I listen to some New York sportsradio to glory in the tears of Met fans and the Yankees fans top when the team stumbles. For unintentional sports talk comedy,Joe Benigno is a can't miss. He is reverted in New York but were he in Chicago,he would be barbequed. He is steeped in meatballism and given to malaprops and bad English,the only broadcaster I know who wished Herschel Walker good luck in his senate race. He is constantly reminding listeners of how great old school baseball is compared to today's game. He retired from WFAN but is back as a fill in. If you haven't experienced the Joe Benigno experience,you're missing out.

That should read "revered" in New York,not "reverted".

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Francesa and Benigno best represent the two strains of New York sports fandom, I think, which basically map to the Yankees/Giants and Mets/Jets. The "AHH GEEZ OHHH AYYY OHHH NOOOOO AW MAN AAAHH AYYY OOOHHHH NOOO AHHH" Mets/Jets fans, while New Yorkianly annoying, of course, are at least kindred spirits. The joyless fucks out in North Jersey with some weird combination of low-key frustration and noblesse oblige, I can't relate to at all. They all refer to the Giants owner as "Mister Mara."

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