The ENTIRE Chris "Mad Dog" Russo 2003 SF Giants Rant

[cinderblok]

I hope the Jets don't ruin Joe's (and my) celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ again.

[UncleMikeNJ]

Dog, when you're getting schooled on morals and priorities by Don Imus, you know you've gone too far.

[masangke]

this sounds like my rant everytime i check for the winning lotto numbers

[lethrneck4]

i agree enough is enough, mad dog come back to WFAN, you guys both suck on your own

[robphilll22]

Every once in a while An oddball slips through the cracks.

[dizzydolse]

You hear this and remember what great radio it was when Mike and Chris were together. Then you hear that dipshit Imus and the other fucking idiots he has on with him comment after and you realize how far ahead Mike and Chris were from everyone else.

[VasileneProductions]

replace the word giants with mets and thats how mets fans feel

[2001joejah01]

LET ME WIN ONCE!!!!!

[thaKG]

For those wondering about Dog's first on-air appearance post-World Series, here it is: watch?v=_cf3rEs3VGw

[Doc418]

LOL, Congrats dog..the Giants did it!!

[Jman5761]

congrats doggie

[Y2Jin99]

Congrats Mad Dog !  Finally got your title.

[tedjen64]

way to go doggy

[Y2JFAN811]

hahahahaha good for mad dog. he finally got his one time.

[mgmets5]

you got your one time doggy. you got your one time. now, leave Sirius and head on home to the Fan. I cant take that fat bastard by himelf anymore. hes a pompus ass. but you got your one time.

[beani24329]

Congrats Dog! ONE TIME! Wish you were on WFAN tomorrow just to hear your reaction. I feel the same way with the Mets. If they could only win ONE TIME

[therealist111]

Congrats Chris, you've waited long enough!!!  Too bad the wfan kept that fat piece of garbage instead of Russo. I'd love to hear the Mad Dog go crazy now.

[Y2Jin99]

@therealist111 Yeah I am pissed I missed his opening today. Do they repeat it on Sirius later in the day? I turned it on just now. Every single caller is congratulating him and they mentioned this rant so I came here to listen to it. LOL

[therealist111]

@Y2Jin99 No idea if Sirius repeats, hopefully it'll end up on youtube soon. according to tweets and reports I saw, he opened with a 12minute montage of giants postseason clips against songs about SF. said he was gonna open the wfan today, which francesa mentioned on his show, but felt he owed it to his employers to do only sirius today. too bad......

[fiyahdave]

Congrats Doggy!!! You deserve it!!!!

[dave22222]

MAD DOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG­GGGGG

[propoach]

looks like timmy russo's gonna be up for adoption!

[FlyinLion1984]

ONE TIME!!!! 2010 WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!

[saggarwal121]

Congrats to Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo and all the other Giants fans. Enjoy this one.

[415BayAreaSports]

GO GIANTS!!! WE'LL WIN IT THIS YEAR!!!

[thaKG]

This is only topped by his Pacman Jones rant.

[asstcommish]

there is no perhaps...this is the greatest rant in sports radio history

[Wahpinga]

"Marlin fans are nowhere to be found, and now I can’t win a game in that park in front of 65,000 people."

HAHAHA!!! That place does get packed for playoff games, though. And the Marlins have yet to lose a postseason series.

[RKO36]

"One time! ONE LOUSY GOD DAMN TIME!! Gee whiz!!!!!!!!!" hahahahahhaha

I love Dog.

[cinderblok]

Its so true about Joe Benigno...his Christmas was ruined by a Jet loss.

[divisioneight]

Gee; I thought he sounded like a typical NY Mets fan.



[danteras23]

Gotta love his passion.

[TSMontana]

"LET ME WIN ONCE! ONCE!" LOL, what a jackass.

[IceDrake523]

I miss him. Even though he was an idiot, he was always entertaining. And his Yankee bashing was always a good balance to Fatcesa's Yankee love.

[tallsmile28]

The entire station bashes the yankees. Every other host besides Mike is a Met fan.

[DocPhuScheeze]

@tallsmile28 Um...u do know its the Mets home radio station there, yes guy? thanks for coming out with that extraordinarilly obvious fact.

