I heard the recorded conversation between Mike Francesa and Joe Benigno from the WFAN website. Of course it was about the song “Enter Sandman” by Mettallica, the latest sin the New York Mets have committed. How dare Billy Wagner run to the mound to the same music as the great Mariano Rivera. Remember it's a Yankees town, not a Mets town at least according to Mike Francesa. It doesn't matter that Billy Wagner used the song longer than Mariano or that Mariano himself said he doesn't care that Wagner uses the same song. Mike Francesa said it matters. Francesa has spoken and has declared it “lame” that the Mets would do something so insulting and incentive to the great Yankee royalty. Don Imus joined the conversation, another radio rocket scientist, and agreeing with Francesa, he pointed out that Wagner played in "hick towns" where his theme was "Enter Sandman". I'm sure Don's listeners in
The one thing that this whole incident helps me see clearly is why I hate the Yankees. I have thought about this for a long time. I can't say I hate the ballplayers on the Yankees. I think Jeter is great, how can you not root for Bernie or Posada? I still wish the Mets had gotten A-Rod when they had the chance and Torre has been a wonderful manager. So what is it that I hate? It's really not the Yankees, it never has been, it's their fans. Mike Francesa is the epitome of the typical Yankee fan, arrogant, pompous, and entitled. Is he so threatened by the Mets that he must make this sophomoric argument about a stupid Mettallica song? It's pathetic. I think it's time that Mike and his loony cohort get back to talking about sports and stop being so picky about something so unimportant. But if it really makes Mike Francesa this angry then I hope the Mets just keep playing “Enter Sandman” every time Wagner enter a game. It’s just one more thing that can make a Yankee fan upset and that suits me just fine.
