This rant also spawned the meme-tastic "THEY KILLED GIL HODGES!!! NOTHING'S GOOD!!!" Until David Wright came around, Kranepool held most of the major Mets' career batting records, which for La Greca makes his point at how inept the Mets have been at developing and retaining talent.
Considering he does the pre-show for Rangers games and has stood in for Kenny Albert on occasion as the play-by-play announcer, he did not appreciate the accusation of being ignorant of hockey. "ARE YA WATCHIN?" Explanation This resulted from a rant when a listener accused him of not having any hockey knowledge.Don La Greca, the cohost of The Michael Kay Show on 98.7 ESPN Radio in New York, has provided plenty of meme-worthy phrases when he goes on one of his rants, which in addition to being hilarious, have provided New York sports fans with plenty of quotable lines.
The name stuck in the community pretty much instantly and has been enduring, despite Ben no longer throwing his offense under the bus and actually slimming down a fair amount. Captain Fat Fuck, LEADER OF MEN Explanation The name Tree he gave to Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after he went on a radio show and essentially threw his offense under the bus for poor play and is also notably husky.Tree will take every opportunity to use this phrase, even in videos with nothing to do with the Chargers or San Diego. "Fuck you Spanos!" note A Take That! to the Los Angeles Chargers' despised owner, Dean Spanos, for moving the team from San Diego to LA.Especially bad teams being referred to as LOL-Cows.Teams being described as a dumpster fire.However, the Capitals actually defeat the Penguins en route to their first Stanley Cup championship in 2018 putting an end to the meme. The Pittsburgh Penguins are their most frequent playoff nemesis, with each subsequent mention getting more and more invective. "The FUCKING PENGUINS." Explanation The Washington Capitals are the subject of his first "Legacy of Failure" videos, describing the team's Downer Ending season by season.The phrase, which aired on all of Tree's soap opera-esque videos chronicling the drama, quickly spread to the comments sections of articles on the Steelers' issues. This week, on Days of our Steelers Explanation The 2018 Pittsburgh Steelers season was overshadowed by off-field controversy and drama, to the extent that Le'Veon bell chose to sit out the entire season over his contract demands." I just think Pekka Rinne is too good, right now.Thanks to his incorrect predictions (and self-deprecating responses to them), Urinating Tree has seen some of his comments go memetic.