[LeighMet]

@tallsmile28 met fan here Suzyan waldmen is a yankee

[tallsmile28]

@LeighMet Does Suzyan Work for the FAN or for WABC?

[LeighMet]

@tallsmile28 thats right she left WFAN to work at the YEs network years ago

[GiantsSuckSoBad]

omg a redneck in a gay community!! how could this get worse!!!

[theraineman21]

i grew up in the new york area..my dad is a hardcore giants guy im a yankees guy i have always loved the dog and mike and its sucks they are gone..best sports talk ever i grew up on them and i love that my dad is a guy from iowa and hates new york sports and can just love new york talk radio altho im sure it helped that dog was a giant guy..i kno for a fact he still is a hardcore mike guy tho..mr mailman doin his job..i love you dad..go yanks :)

[gregtwins]

this guy is amazing how pashant he is about sports this guys my idol

[thomascrown559]

"Pashant"?

[illznick]

cmon u never had a pashant with butta? :)

[ctjazzking]

how is his new show?

[avataz]

Crap

[ctjazzking]

really thats a shame. me being a huge boston fan loved when he would bash the yankees+him&mike had a great chemistry (no homo)

[avataz]

I'll admit, I'm a Yankee fan but I found Mad Dog's Yankee bashing pretty funny too

[devils950003]

The last comment was pretty telling; if he got throat cancer tomorrow, Barry Bonds wouldn't wince. And yet fans put their heart and souls into watching their favorite teams. Think about that.

[dragonweed]

I agree us giants fans are idiots. We are totally irrational and care too much about our team. I just wish they would sign manny so we could win this fucking world series.

[hfl2005]

joe and evan keep it real for all the Mets fans

Yes real retarded

How appropriate they are met fan representation on FAN

3rd rate broadcasters for 3rd rate team

[reillys5]

lol good man one...oh yeah one last thing GO FUCK YOURSELF

[avataz]

Evan Roberts is the worst piece of crap on radio

[avataz]

Are these thumbs down because there are people that actually like that asshole?

[philstu1]

joe and evan keep it real for all the Mets fans

[Doc418]

Joe Benigno rules!

[hohumming]

they're right. he is an idiot.

[AaronTG1990]

Hating the Yankees is fine I really don't care. But if you are going to talk shit at least make sure the shit your talking is true.

[ssjdeviljin]

Then,why are they rising the ticket prices?I live in New York and my buddies can't afford the ticket.

[AaronTG1990]

They just spent $1.3 billion on their new stadium. The bleachers are $12 how can you not afford that? The seats in the lower deck are $325 which is about the same as it was in the old stadium. They didn't raise prices that much that it's out of this world. Living in New York is expensive to begin with so why would you expect something different when your going to a sporting event?

[brookside1]

Russo probably doesnt even like the GIANTS...he just has to pretend he likes a team.---He is a clown--and now is lost to satellite--ha ha...

[ssjdeviljin]

Don't worry Chris,5 years from now Mike will rant about the Smankees.Go Dodgers!

[Jnewms24]

no he wont. you better hope manny comes back, because without him... the dodgers are a bunch of losers. (except for torre).

[ssjdeviljin]

The Dodgers have a nice young line-up.This team will be fine without Manny.Because,unlike the Yankees,the Dodgers don't need a big name star in every position.

[Jnewms24]

oh they don't? is that why they haven't won a title in 20 years? they play in the worst division in baseball hands down, and they still cant finish more than 3 games over .500? cant compare the yanks to the dodgers because the yanks play in the best division and the dodgers play in the worst.

[ssjdeviljin]

You're right on everything you say.But unlike ya Yankees fan,I don't care how many title the Dodgers has.The Dodgers could have zero,and I'll still love this team.Dodgers is a team of history.Yankees is a team of championship.When there championship,there will be bandwagon.

[Jnewms24]

well im obviously not one of those fans because i haven't seen a championship in 8 years, but im sure that all of the bandwagon fans are gone now. good riddance to them, because if you want to see real bandwagon fans, visit tropicana field.

