WFAN host Evan Roberts drew the ire of Tampa Bay Rays fans last week with his on-air claims that the team’s hot start to the season is illegitimate.
On Monday co-host Craig Carton returned to the afternoon show after taking a couple days off to attend his daughter’s college graduation, and said it was crazy checking social media and seeing Evan being lambasted.
“I go online I see Evan getting in fights with wrestlers that I’ve never heard of, I see Evan being attacked by a low-rated Tampa Bay radio show, I see Evan being attacked by low-rated YouTube video hosts – including my main man Todd Frazier – who I have a great relationship with,” Carton said. “You have really put me behind the 8-ball.”
“The entire city of Tampa is pissed at you,” he later added.
Roberts embraced being public enemy number one among Rays fans, and Carton said ultimately what people in Tampa think of Evan and the show is worthless. He lumped in baseball YouTubers as well, saying the criticism by some is nothing more than an attempt to get attention.
“It’s another one of those YouTube shows that nobody ever heard of until they attacked people with an audience like us,” Carton said. “I love shows like that.”
