Chris Christie hates the Yankees, Phillies, jerk sports reporters and Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling

Our old friend Halladays Biceps gave me the heads up on this: New Jersey Governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie sitting in for several hours on the Boomer and Carton show yesterday bolstering those straight-talker credentials of his. Of our interest, his thoughts on the Yankees jerseys he was given as gifts:

“There will be s’mores at the bonfire tonight...when I burn them.”

Yankees radio announcers, Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling:

[Waldman is] “God awful” and her co-announcer John Sterling “turns my stomach.”

On the Phillies:

“If there’s any team that I hate almost as much as the Yankees, it’s the Philadelphia Phillies.” He also said Ruben Amaro is an “awful” general manager, and Charlie Manuel’s firing was handled “disgracefully.”

And, finally, how to treat reporters who act like jerks:

“When reporters act like jerks you need to treat them that way back. They don’t have some vaulted status in our society that they get to act like jerks and not be treated like a jerk back.”

I am on board with some of these assessments.

And, though I doubt Christie can make it through the GOP primaries in 2016, I think it would be quite fun to have a president who spouts off about sports like any other fan. Especially if the Yankees, Phillies or someone else on his hit list won a championship and showed up the following summer for their official visit.

Of course that would require the Phillies to win a World Series between 2016 and 2024, so you know, maybe it’s not something to get my hopes up for.