[ssjdeviljin]

That's so true.They had a fairy tale run for a championship.But you can't compare this team to the '69 Mets.Because,they cruise to the World Series.

[AaronTG1990]

True that. All us Yankees fans are true to our team.

[AaronTG1990]

What exactly have the Dodgers done in the last 20 years?

[ssjdeviljin]

Only play in the NLCS last year.Where was the Yankees?Oh yeah they was figuring out how the hell we are going to pay A-Rod contract.

[southsidesoxside]

The Yankees don't need to figure out how they are going to pay anyone's contract. The Yankees have more then enough money so don't act like they need to figure out how they are going to pay someone's contract.

[AaronTG1990]

I don't think the Yankees need to figure out how they are going to pay anyone.

[AaronTG1990]

No he won't and they are the Yankees not the Smankees. Only idiots make up stupid names like this.

[elcomedian66]

fair point justin. but mike is cooler when he's by himself, especially now he's chilled out for a minute since his job is on the line too lol

[justinbig9]

I wish the FAN would've cut Francesa loose instead of the 'Angry Puppy'! Dog is funny when he's mad or if he's laughing. Francesa is just a know it all, Parcells ass kisser!

[elcomedian66]

it is just so funny when he loses it.

[juicebag83]

imus really does blow

[hargosh37]

Now that he's on SIRIUS/XM, I wonder just how much more raw this tirade would have been?

[glassslide]

Made me laugh so hard I'm crying. The person who posted this is dead-on about the "East Coast Bias" being a fallacy.

There is no replacing Dog. Ever.

[OFFICEuk]

i wish we had this minus imus

[Displaysac90]

The best...

[joesakic91]

"Win one. I give it all back...One, all I want is just one. UNO!"

Now, I don't know how Mad Dog ranks his life in what order, but that's crazy. Giving back his three children for a World Championship?! My goodness.

[joesakic91]

No offense, but I think the 2008 Patriots collapse is the greatest in sports history.

Going 18-0 before the Super Bowl, but losing to the New York Giants and leaving Super Bowl XLII to go 18-1 without a Super Bowl trophy is the biggest choke of them all.

The 2004 Yankees collapse was in the ALCS, not the World Series.

[Elking55]

mAD DOG WAS GREAT

[cinderblok]

No more Mike and the Mad Dog

[Biggerb225]

He is right... It started for me as a kid in 87 losing to the cards in 7 games.. 1989 being swept by rival Oakland!! 1993 we win 103 games but the Braves win 104!! wild card comes in 1994.. We would have won that by 25 games!! 1997 2 last ab playoff loses..98 we lose a wild card tie breaker!! 2000 we win 100 games and a crapy 89 win Met team beats us.. 01 we fall 1 game short 02 we lose in the world series game 7! 03 win 100 games and lose to Marlins.. 04 fall short by one game again!!!!!!

[pjgraves1975]

I became a Yankees fan in 1983. I endured the lean years in the mid to late 80's when we were trading Jay Buhner, Fred McGriff, Doug Drabek, etc for washed up crap.

I endured 1990 - last place - watching the Yankees actually LOSE an Andy Hawkins no-hitter against the White Sox.

So to hell with you who think the Yankees are spoiled. I didn't hear you Red Sox fans complain in the 80's when the Yankees were losing, and Joe Morgan was teaching you how to lose to the A's.

[spritereserve818]

i bet all you "yankee fans" became "fans" in 98.....just like every other fake yankee fan that you see in the stadium these days.

[AJFreeway]

oh shut up!!!! all you red sox fans became fans in '04, so what is your point??

[FranklinSherman]

First of all, if you are claiming that we are bandwagon fans, wouldnt we have jumped on during the 1996 season?

Yeah your a retard.

[AaronTG1990]

I've been a Yankees fan my whole life so that's wrong. And if you want to complain about fake fans take a look at fans of the Boston Red Sox that fan base tripled in 2004 so don't sit here and complan about the Yankees having fake fans when the Red Sox have more fake fans.

[hens13]

This is priceless.

[glassslide]

So funny, I'm crying.

