebound, makes you appreciate the all around player Michael Jordan was.

That said, it wouldn't shock to see OKC become the first team to win down 3-1 in the Finals. I mean Hardin has to wake up at some point. Chalmers will come back down to earth. Just win game 5 and then you have two home games and who knows.

Also I'm pretty sure the other day Mike contradicted himself within five minutes. He said that if you want to complain about the refs you look for a large discrepancy in free throws, he reads off the stats, a large free throw advantage for Miami, then he says, just like I told you OKC has to drive to the basket more if they want more free throws. I'm pretty sure Mike is not charting how many times OKC drives to the basket, it looked like Westbrook was driving on 70 percent of his shots and he took like 3 free throws.

[Tansey]

Originally Posted by Hanging out with Lori

Here is Mike making fun of the Mets knocking Swisher, then being challenged by a caller that it wasn't any of the Mets players, followed by Mike backtracking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pIy1vTnvN8

I am sorry if this is a little too much, but ...

I CANNOT BELIEVE what an arrogant, smug, cocksucking ******* this guy is. He threw his producers under the bus on the air for a mistake he CLEARLY made. Unbelievable.

Does this idiot even have the capacity to say "I was wrong" or "it was my mistake" ??????

It's just unbelievable this fat bastard gets away with it.

[Tansey]

In all fairness, I do respect him for interviews such as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rONstEV-U2o&feature=related

If he would only just admit when he's wrong, I'd listen to him a lot more. The arrogance drives me crazy.

[Hanging out with Lori]

Mike said about today's Yankee/Braves game that the Braves really want to punish Phil Hughes. He made it sound like they were piling on, as if any lead is safe against the Yankees.

[tnt1528]

Originally Posted by Hanging out with Lori

Mike said about today's Yankee/Braves game that the Braves really want to punish Phil Hughes. He made it sound like they were piling on, as if any lead is safe against the Yankees.

it was today

[Hanging out with Lori]

Mike announced that CBS Sports Radio is creating a network which will provide programming to stations across the country including WFAN. This probably means more network content will run on WFAN and I am guessing WFAN might become more like ESPN radio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTVQlqWB0g

[Hanging out with Lori]

The NBA finals are played so late that the newspapers don't have the final score or game story. I know it is online but I'd rather read it in the paper. No reason they can't start the games earlier.

[Gordon Gekko]

Originally Posted by Hanging out with Lori

The NBA finals are played so late that the newspapers don't have the final score or game story. I know it is online but I'd rather read it in the paper. No reason they can't start the games earlier.

OKC has to be one of the dumbest teams I have seen since the Trailblazers that lost to Jordan. Scary talent, mediocre coaching, mediocre basketball IQ.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to contest three point shots. Whether it was Battier early in the series, Chalmers towards the middle part or the white guy whose name escapes me, wide open three point shots while Durant or another OKC player caught covering air.

One thing is certain, Knicks are not beating this Heat team.

[HelterSkelter]

Originally Posted by Hanging out with Lori

The NBA finals are played so late that the newspapers don't have the final score or game story. I know it is online but I'd rather read it in the paper. No reason they can't start the games earlier.

I agree, why start a game played on the East Coast at 9:00 PM? Then after you go through introductions, National Anthem, useless court side, pre-game interivews, game probably doesn't start until 9:15 PM.

[HelterSkelter]

Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko

or the white guy whose name escapes me
One thing is certain, Knicks are not beating this Heat team.

Mike Miller

For all the Knick fans who were saying last year Bosh was overrated, right now, would they still want Stoudamire over Bosh? Bosh isn't as good as Lebron and Wade, but when he came back from his injury, the Heat took their game up a level.

[Hanging out with Lori]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

I agree, why start a game played on the East Coast at 9:00 PM? Then after you go through introductions, National Anthem, useless court side, pre-game interivews, game probably doesn't start until 9:15 PM.

Baseball is almost as bad with the games starting times but usually they meet newspaper deadlines. The NBA has their championship game and the next day's newspapers run a generic story about LeBron. Bad marketing.

[Hanging out with Lori]

Mike gets a prank call from "Nick in Nantucket":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if55l76c_7M

[Hanging out with Lori]

I made a short youtube comparing Steve Somers' voice from a few years ago to today. Weird how it is so much higher now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHVVB05pq8

[tnt1528]

heard somers today.sounds like a cross between casey kasem and mason adams...which adds up to three guys who dont know anything about sports,most likely

[Hanging out with Lori]

This is the poll for best caller as part of the 25th anniversary. The winner joins Mike in studio. I voted for Ralph in Manhattan because I want to see what he looks like.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/06/...-time-contest/

[tnt1528]

duda gets blame for tonights game.why is rauch still here and third ,like i said yankees only hit hrs,only way thery score(2 games,8 runs,all by homer)