September 19, 1990-WFAN Mike And The Mad Dog (Mets Rain Delay) 

This is when the WFAN was great.. Now we are reduced...to Yo bro Yes bro Definitely bro

I, absolutely, LOVE this channel!

I was 9 sitting in the back of my dad’s caddy. I’m sure he had it on. I even remember Pete Franklin…good stuff ! Maybe fan brass should listen to this…today’s radio is just garbage !

LOL, how Thorne described Reds Manager Lou Pinella as the reason why the Reds wont do well in the postseason, basically saying that hes the most nervous person in that Reds club and that its affecting the Reds player. Unreal how Pinella's reputation as a manager changed since he won with the Reds and then with the success he had with the Mariners To be fair, the Reds did struggle in the final month, going 16-16, while the Pirates played great in September and Oakland won 100 games Reds were great in April and May, but then from June till the end of the regular season, they were just a .500 team

Mets lost both games of the doubleheader to the Expos on September 20 at Shea. They also lost the first game of the series to the Expos on September 18. So the Mets got 3-game-swept by the Expos. Mets lost the first game on September 18 when Julio Franco allowed a run in the top of the 9th inning, after the Mets scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning, to tie the game on a Strawberry 3-run-home-run. Mets lost 4-3 On the first game of the doubleheader against the Expos on September 20, Frank Viola, who won 20 games in 1990, was pitching nicely with the lead heading into the 8th inning, and then he melted down and the Expos scored 4 runs in the inning to take the lead and then win the game. The next Mets pitcher to win 20+ games in a season will be RA Dickey in 2012, which is the season he won the NL Cy Young On the second game of the doubleheader against the Expos, Expos rookie Chris Nabholz pitched a complete-game-one-hitter-shut-out-gem, and the Mets got swept. Mets were still very much in the NL East race after September 20; they were just 2 games behind the Pirates in the loss column, and they also would play the Pirates in the final 3 games of the regular season. But the Pirates just played great in September, winning 20 games And unreal to think that Frank Viola in 1990, and RA Dickey in 2012, are the last two Mets pitchers to win 20+ games in a season (as of the end of the 2022 season). And with the way pitchers are handled in today's game, maybe the last Mets ever to win 20+ games

Thorne, Mike and Chris really nailed the Red's having no chance to win the WS.

Another great spot here. Keep ‘em coming!!

Mets were .5 games behind the pirates at the time of this game. Mets were in the middle of a 5 game losing streak where they would go from .5 to 3.5 games out and they would never recover.

Mike actually did some research back in the day...

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Went to DH the next day and watched Mets lose both. Basically killed any shot of catching Pitt.

Mike and the Mad Dog - The Martin & Lewis of radio.* * - With apologies to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis,

Reds won the World Series that year.

Wow, how did that Cincinnati not being a playoff team prediction by Thorne work out? And Pittsburgh?

So Tony Peña was starting some drama in the RSOX clubhouse to try to spice things up. RSOX and BlueJays were tied with each other after September 18 for the AL East

Franchesa sure looks different without the glasses and with that mustache

When Russo had a deeper voice lol

And the Reds win the World Series

Weird to hear say mike saying the win loss record 80 up 60 down thats not something he would continue to say

14:40 mark Lol how did that turn out guys the Reds won it.