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Fox News
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
NFL's, MLB's Giants poke fun at infamous Mike Francesa radio show phone call with 'annual meeting'
The long-awaited meetup between the San Francisco Giants and New York Giants has finally happened. Back in 2015, "Dan in Warwick" called legendary New York sports radio host Mike Francesa and asked him if "there had ever been a franchise-to-franchise … get-together" between the MLB and NFL teams, since they had the same name and the MLB team used to play in New York. Francesa was absolutely flabbergasted, saying, "That might be the weirdest question in a long time." He then joked that the "Giant picnic" is in Totowa during a weekend together, and the New York and Texas Rangers have similar gatherings in Albeliene. "[Henrik] Lundqvist is particularly close with Yu Darvish," Francesa joked. "There's a kinship there between the two of them." It has gone down as one of the greatest phone calls in radio show history, and it's been a hot topic in the tri-state with the MLB's Giants in New York this weekend to take on the Mets. Well, "Dan in Warick's" wishes have finally been granted. In a video posted on X, Francesa is seen walking through a hall before entering a door. Spotted in the room are New York's Eli Manning and Shaun O'Hara, and San Francisco's Logan Webb and Matt Chapman at the "Giants Giants Annual Meeting" (probably in Totowa). "They really do get together!" Francesa says, before exiting the room. The MLB team posted, "Our turn to host next year." Francesa fell victim to many prank calls in his later years, including if the Mets could go 162-0 after an Opening Day victory, how Mickey Mantle could win the Triple Crown if he was not a horse, that the Mets should call up "Game of Thrones" characters Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister (which he thought was a bad idea), and, well, whatever this is. Francesa retired briefly in 2017 but returned a few months later, but went back off the radio airwaves full-time in 2019 and later started a podcast.
USA Today
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
See it: Football Giants, baseball Giants spoof viral decade-old WFAN call
As it turns out, the New York Giants and San Francisco Giants really do get together. Nearly a decade ago, the question was posed by "Dan in Warwick," who called into WFAN and asked Mike Francesa, in all seriousness, if the two teams ever linked up. "Do they ever say, 'Hi?' I don't know, go out to dinner or something?" Dan asked. Francesa was floored. He called it the strangest question he had received, and after trying to wrap his head around it, poked a little fun at "Dan in Warwick." "(Henrik) Lundqvist is particularly close to (then-Texas pitcher) Yu Darvish, as a matter of fact," he said. "There's a kinship there between the two of them." The call went viral and remained a topic of conversation for 10 long years. And now, the question has finally been answered. Leave it to Eli Manning to put this all together for "The Eli Manning Show." "When I showed (Manning) the clip, he lost it in my office," Giants' senior vice president of marketing and brand strategy Nilay Shah told Newsday. "It was unbelievable. I was, like, 'Are you down to do this?' He said, 'No-brainer.'" "It's a typical Mike response of just no-holds-barred, 'You're a moron. What are you thinking?' Typical New York bluntness that he always had," Manning said. "Obviously, what made that show so great are the fans calling in and asking these questions and that interaction is obviously an instant classic." Francesa called the collaboration "ingenious." Matt Chapman and Logan Webb were also immediately on board. "I grew up watching him play football," Chatman said. "To be able to meet (Manning), it's really cool." "It's funny the things that people think, like that we would get together," Chatman said. "But now we did it, and it's fun. And it's funny. It's awesome." Somewhere, "Dan in Warwick" is smiling, having finally gotten his answer.