[MurphysLawe]

As a phildelphia flyers fan, i feel mad dogs pain. All you flyer fans know exactly what i mean.

[reprobacious]

I dunno, you guys have done zilch only since 1975, and that was a repeat after '74; the Giants haven't won a title since the Polo Grounds days of 1954 (and 1933 before that)! Get back to me in another 21 yrs...by which time the Jets (absolutely NOTHING since '69) should have had at least 1 more almost-.500 season, and the Knicks (nothing since '73) may have possibly stayed mathematically alive until Thanksgiving once or twice in the interim.

[MurphysLawe]

Lmao, well i happen to be a Jets fan also so I know EXACTLY what you mean haha. Sports are nutty like that, some teams seem to 'have it" other dont. I was really hoping the Jets were gonna finally get back to the top in 04', then Dougie Brien missed 2 fgs in Pburg. Wasn't totally his fault by the way. Ya well, its that hope of winning that keeps fans rooting for thier teams.

[YankeesandRangersfan]

Trust me...

Rangers fans have it worse...

[MurphysLawe]

Dude, I am a Yankees fan also, we have enough titles to satisfy any sports hunger for championships. The Rangers had their year in 94' I never want to hear a rangers fan cimplain to a flyers fans about not winning titles. To date the flyers have been in the conference finals 15 times and are 7-8 in them. They are 2-5 in the stanley cup finals. You guys had one 14 yrs ago, and that year still buzzes around the Garden. Its been 33 years for the flyers, longer than I've been alive.

[YankeesandRangersfan]

Exactly...but 1 in 68 years isnt very good either. I'm not complaining and all the Yankees championships have been immensly satisfying for me too because all my other teams (Rangers, Jets, Knicks, Liverpool) are pretty damn weak when it comes to titles.

PLUS I'm 16!!! I wasnt really even alive in 1994...I dont remember it at all!

[MurphysLawe]

Hshs ys Im only 19. I stopped following the Knicks and the NBa really a long time ago. Jets, Flyers are weak, Yankees are somewhere in the middle right now. Well see what happens with them.

[yankfan88]

i like how mike is quiet through this but i bet he is laughing lol

[bronxbomber918]

He was, on the YES 5 year anniversary they showed the clips of Mike and the Mad Dog and they showed this rant and Mike is laughing.

[yankfan88]

Mike was turning red. i seen it on there too

[letsgomets07]

hahah i like how its 5 stars after every rate

[bat0017]

haha, he's the best

[dex1lsp]

I feel 'em.

[tumult1138]

As a Dodgers fan....this is great listening. I also love to listen to the Giants broadcasters for the Finley grand slam in 2004. Classic stuff.

[viscousjim]

I love that you were probably in your car listening to the game having left Chavez Ravine two innings earlier.

[tumult1138]

Actually no, I was overseas in England listening to it on the internet. You fail.

[viscousjim]

Yeah, my bad, it's hard to keep track of which Dodger fans are the fair weather variety.

[dex1lsp]

Well, aren't you special?

[reprobacious]

From what I hear, most Dodger fans bail out of the park when the opposing leadoff hitter works the count to 2-0.

[Freepablo]

And from what I hear you've never been to Dodger Stadium so what the hell are you to talk? Best attendance in the NL for the last 20 years but keep talking about the fans like a dumbass.

[reprobacious]

Actually, I have, dumbass (while we're on the subject of dumbasses). Sure they show up but a lot of them don't stay. They're notorious for "beating the traffic" in about the 5th inning, unless there's a dual no-hitter going or something.

[letsgomets07]

ha the mans an idiot

[yankzrokz2000]

No, hes just trying to vent out from a very frustrating run of no success, dont kill the dude.

[mrcounty1441]

this is what they put on the yes network promos ONE TIME!

[drycell183]

LOL @ 2:02 - 2:04

[EwingOil]

That's how I feel about the Knicks and the Jets! LOL!

[drycell183]

when I have a rough day I just listen to this rant....

[philblunt420]

Fatsessa and the angry puppy rule

[ar24]

As a Giants fan, AMEN brother. totally feel your pain. the giants are CURSED. yes I said CURSED brother.

