MORE PA-LEASE!

While the tune is hard to erase from what’s left of my mind, I’m not walking the streets of Manhattan singing: “Giancarlo… Non dimenticar, that ball sure traveled far… Giancarlo.”

Yes, that’s part of John (Pa Pinstripe) Sterling’s sing-songy Giancarlo Stanton home run call. I happen to have reversed field on this. Stanton is finally giving Pa reason to sing and I am enjoying the wackiness of Sterling crooning like some love sick suitor.

But in a time when there’s no good reason to complain about the Yankees, Sterling’s Giancarlo “call” is drawing the ire of some vocal (at least the ones calling Valley of the Stupid Gasbags) Bombers loyalists.

Even Michael Kay, Sterling’s pal and former Yankees radio partner, takes issue with it. In a text message, Kay told me the Giancarlo call is not a “favorite because it doesn’t sound natural.” On his Wednesday, ESPN-98.7 soiree, Kay told listeners he was going to tell Sterling just that in person that evening. Thursday, Kay said he just couldn’t do it.

Kay said he visited with Sterling in the YES booth before Wednesday night’s Yankees-Red Sox tilt, looked into his eyes and came to a quick realization. “Who am I to tell him (Sterling) what to do,” Kay said on the air during his Thursday show (with Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg). “What a level of pomposity it would be for me to tell a guy who has been doing this for 60-plus years (what home run call he should use).”

Kay said he “felt badly” about telling listeners he was going to talk to Sterling about the call and then ultimately backed out. Kay’s reason for not confronting Sterling is understandable. But what about the HR call itself? La Greca got to the heart of the matter, saying, as a play-by-play (hockey) voice he was told never to make the broadcast about you.

“And it (the HR call) kind of comes across like it’s about him (Sterling) not the game,” DLG said on the air.

Yet for his entire career as radio voice of the Yankees, Sterling, whether consciously or not, has made most of the broadcast about him. His HR calls. His botched calls. His moods. And even his often dismissive attitude toward his partner, Suzyn (Ma Pinstripe) Waldman, are trademarks, all part of the show.

They are why listeners either love him or loath him.

None of this is going to change. Kay said the only time Sterling has ever altered a HR call was when a player asked him to. One was Nick Swisher, who did not like Pa’s “Jolly Old Saint Nick” call. The other was Curtis Granderson (“you’re kind of Grandish,”). Otherwise Sterling is sticking with his style, no matter how self-absorbed and self-serving.

So, for those who don’t like the Stanton HR call you’re only way out is for Stanton to tell Sterling: “Cut the non demenciar crap, okay?”

What content is Mike (Sports Pope) Francesa going to put on his super-duper app?

An old “Mike and the Mad Dog” interview with Mike Milbury?

And if Francesa’s famous 9-11 tape is missing (it was actually destroyed by upper management), what shape is the FAN archive in. FAN sources said most of it is separated into entire days of FAN programming. Imagine having to sift through a day’s worth of FAN broadcasts AND entire Francesa (or Francesa and Chris Russo) shows to find material?

Maybe Francesa will be putting podcasts of his current shows on the app. He might want to scratch the one where he decided to continue a horse-by-horse analysis of the Kentucky Derby, with handicapper Brad Thomas, while news was breaking about the Mets dumping Matt Harvey. The “old” Francesa would’ve adjusted on the fly. The “new” one gave listeners a good reason to get instant Harvey analysis elsewhere.

HANDLE THE TRUTH

Will the Gasbags calling the Eastern Conference Finals on ABC/ESPN be telling the truth and nothing but the truth? No. During last Sunday’s Warriors-Pelicans Game No. 4, Jeff Van Gundy made a stunning revelation. He said the games should air on separate channels. One would be the standard telecast. “The other would be where we can speak the truth,” JVG said.

Van Gundy delivered the word after Mike Breen told viewers that those coaches audio replay segments are heavily edited so no foul language, strategy, or embarrassing commentary gets on the air. In other words, these audio segments are not authentic. They are useless (unless they are sponsored, of course).

Van Gundy’s “truth” theory can be applied to most sports broadcasts. Just look at ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” Incredibly,

even before the team has called a game, new play-by-play man Joe Tessitore said rather than “complaining about officiating” he wants a “joyful broadcast that centers on celebrating the game.”

Did Roger Goodell write those lines for him? Or does Tessitore come equipped with blinders?

NEW YUCK

No question SXM’s Chris (Mad Dog) Russo is totally against the Knicks’ decision to hire David Fizdale. Yet some of his reasons left us confused. At one point, Doggie countered Fizie’s contention that, ultimately, free agents would be attracted to the Knicks. “…The weather (in New York) stinks, the taxes are absurd, the traffic is impossible, and the team’s got no history of winning,” Russo said. Is Dog talking about the Knicks or his own memberguest golf tournament experience at the country club?

NEW SC

In their continuing game of Revolving Door, the Bristol Clown Community College Faculty has installed Sage Steele and Kevin Negandhi as co-anchors of the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter beginning Monday. The only thing that will save this show is if the geniuses who brought you SC6, with Jemele Hill and Mike Smith, try once again to re-invent the spoke. The path to success is relatively simple. SC6 started showing ratings progress when the format switched from personality driven to news driven, breaking and otherwise. If this new edition of SportsCenter is heavy on news, rather than opinion, and maybe even provides a few highlights, it will succeed. If not, the speculation will soon begin on who will replace Steele and Negandhi.