GEORGE STEINBRENNER CREATED MIKE & THE MAD DOG

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... or, rather, he created the simulcast that ran from 2002-2008 on the YES Network and brought the matinee idols Chris Russo and Mike Francesa into your homes every afternoon. 

You could practically feel Russo's spittle as it flung across the room and onto the multiple camera lenses in the studio in Astoria, Queens. 

You could also feel the dripping sarcasm coming off Mike's aura each day and the entire-body eye roll when Ira from New Jersey called in, again, to complain about the Jets.

Ahh those were the days...

"Best of "Mike and the Mad Dog": A testy 1990 interview with George Steinbrenner. LISTEN: http://bit.ly/2VAef3u#ThrowbackThursday" - WFAN Sports Network, Twitter


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