[ThePhenomm]

lol this is classic Russo Beningo is just as good to

[SFforlife]

ONCE! JUST ONCE! I'D TAKE IT ALL BACK....JUST ONCE!

Btw, I'm a huge SF Giants fan, I understand where this guy is coming from...:(

[jk59beads]

Yeah I think Imus and the guys took him a little too seriously at the end. Even Dawg was laughing. :)

[jk59beads]

Hey how did the Yankees' quest for 27 go?

[jps8080]

I don't know if it was later in that rant or what, but I remember around that time (pre-2004) he was on a similar rant, and he brought up Red Sox fans, mentioned '99 with Pedro beating Cleveland and said, "at least they had that moment!" You know, as if we had it easy or something compared to the Giants' then mere 52-year drought.

[Biggerb225]

True but like the Cubs the redsox buy up so much top talent that you knew they would win sooner or later.. The Cubs are next.. The Giants simply don't buy up the top players.. We sign garbage like Dave Roberts, Randy Winn, Zito and Rich Aurilla while the Cubs get guys like Ramirez, Lee, Soriano.. Signing crap worked when we had Bonds but now that doesn't cut it.. We need real players..In fact imagine if we signed Vlad or another real bat to hit around Bonds.. We would already have a championship

[sfgiantsballin]

"Nobody beats the cubs, we can't beat em in '98!" hahaha

I feel your pain Mad Dog, great speech.

[samyisong]

Do you have the bit from Imus where he called in and got into a shouting match with Rosenberg? I still remember it like yesterday. It was in June 2004. Russo tried to paint himself as a good samaritan because he gave a less fortuante sportscaster SUBWAY TOKENS! Rosenberg tore the guy apart.

[WFaN4600]

i love how Chris likes to Crown the champs b4 it happens,and say whats gonna happen just b/c a team is supposed to win, sports arent like that...like when he says "The Yankees are gonna go on to beat the Cubs on their way to another championship" meanwhile how bout giving a Marlins a chance to beat the Cubs and Yankees.....as Chris would say...."HELLO?"

[Ltron9]

I love that line!

[Ltron9]

Chris is like a monkey on acid!

[bernierules51]

lol...

you're right!

[joesakic91]

I don't know how Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo ranks his life in what order, but that's not good.

I laughed my ass off every time I listen to that.

[thaKG]

I remember downloading this right after it happened.  Glad to see this on the 'Tube.

[toyotas2006]

Chris is the Original Mad Dog!

Raw Dog!

Wish Imus wasn't fronting this, doh.

[SFforlife]

Mad Dogg rules because he's a Giants fan. So am I. FUCK WHY CAN'T WE WIN A WS?????????

[hfl2005]

Russo is a hypocritical asshole. This is the only time when he is worth listening too. He is probably the only person who cant speak and has a career in radio.

[seth61682]

ONE TIME, ONE FREAKIN TIME....beep uhh gd.

[wa2k99]

Classic stuff

[bernierules51]

Joe B is better.

That thing about the Jets on Christmas was hysterical but sad because I'm a Jets fan. The Mets one with Evan this year after they were swept by Philly is hysterical for me as a Yankees fan.

[Ltron9]

Joe B and Steve Sommers are the reasons I got addicted to Wfan.

[ogmike1963]

Radio history

[seth61682]

mad dog is goin maaaaadd!

[GhostFace2k3]

hey now Francesa is awesome but yes the best radio bit in History 4sure mike and maddog r tha best sport broadcasters ever period

[brianbuck13]

um mike and the mad dog blow. mad dog soent know anything and mike is a arrogant blowhard. joe and evan are 10 times better! youre delusional!

[shrewdcleverslick]

This is the greatest bit in radio history.

[stevedrums]

Classic! Can't they fire Francesa???

[embryo923]

I love this man, he puts a smile on my face every day.

[wa2k99]

Beautiful!

[SJU06]

yanks lost b/c fat a.ss wells couldn't pitch game 5 b/c of back issues.

[gmj2090]

Hilarious! I remember watchin this live after the giants gagged a series to the marlins. Unfortunately the yanks also lost to the marlins.