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>> Mike: DAWG AND I HAVEN'T
BEEN TOGETHER SINCE '08 BUT IT
IS LIKE FLIPPING A SWITCH WHEN
YOU GET US TOGETHER.
>> I AM TELLING YOU.
>> Mike: WHEN ARE YOU
TAKING US TO WIMBLEDON?
>> THE' 96 RANGERS, I FORGOT
ABOUT THE GIANTS.
AND THE DAWG DAY AT THE PARK
WAS REALLY HILARIOUS.
>> Mike: IT REALLY WAS AND
WATCHING THIS, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT TODAY AND SEE ALL THE
STUFF AND LISTEN, WHEN YOU SEE
ALL THE PICTURES AND ALL THE
STORIES, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS
SHOWS MIKE AND THE MAD DOG AND
IMUS AND OBVIOUSLY THE MANY
OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE A VERY
BIG PART OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
OVER 25 YEARS BUT WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT AND THINK ABOUT
YOUR ROLE IN THIS, YOU KNOW,
YOU DESERVE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF CREDIT.
YOU WERE AN ENORMOUS PART OF
THIS STATION'S SUCCESS AND
THAT WILL NEVER, EVER CHANGE.
THIS IS ALWAYS HOME FOR YOU,
ALWAYS WILL BE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, MIKE, I
REALLY DO.
WITH IMUS COMING IN '80, I
WASN'T THERE YET, BETTER THAN
A TIE-BREAK --
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT I THINK IMUS GETTING
THERE, YOU PROBABLY ADDRESSED
IT --
>> Mike: NO, DON IS COMING
UP AT 5:00.
>> HIM GETTING THERE IN 88 WAS
HUGE.
AND FROM A STATION
PERSPECTIVE, YOU WERE THERE
BEFORE ME SO I WASN'T THERE
YET BUT I THOUGHT THOSE TWO
THINGS, IMUS AND OCTOBER OF
'88 AND GIVE BOOMER AND CARTEN
A LOT OF CREDIT, THEY HAVE
DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
NOT TRYING TO DOWNPLAY ANYBODY
BUT --
>> Mike: THEY DID A
TERRIFIC JOB, HAD BIG SHOES TO
FILL AND DID A WONDERFUL JOB
IN DOING THAT BUT THE TURN
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING FROM
CHANGING THE STATION AT 660,
INHERITING DON, THEN HAVING
MIKE AND THE MAD DOG TO TAKE
OFF AND AS YOU AND I KNOW,
AFTER -- AND WHAT REALLY
HELPED ME ENORMOUSLY, DAWG,
THOSE FIRST TWO OR THREE
MONTHS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
DATE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND
IT DID BUT WHEN WE SAW BY THE
SPRING WE WERE NUMBER 1, WE
REALIZED WE WERE ON TO
SOMETHING BIG AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN, OUR LIVES CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
IT WAS CRAZY HOW BIG THINGS
GOT, SO FAST.
>> WELL, WE BOTH WANTED TO DO
SOLO SHOWS, THOUGHT I COULD DO
IT, MIKE THOUGHT HE COULD DO
IT, ALWAYS HAD THAT LITTLE
DOUBT IN YOUR MIND WHEN WE GOT
TOGETHER AND I THINK THE FIRST
TIME THE FANS ACKNOWLEDGED THE
FACT THEY LIKED WHAT THEY WERE
HEARING, IT GAVE US -- YOU
KNOW WHAT, WE'RE MAKING MONEY,
LET'S NOT MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT
THIS, LET'S MAKE IT AS GOOD AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TEAMS BE
SUCCESSFUL AND YOU AND I KNOW
THE RATINGS.
WHEN THE TEAM ARE IN DOWN
DOING THESE SHOWS, IT WILL
HELP THE LOCAL SPORTS TALK.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> Mike: YEAH.
>> SO YOU PUT THAT ALTOGETHER,
THE NEW YORK SPORTS SCENE IN
THAT PERIOD WITH YOU AND I IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT WAS A HUGE
FACTOR IN OUR GROWTH --
>> Mike: IT DID AND WE
CAUGHT IT AT THE RIGHT TIME
AND LISTEN, THERE WAS SO MUCH
GROWTH IN THAT TIME AND SPORTS
KEEP GROWING.
LOOK AT THE INDICATION,
SIRIUS, EVERYTHING OUT THERE.
THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT IS
THERE NOW THAT WASN'T THROUGH
WHEN WE STARTED.
YOU AND I PRETTY MUCH HAD THE
FIRST TEN YEARS TO OURSELVES.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH AND YOU ME
AND THAT WAS IT.
>> NO COMPETITION.
>> Mike: NONE.
