It started simply enough. Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo was running down a few of his pre-Opening Day thoughts during his weekly appearance on ESPN First Take, and he got to his last one, which was his belief the Mets will overtake the Yankees this summer.
“They’re going to take over New York City in 2022,” Mad Dog said. Then devoted Yankees fans Stephen A. Smith objected, of course. And there began five minutes of mostly-incoherent sports debating.
Stephen A. made a Bernie Madoff joke and called the Mets “second-class citizens.” Joey Gallo’s strikeouts were brought up. Mad Dog called New York “a National League town” because the Dodgers and Giants used to be here 70 years ago.