IT WAS YOU AND ME, WE HAD
EVERYTHING WE WANTED, WE HAD
EVERYTHING.
>> AND WFAN BECAME THE PLACE
TO GO BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THE
GAMES ON.
>> Mike: PEOPLE THINK I AM
CRAZY WHEN I SAY THIS BUT WE
WENT TO SUPER BOWLS WHEN DAWG
AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES
THERE.
>> Guest: YOU REMEMBER THE
FIRST ONE?
>> Mike: I THINK THAT WAS
WHEN THE ONLY OTHER GUY THERE
WAS BEHIND US.
>> Guest: BRADSHAW CAME ON
AND JUST KILLED ELWAY AND THAT
WAS WHEN MADDON TOOK US TO HIS
HOTEL TO SHOW US THAT THEY
COULDN'T POSSIBLY LOSE THIS
GAME.
>> Mike: REMEMBER HOLMGREN,
COULDN'T LOSE?
>> Guest: YEAH, HE WAS
GOING TO GO HOWIE, WRIGHT,
BOOM, BIM, BAM AND WE WERE
REALLY FORTUNATE BECAUSE --
>> Mike: WHO WAS YOUR
FAVORITE GUEST?
>> I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
IT AND I HAVE NOT HAD HIM ON.
I WAS TRYING TO HAVE HIM ON
AND HE WOULDN'T DO IT THIS
WEEK.
I THINK REILLY --
>> HE HAS NEVER FORGIVEN US.
HE SAT WITH ME AND TOLD ME HOW
HURT HE WAS THAT YOU AND I
DIDN'T STICK BY HIM --
>> Guest: BUT HE WAS WRONG.
>> Mike: I KNOW, BUT HE
EVEN TOLD ME THAT DAY AT THE
POOL FOUR YEARS LATER THAT HE
COULDN'T GET PAST IT.
>> Guest: AND GEORGE YOUNG,
TOO.
>> Mike: HE WAS A FUN SPOT.
SOMEONE ASKED ME THE OTHER
DAY, WHO WAS THE ONE GUY WE
ALWAYS WANTED AND COULDN'T GET
AND I EVEN GOT ASKED THAT THIS
MORNING BY CARTEN WHEN I WAS
ON WITH THOSE GUYS.
DIMAGIO WAS THE GUY WE TRIED
THE HARDEST TO GET AND
COULDN'T GET HIM ON THE AIR.
>> Guest: WE GOT MANTLE A
COUPLE OF TIMES.
>> Mike: AND WILLIAMS BUT
COULD NEVER GET JOE D.AND HE
WAS BEEN A COG ALL THE TIME.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Mike: I THINK PAT FELT
WE BETRAYED HIM AND WE DID TRY
TO HAVE HIM ON BEFORE BUT HE
HAS NEVER FORGIVEN US.
I CAN REMEMBER SITTING
GAME-DAY WITH PAT AND DOING 45
MINUTES WITH US.
>> Guest: OH, AND YOU
REMEMBER THE DAY I GOT ON ***
STOCKTON ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU
RAILROAD THAT?
AND LO AND BEHOLD, HE GIVES US
A SEAT NEXT TO.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
-- AND HE SAYS I HAVE TO SIT
NEXT TO THIS CLOWN FOR THE
NEXT SIX HOURS?
I MEAN, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN
DOING THESE SHOWS.
>> Mike: IT IS AN AMAZING
TIME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
19 YEARS.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERYONE WAS WAITING TO SEE
WHAT TIME YOU WOULD COME ON --
>> Guest: I APPRECIATE IT,
MIKE AND --
>> Mike: I WILL TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW, IF THE GIANTS AND
THE YANKEES MAKE THE WORLD
SERIES, YOU CAN TELL YOUR
PEOPLE AND I WILL TELL THE
FOLKS HERE, WE WILL TEAM UP
AND DO A SHOW TOGETHER.
>> Guest: HOW ABOUT MATT
CAIN?
>> Mike: DID YOU SEE IT?
>> Guest: I WENT TO BED IN
THE 5TH INNING.
>> Mike: WITH WHAT ARE YOU
FEEDING MELKY CABRERA?
>> Guest: I KNOW, OH, MY
GOD.
AND IF TIM LINCECUM CAN PITCH,
WE WILL HAVE A WORLD SERIES.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED.
>> Mike: THANKS FOR COMING
ON, APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL TALK SOON.
TELL THE FAMILY I SAID HELLO,
TONY --
>> KWRAOEPB KNEE SAYS HELLO,
COLIN, TIMMY, PATRICK SAY
HELLO, HOW IS JACK, EMILY AND
HARRIS, EVERYBODY GOOD?
>> Mike: EVERYBODY IS GOOD.